Montreal herald and daily commercial gazette, 5 février 1850, mardi 5 février 1850

[" \\ ^ \\ l ' - o' / \\ AND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.VOLUME XLII.TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1850.NOTICES.Dissolution.THE CO-PARTNERSHIP between the un.deraigned under the Firms of HOOKER, HENDERSON & Co., in Kingston, and HOOKER, HOLTON & Co., in Montreal, expired by limitation on the 31st day of December last.The affairs of the Co-Partnership will he closed up by the undersigned, who will use the names of the Firms in liquidation only.ALFRED HOOKER, FRANCIS HENDERSON, L.H.HOLTON.Kingston, Jan.10, 1850.\t7 rpHE Undersigned will CONTINUE the X FORWARDING and COMMISSION BUSINESS under the Firm of HOOKER & HOLTON.They have appointed MR.E.HOOKER Agent for their FORWARDING BUSINESS at KINGSTON, who has rented from them the Stores occupied by their late Firm, and to whom oi.y conintuiiicaiiuiiB rcluiing to their Business at that place may be addressed.ALFRED HOOKER, L.H.HOLTON.Montreal, January 14,1850.\t7 NOTICE.rpiIE CO-PARTNERSHIP hitherto existing i between the Subscribers, under the Firm of HOLMES, YOUNG & KNAPP, is this day DISSOLVED by mutual consent,\u2014Mr.Young retiring from the same.Benjamin Holmes and Joseph Knapp being duly authorized to settle up the Accounts and liquidate the Business of the late Firm.JOHN YOUNG, BENJ.HOt.MES, JOSEPH KNAPP.Montreal, 31st Dec., 1849.\t3 NOTICE.THE Subscribers will henceforward CONTINUE BUSINESS under the Firm of HOLMES, KNAPP & Co.BENJ.HOLMES, JOSEPH KNAPP.Monlreal, 1st Jan., 1850.\t3 NOTICE.rgTHE Subscriber will CONTINUE BUSK i NESS in his own name for his own ac-.count.JOHN YOUNG.Montreal, 1st Jan., 18\u201850.\t3 NOTICE.rpHE Subscriber begs to intimate to the pub.I lie, that he has appointed Mr.ANDREW MANN, No.19, St.François Xavier Street, Agent, for the sale of the PLANTAGENET WATERS, in Montreal.E.LAROCQUE.October 4, 1849.\t187 NOTICE.PARTIES INDEBTED to the Firm of J.M.FERRES & CO., Printers and Publishers of the MONTREAL GAZETTE, are hereby notified, that NO RECEIPTS, for Monies due to the said firm, are VALID, unless signed by the Subscriber.THOS.McKAY.Montreal, Oct.9, 1849.\t199 WITH reference to an advertisement of MR.THOMAS McKAY\u2019S relative to our affairs, drawn up by a declared enemy to the Press, and published at his instigation, we have only to say, that we hold ourselves individually, and as a Company, responsible for all debts due by the Firm, and for all settlements effected with it.Our customers we know will require no farther guarantee.J.M.FERRES &, CO.J.M.Ferres, John Milne.Montreal, 11th October, 1849.\t193 FREDERICK FENNEY\u2019S WARRANTED TALLYHO RAZORS.Every one warranted to shave.Be wise, and try them! Ordinary Razors any one can make ; these are extraordinary ! and warranted to cut a hair.Sold Wholesale and Retail by all Hardware Merchants in Canada\u2014each one being warranted.Agenl for the Manufacturer, JAMES HUTTON, Montreal.December 15, 1849.\t929 From Montreal to New York.CHEAPEST AND BEST ROUTE.rpiCKETS lor PASSAGE through from L M O N T R E A L to the CITY of NEW YORK, may he had at the EXPRESS OFFICE.PASSENGERS LEAVE MONTREAL at SEVEN, A.M.; Sleep at Burlington first night; LEAVE BURUNGTgN at HALF-PAST SLY o\u2019clock next morning, by RAILROAD (except 24 miles/ to TROY, where they rest for the night, and arrive' at NEW YORK at HALF-PAST FOUR o\u2019clock the following day, via the Housa.tonic, New York, and New Haven Railroad.Passengers will find this the Cheapest and most certain Route\u2014evading the dangers and uncer.lainty of the Sound Navigation.GEORGE BENT, Agent, 183, St.Paul Street.January 15.\t7 SoulSiei-ii and Easiei-n Express.UNTIL further notice the EXPRESS for NEW YORK and BOSTON, will he CLOSED on MONDAY EVENINGS, at SIX o\u2019clock, for dispatch the following morning.GEORGE BENT, Agent.January 15.\t7 BROWN & CHILDS HAVE just received another Lot of Ladies* Fine FRENCH SLIPPERS, BUSKINS, SHOE TIES, PRUNELLA BOOTS, Misses and Infants\u2019 SHOES, from Boston.The above lot, wiih what we can now get made here, makes our Stock complete.We shall continue to Sell our Goods at less prices than any of our competitors who keep three-pence per week of their men lor watching ua : we believe it to he now comparatively sale for Journeymen to work for us, as the Watch is not on more than two-thirds ol the time ; and there has not been, to our knowledge, a man or child waylaid or beaten for the last three days.June 30.104 STOVJES.SELLING OFF AT VERY LOW PRICES.Moiiti-cal uiBit «Hier Maiuitaeuire.\u20ac1 COKING S PÔVES with Trimmings / Double Stoves Single do Fancy Box do Fancy Parlour and Hall Stoves Coal and Coke Stoves TIircKiiiitg ftiacliines, Ol different oonstructions.P ilent Seales for Counters, Warehouses and Hay Markets.The Subscriber being desirous of reducing his stock of the above articles, will sell at lower prices than as good articles can be had elsewhere.WILLIAM RODDEN, 191, St.Paul Street.Oct.9.\t184 STEAMER AND BARGES.gTUJK.SALL\u2019 OR CHARTER, a hi\"h pressure a STEAMER, 25 horse power, recently put iu good working ord jr ; the draught of water is light, and the Vessel adapted to the Forwarding or Lumber Trade.\u2014also,\u2014 Two BARGES, in good order, fit to carry a large load of Lumber or Thirteen Hundred Bar rels each.For further particulars, apply at the Herald Office.Terms Liberal.July 11, 1849.\t184 WANTED.Notice to Teachers.rSYIIE PROTESTANT BOARD OF X SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS, having.re-solved to Establish a COMMON SCHOOL-in Griffintown, persons qualified to take charge of the same, are requested to send in their testimonials to Captain Maitland's Office, Great Saint James Street, until SATURDAY, the 9th of FEBRUARY next.The emoluments will he equal to £109 per annum and a free house.None need apply who are not well acquainted with the most approved systems of teaching.January 96.\t12 fg^HE ST.LAWRENCE AND ATLANTIC X RAILROAD COMPANY, are desirous of procuring the immediate services of a BOOKKEEPER, who will hold the Office of Secretary and Treasurer.Salary, £200 per annum with House Rent and Fuel, after the 1st May next.Security for £2,000 required.Applications with relerences to be addressed to tho Prooidont, until 4iii February nexi.A.T.GALT, President.Office, St.Lawrence & Atlantic ) Railroad Company,\t> (real, 2lst January, 1850.5 Montres 10 WANTED.\u2014A BOO K- KEEP E R and SALESMAN to the Wholesale Dry Goods Business.Address to D.& E.M., Box, 237.January 22.\t10 WAN'LED.\u2014A SITUATION in a Merchant's Office, by a Young Man of 18 years of age, who is desirous of learning busi-ness ; he is acquainted with Book-keeping by Single and Double Entry, and can speak the French and English languages fluently.Good references wiil he given as to character.Any communication left at the Herald Office for C.D.G., will be attended to.January 22.\t10 SITUATION WANTED.\u2014A Person would be happy to obtain a Situation in Canada ; has been a Book-Keeper in one of the largest Iron Foundries and Machine Building Establishments in North Britain.He is a business character, has a general knowledge of Mechanics and Mechanical Charges, can work at the Lathe and Vice, and will make himself generally useful.Please apply by letter to S., care of Andrew Hunterson, Worcester, Massachusetts.N.B.Can produce testimonials as to character and qualifications.January 17.\tn\u20148 A YOUNG GENTLEMAN, perfectly understanding the English and French languages, and who writes an unexceptionable- hand, is desirous of obtaining Employment as a Copyist or Translator.Apply at this Office.October 24.\t203 T.S.SUTHERLAND, Wholesale amt Relais Grocer and Wine AlerctniBKf, No.108, Notre Dame Street3 BEGS leave to call the attention of his Friends, and the Public generally, to his Stock ot GROCERIES, one of the most extensive and complete over offered in the market.His Goods are all ol the very best quality, and having been purchased previous to the great rise that has lately taken place on almost every article in the line, he will continue to sell at extremely low prices.Those laying in a Winter Stock will do well to call and examine for themselves: \u2014 Fresh Fruits of all kinds, (crop 1849) 25 cases English Cheese, and positively the only English Cheese in the market 180 cases English Patent Sperm Candles, do do 15 cases Fresh Citron, Orange, and Lemon Peel 5 bales Soft Shelled Almonds, (fresh) 12 hhds Murtelland Hennessy\u2019s Brandy, Pale and Brown 2 pipes ditto, (superior to any in market) 10000 lbs Double Refined Loat Sugar \u2014also,\u2014 Champagne, London Porter, East India Pale Ale, Port, Sherry, and Madeira Wines, in wood ; Liqueurs, ot all kinds ; Scotch and Irish Whiskey : Teas, Coffee, Chocolate, Cocoa Paste, Broma, Confectionery, all fresh, and unsurpassed in quality ; Sugars of all kinds ; fresh ground Spices, Pickles, Sauces, &.c.&c.\u2014AND,- 500 cases Superior Old Bottled Wines Which will be sold at extremely low prices to close an account.Those laying in a stock for Christinas should call and examine these Wines.They are principally put up in one dozen cases, and as to quality, will speak for themselves.Montreal, Dec.13, 1849.\t228 To tiie Public l JUST RECEIVED IN PRIME ORDER Soused Salmon.?In Small Kits, for family Do Salmon Trout \\\tuse.Kippered Salmon ; also White Fish Preserved FrBills.1st Quality Layer Raisins, Portugal'] White Grapes, Oranges and Le- ! ^ ruons, Turkey Figs\" Kgvptian (¦ Cr0P 1849\u2019 Date, Prunes.J Preserved Ginger, Apricots, Pine Apple, Peaches, Plums, Cherries, &.c.&-c.for dessert Bottled Fruits (of every variety) for Pies and Tartlets, &c.dec Tamarinds, also Fresh Nuts, of all kinds, Spices, whole and ground, &c.&c.Hecker\u2019s Prepared Farina Recommended by Medical^Colleges, Hospitals, and Physicians, as the best article of diet now known for invalids and children, superior to Arrowroot, Sago, Tapioca, &c.&.c.The FARINA has been chemically analysed by Drs.Chilton and Rotton, and Professor Reid, extracts from whose reports confirming its superiority may be seen in the printedeireulars.JEugiifeSt Claeeses.Double Gl.osier, North Wiltshire, Stilton and Parmasan, also very fine Imitation Gloster.Superior Winter Strained and Bleached SPERM and other OILS, best quality ; Sperm Candles, in fi lb fancy boxes, Composition Candles, Night Mortars, Tapers, &,c.&c.Potted Meats, Soups, Fish, Salmon, Mackerel, Lobsters, in 1 and 2 lb Tins, and other hermi-tically sealed articles, warranted to keep in any climate ; also Pickles and Sauces, of every kind ; Chocolates and Cocoas, of every variety ; together with many other articles too nu.merous to mention.Superior Tens.Old Hyson, Young Hyson, Twankays, Souchong, Congou, Pouchong, Orange Pekoe, Flowery Pekoe, Howqua\u2019s Mixture, Gunpowder, &.c.&c.&e.Choice Coffees.Old Government White Java, Jamaica and Mocha, roasted and ground, Iresh every day.These 'PEAS and COFFEES were Selected and Imported by the Proprietor himself, and are warranted of first Chops.The quality of Goods obtained from this Establishment is well known to THE PUBLIC, and although from the scarcity and high price of Groceries it has been difficult to obtain goods of first quality this Full.The Subscriber can assure his Customers that his present STOCK is equal, if not superior, to any he has heretofore had.WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.H.BENSON, No.178.Notre Dame Street.Oysters-Oysters\u201405 sters.JUST RECEIVED and for Sale\u2014NEW YORK OYSTERS in one gallon packages, warranted of the very best quality.The Subscriber will continue to receive Fresh Oysters Every Week, during the winter.H.BENSON.December 1.\t3m\u2014223 LIST OF ADVERTISED LETTERS.LETT E RS REMAINING UNCALLED FOR in the MONTREAL POST OFFICE, up to the 3lst January, 1850, and received since the 1st January, 1850.A Archer Mary Miss Ansley William Mr Austin Misses the Allin David Mr Anderson A L Dr\tAtkinson Charles Mr Arbuckle James B Browne Frederick Esq Benson Jane Miss Barret Bridget BCS Barry Philip Mr Baley William Bell Mrs Belton Mrs Bowen Ann Miss Bary Anna Miss Baker J C Mr Baftman Peter Mr 2 Begg Miss Balfour Jane Miss Boyd Thos J Mr Bayley Benjm Mr Brown Richard Mr Brinall Lucy Miss Brennan Mary Mrs Brough John Mr Burns Lawrence Mr Buckley Catherine Mrs Brainard G W Chalmers J Crerar Daniel Cox Michael Cole William Conway John Mr Corser W Mr Crutchlow John Mr Colburn W B Connall James Carroll Ellen Mrs Cox Patrick Connor Jeremiah Carmichael J Mr Carson William Corrigan Michael Cobean W Mrs Crerar D W Mr 2 Clark Sarah Miss Corigan Henry Cook Edgar Mr Commons Bridget Miss Conway Michael Chipchase Nathly Cassedy Mr Cheseman Charles Cargan Stephen Mr Carwill Thomas Callinan James M Carrol Philip Chamberlin Capt Donelly Charles Douglas William Donovan Miss Donelly W J Mr Donelly Bernard Dave William GAG Gafc Andrew Mr Gunn D C Mr Greer John Green James Gorman Owen Guerin Nancy Giitfeather Bridget Mrs H Hickey Betty\t2 Hayes Patrick Mr Hurly Denis\tHere Michael « Harwood A Esq\tHanley Redmond Hoare Edward\tMealy Daniel Mr Hovey Alonzo Esq Hanavan Patrick Mr Horan John or Corneliusllurkness Mary Miss Hughes Thomas\tHemston Richard Hood John\tHearen James H iggi ns Pa tri ck .Mr\tH a r t J o h n M r Hy itt Miriam Miss 2 Hanley P Mr Hurley Michael Mr\tHannah William Humphrey John Mr\tHuthway Edward Harris Oscar Mr\tHarvey Johanna Healy Daniel Mr I & J Ivory James Mr Jeffers L Mr Jennys John Jackson Peter Mr Kinahan Catherine Keenahan Patrick Keregan Anthony Kirkpatrick Alex Kennan Michael Lay Amos Mr Loury George Mr Low John Jr Mr Mills Richard Mr Millar W J Dr Managhan James Mr Murray Mrs Murphy George Murphy Francis Moorhead Robert Mr Murphy James Mr Murry Mr Murray Patrick Mr Morrison Daniel Mr Moody John Mr Magson James Mr Miller Jessy Miss Jackson William Mr Juffreys Henry Johnson Jas D Mr K Kreighoff C Mr Kcrney Patrick Ktlroy Rebecca Mrs Kerens James Landel D Mr Lang William Mr M Myers Michael Mr Midgley Charles Mr Mullaney Chatherine Maloney Hanora Mansuel Edward Mr Mack Nathaniel Meara Bridget Meteer William Martin William Esq Merrill E II Esq Meaney Patrick Moloaney Hanora Manherny J Re v MAC McKenna Eliza Mc Le Man J VV Esq Maclayan J W D .Ylr McLoughlin Mary McKone Catherine Me Nicar Sarah McIntyre M Mrs Me Valley William Mrs McKeough Patrick McGloughan Hugh Mr McCleane Helen McNabb Margaret Macintire Mrs McCoane John Mr Maclelan William McIntyre Mrs McLeod George Mr MacAnalty Mary McCraith John Mr McGrath Catherine Mrs McElroy John Mr Nolette Joeph Mr Niddry Charles Mr Neale Samuel Noonan Bridget Osgood T Rev O\u2019Connor J T Mr j O\u2019Connor Michael j O\u2019Brien Margaret j Owler William Pulan Samuel Poole Jane Proctor Thomas Esq Pelson Mr Power Philip Mr Purves Robert Porter David Esq Porter Francis S Mr Power John Mrs i Quinn Francis Quin Mr I Redding Edmond R P S Mr\t3 Reed Thos D Mr Randolph Captain Ramsay Robert Mr Rhoebottom Catherine R P B- Rigney James Mr O 2 O\u2019Brien Patrick Mr O\u2019Neill Wm O\u2019Neill Mary Ostin John Park Jane Mrs Peddie W M Esq Parson Charles Mr Parker Mrs Pattan Mary Ann Panther Miss Peniston Samuel Pelton Bridget Q Quinn Margaret H Robinson J Mrs 1 Roche John R Esq Roy Robert A Mr Reilly Henry Mr Rixby L T Roach John Mr Robertson Alexander Roche Elizabeth Mrs Clancy Michael or ThosChamberlin Joseph Esq Corbit James\tCallam David Mr Gragg M Mrs\tCampbell Andrew Esq Conroy Mary\tGarrick John Mr Conway James\tGarrick Ann Mrs Copelan Willi un Mr Childs S D Esq Coullins James\tChester John Collins John\tCarroll William Esq Clives J Mr D Dorman S W Esq Davis Mr Dennison Joseph\t2 Daly James Davis Catherine Miss Dai vis Thomas Donnelly James Mr\tDancy WrnSergt Majr Densernoro Wm A Mr\tDavidson James Mr Dunora Thomas Mr\tDavis George Donelin James Mr\tDarcy Eliza Miss Duffy Philip Mr\tDah y Mr Denely Janies\tDaicy P E English Mary\tEastman &, Co Edmiston John Mr\tMessrs Elliot Isabella Miss English J M Mrs W W * F Fesider Nicholas\tFiizomens Robt Mr\t2 Fanner Sarah Miss\tFroste Philip Frose Fanning Patt\tFoster Charles\tMr Fitzmaurice Jane or Ti-Forbes John Mr mothy\tFleming Thomas Fitzgerald Michael\tFoster Mr Foley James\tForrest John Fisher John Mr\tForster James Flanery John Mr\tFarrell James Fitzgerald Edward Mr G Gray William Capt Gardner Mathew Gorman Sarah Green M rgaret Miss Gallagher Mary Miss Geddis Dorothy Garvin & Laurie Messrs McConnell William Mrs McAdam Charles Mr McAville Mrs McCrake James McDonald Patrick McCarthy Mary McCarrol Margarat McCegar Catherine Mackenzie Wm Mr Maguire Mary Macdermott R R Esq McDonald Angus Roy Esq McGregor Geo Esq 2 McDole Henry Mr MeCrosson Thomas Mr McGrath Thomas McLIrre Thomas McGreil Michael Mcliule Martin Mr N Nelson R Mr Neeson Bridget Newnon Patrick Mr Scanlan Johannah Spencer George E Esq Stewart James Mr Smith Joseph M»* Stratton George Mr Smith Richard Mr Smith John Slevin James Speer Maria Mrs Speer Robert Simmons G Sinkelar James Sturgess William Smyth J W Revd Smith Horatio G Esq Tegan Anne Miss Thompson Daniel Mr Thomas Samuel Mr Smith C Small Thomas Mr Sullivan Margaret Stevenson Mr Esq Samuels H Mr Scallion Edward Saunders Jno S Mr Sanderson Isaac Mr Sanders James Mr Seal John Mr Shea Maurice Mr Shields Constantine Mr Salmon Daniel Esq Stimson Edmn E 1 LEGAL SALES Thornton Miss Tuke Sir Mark the Hunt Trout ton Sarah U \u2014 Uns worth Vance Robert Warren Moses Mr Walsh William Wallace Mathew Walker Miss Walkley Hazelton Mr Whitney Nicholas Esq Wheeler Williston J Walsh Catherine Miss W Walsh Richard Mr Whelan Rose Miss Warren Francis Esq Wilson R Mr Williams Thomas Esq Wilson Robert Wrigley W\t2 Wright Joseph Mr Persons asking for any of the above are requested to ask for \u201c advertised letters.\u201d The figures after some of the names denote the number of letters to the same address.JAMES PORTEOUS, Post Master.Post Office,\t?Montreal, February 1, 1850.{\t15 DAVID & JOSEPH, Advocates, 33, Little Saint James Street.E.D.David, 1 G.Joseph.J January 22.\t10 MONK & LARKIN, Advocates, 27, Little Saint James Street.S.C.Monk, / il.J.Larkin, s January 19,1850.\t9 BETHUNE & DUNKJN, Advocates, 33, Little Saint James Street, MONTREAL.Straciian Bethune.\\ Christopher Dunkin.$ January 5.\tdu\u20143 M R .T O R RANGE, Advocate, 49, Little St.James Street.November 13.\t3m\u2014215 MRS.DENNIE, Successor to M.Major, Millinery and Dress-Making ESTABLISHMENT, No.J3, Groat Saint James Street, MONTREAL, IMPORTER OF FANCY GOODS, rj-c.January 5, 1850.\tly_3 NEW BOOKS, Just Received, at Sadliers\u2019 Cheap Cash Book Store.AGNES GrtEY, an Autibiugraphy, by tne Auihor of Jane Eyre, Is 3d Glimpses of Spain, by VV.S.T.Wallis, 3s 9d The Leer\u2019s Daughter, by Lady Bulwer Mary Morton, or tho Broken Promise, hy Arthur, Is 3d Christmas Shadows, a Tale of the Poor Needle Woman, with Illustrations 011 Steel, handsomely Bound, only 3s 9d Lyell\u2019s Second Visit to the United Slates, 9 vols, 6s The Little Savage, by Captain Marryatt, Is 10^d Shirley, hy the Author of Jane Eyre, L lO/Jd Catholic Almanac, lor 1850, la lO^d American Almanae, for 1850, 5s The Ellieopian Glee Book, set to Music, 3s 9d History of Spanish Literature, by Teiknor, 3 vols, 30s Bancroft's History of the United Stales, 3 vols, only 27s (id Ollendorff's New Method to Read, Write and Speak French, 5s Ollendorff\u2019s Italian, Spanish and German, 7s Gs each Key to either of the above, 3s 9d Nugent\u2019s French and English Dictionary, 3s IJd Walker\u2019s English Dictionary, Is lO^d The Orphan of Moscow, translated from the French, by Mrs.J.Sadlier, forming a handsome volume of 400 pages ; price 9s 6d A very large assortment of Law and Medical Works kept constanly on hand, at New York prices.20,000 Prints for Sale, at 27s 6d the hundred 5,000 do 2nd quaiily, 22s Cd do D.& J.SADLIER, No.179, Notre Dame Street.January 22, 1850.\t10 IN A FEW DA VS WILL BE PUBLISHED, IN TWO VOLS.handsomely bound, CARRICULUM LATINUM AD USUM JUVENTUTIS.COURSE of LATIN READING for the use of Schools, containing : Part first.Prose.Selections from Cornelius Nepos.The Third and Fourth Books of Quintus Curtius.Four Books of Caesar\u2019s Commentaries.Cicero on Old Age.Cicero on Friendship.The Agricola of Tacitus.Price 6s.3d.or each of the above may be had separately, at prices varying from 9d.to Is.9d.PART SECOND, Poetry.Containing : Three Books of the Æneid.The Georgies of Virgil.The Odes of Horace.The Fasti of Ovid.Price 5s.6d.or each of the above may be had separately, at Is.6d.or Is.9d.ARMOUR & RAMSAY.And sold by J.MfCoy, R.&.C.Chalmers, C.Bryson, B.Dawson, and K.& A.Miller, Montreal 5 P.Sinclair, Quebec ; G.Stobbs, Three Rivers ; W.Brooks, Sherbrooke ; A.Bryson, Bytown; J.Allan, Perth ; W.Buell, Brockville 5 Ramsay, Armour & Co., Kingston; J.Harrison, Belleville; A.H.Armour & Co., Scobie &.Balfour, H.Rowsell, and T.Mac-lear, Toronto; J.Simpson, Niagara; T.Craig, London ; G.P.Putman, New York.SALE OF REAL ESTATE, Hy ABiiiiorify of Justice.WILL BE SOLD to the highest bidder, the following REAL ESTATE, belonging to the succession of the late THEOPHILUS LE« MAY, in hislifetime Esquire, N.P., of St.Mu.rie de Monnoir, to wit:\u2014 1st\u2014A Lot of LAND situated at Ste.Marie de Monnoir, ol two arpents in superficies, bounded in front by the land of Frs.Adam, in rear by the lands of Ruisseau Lagesse, and on one side by J.Bte.Vegiard.!\t\u2014A Loi ol LAND situated in the same place, ot eight perches in Iront, hy four nrpeuts in depth, bounded on the North by the road of the St.Louis rivulet, in rear by the same rivulet, on one side by the Hon.Mr.Justice Rolland, and 011 the other by Jean Bap*.Bedard.j 3rd\u2014A Lot of LAND of an irregular figure, situ-tuated at St.Cesaire, of two arpents, bound ed in iront by the road ol ten farms, on one side by Frs.Vjgeam, and 011 the oilier by Ant.Poirier.4th\u2014A Lot ol LAND situated at St.Jean Baptiste, of three by one and a half arpents, bounded in front by the South road of the Hurons river, in rear by the said river, on one side by F.Levesque, and on the other by Joseph Bissonel.5th\u2014A Lot ol LAND situated at St.Jean Baptiste, ol one half by one arpent, bounded in front by the South road ol the Hurons river, and in rear and on the two sides by J.B.Bissonette.Gth\u2014A FARM situated at Ste.Marie, of three by 31) arpents, bounded in Iront by the rivulet St.Louis, in rear by the lands ol the Cordon, on one side by Frs.X.Menard, and on the other by Etienne Ste.Marie and the farm hereinafter particularly described.7th\u2014A f A R M situated at Ste.Marie, of three by twelve arpents for hull the frontage; and fifteen arpents for the other half, bounded in Irontby the rivulet St.Louis and the North road cl the said rivulet, in rear hy the rivulet Lagesse, on one side by the land above described, and on the other by Augustin Fournier a/id the heirs Goyette.8th\u2014A FARM situated at Ste.^Marie, three by twenty eight arpents, bounded in front by the nvulet St.Louis and the North road of the said rivulet, in rear by the said rivulet Lagesse, on one side by the road down hill, and on, the other hy Civas.Lemay, with a House, a Barn and a Stable thereon erected, less a Building Lot reserved, the property of Théophile Lemay, junior.9th\u2014A BUILDING LO T situated at St.Marie, of three by four and one-half arpents, bound* edin front by the North road of the rivulet Si.Louis, in rear by Gabriel Duclos, on one side by the down hill road, and on the other by Gabriel Duclos and Charles Lemay, with a House, a Barn, a Stable, a Shed and Out- ; houses,thereon erected.lUth\u2014A FARM situated at Ste.Marie de Monnoir, of one and one-half by thirty arpents, bounded in front by the branch ot the Pin rouges in rear by the branch of the Rapid, on one hand by Ambroise Bedard, and on the other by Pierre Bédard with u small Stable thereon built.11th\u2014A FARM situated at St.Cé^nire, of three by twenty arpents, bounded in Iront by the road to the double Range, in rear by the rocks ol the Rougemont Mountain, on one hand by Peter Truax, and on the other by Sias Bachelder, with a House and Barn thereon erected.12lh\u2014A Lot of LAN D situated ut St.Césaire, of lering about.This was the last time he was seen in the neighbourhood ; and, early next morning, the murder ol Miss Fanshawe was discovered, but, in the great excitement which ensued, by a most singular fatality, no person whatever seemed to have for a moment thought of the prisoner at the bar and his suspicious conduct.Two days only after the execution of Eveleen, the landlord ot a small public house in the county town where she was tried, came forward, and made the following deposition to the magistrates.He said that, about nine o\u2019clock on the morning of the murder, tlïe prisoner Madden came to Ins house, and asked for refreshment in a private room.\u2014 He appeared exceedingly exhausted, his clothes being torn and bloody, his demeanour excited and agitated, and his hands and face had several small gashes upon them.lie (die landlord) showed Madden into a private room, and brought him water to wash with, &c.; and on asking Madden how it was that agcntlemari, as he seemed to be, had got into such a state, received for reply that he (Madden1) was a commercial traveller, staying at an hotel of the town, and that he had been in a hou.-e of ill lame, where he had quarrel-vvith some of the inmates, and in the fight, or general scuffle, which ensued, he had been ilL treated in the way in which he then appeared ; that liquor had been forced down his throat, so as to throw him into an insensible state until about eight o\u2019clock this morning, and that, when he then recovered, he was permitted to leave the house without further molestaiion.He said as he hid not been robbed, he should take no measures against the people who had ill-treated him, on account of the exposure any proceeding would subject him to ; and added that the reason of his calling at the deponent\u2019s house was, that he was ashamed to go back to his hotel in such a state ; for he was well known there, and to many parties in the town, and if his conduct got to the ears of the firm for whom he travelled, he should be dismissed in consequence\u2014and that, if the landlord would privately get his clothes cleaned, mended, &c., and keep the affair secret, he would liberally reward him.He, tho deponent, fully believed this plausible story, and in a few hours had got Madden\u2019s clothes cleaned and repaired ; and the latter paid his expenses, and gave him a couple of guineas for his trouble and kindness, and as he did so, laughed, and observed that if he got into a similar scrape again, he should know to whom to apply for friendly aid.Madden then departed.After he had gone, the story of Miss NUMBER 1G.Fanshawe\u2019s murder reached deponent, but not for one moment did he think of Madden in connec*» tion wiih it ; and it was not nil after Eveleen O\u2019Neill\u2019s execution, and the universal spread of a belief in her innocence, that the suspicion arose in his mind that Madden was the guilty one.\u2014 The groundsfor it were, (hut his (the deponent\u2019s) public house was not only in the outskirts of the lown, but on the direct road to tho Abbey ; and, consequently, on quilting the Abbey, Madden would find his house the first and most convenient of any to call at and arrange his dress, &c.Joining this assumption to the extraordinary fact of Madden\u2019s hands and face being gashed and bloody, as well as his clothes (which he now believed to have been done in the death struggle of Miss Fanshawe), he felt so mortally satisfied that his former guest was the murderer, that he forthwith went to the magistrates, and made the aforesaid deposition.The authorities were satisfied that the land, lord\u2019s story gave sufficient grounds to justify them in apprehending and examining Madden; but the question was where to capture him.It was no difficult task to identify him with the individual who had been sojourning at the village, though unfortunately, this afforded no clue to his present whereabouts.But, lo ! even while the subject was under discussion, the identical individual himself came into court to complain against some blackguard fellow ol the town for assaulting him.The landlord changelled him at once, hut Madden positively denied ever having seen him, and as serted that it was an utter mistake, for he had only been a few days in the town, and had never visited it before.His name, moreover, he said was not Madden, but Barkworth.Nevertheless, on the landlord making oath that the stranger was the identical person who paid him so mysterious a visit on the morning of the murder, the magistrates felt Ihernselves justified in placing him in custody, and informed him that he must be remanded until evidence was produced on both sides.On this Madden became quite furious, and naturally demanded to know on what charge they proposed to apprehend him ?When informed, on a suspicion of having committed murder, he gave a violent start, turned very pale, and ejaculated several rapid expressions of terror.These doubtful symptoms were not lost on the magistrates.Decl ning any further hearing at the time, they closely confined him lor examination at a fuiure day.A few hours elicited the fact that a airau* ger, calling himself Roderick Madden, had been staying at the village inn ; and a host of people who had known him there, attended at his reexamination, and identified him.On this, finding it vain to deny his identity, he boldly confessed that he was the person who, under the name of Roderick Madden, had been staying at the village inn, and that he was also truly the person whom the landlord related to have called at his house in the state described.At this point ol the proceedings a most irnportant and darkly suspicious fact, tending to the crimination of the accused, was unexpectedly brought forward, by one of the witnesses from tfie village recollecting that he had seen tho very dagger with which Miss Fanshawe had been murdered, in the possession of the present prisoner during his stay at the inn.To this startling deposition Madden replied by a contemptuous denial that tho dagger was his, and that he ever possessed one ot any description.Little credit was given to this denial ; the host of the village inn himself stating that he had some recollection of seeing such a weapon in his guest\u2019s possession, but could nut swear to the circumstance.However, the other villager very circumstantially described the time and place where he saw it, and was con-sidered a men of unquestionable veracity.When ihe accused was called upon to explain how he had spent the time which elapsed from his leaving the village in, ostensibly logo to London, and re-appearing in the condition described by the lai-dhird of the public house in the county town, he replied, in a disdainful tone, that he decline saying where or how he hud spent ihe interval ; and while lie even readily admitted that the tale he told the landlord of his attire being bloody, &c., from a quarrel in a brothel, was false, yet he doggedly insisted on his entire innocence of Miss Fanshawe\u2019s murder, adding that he had weightg private reasons tor declining to do so.This was all the defence he chose to make, and he disdainfully refused to say who he was or what he was.The magistrates eventually committed him for trial.The witnesses to prove the whole of the above evidence were duly called and examined, and ihe counsel for the prosecution failed not to dwell on every tittle which went towards establishing the guilt of the prisoner.lie recalled each suspicious fact, contending that Madden\u2019s resL dence at the village was obviously to obtain co>-vert intelligence concerning Miss Fanshawe\u2019s Abbey, &,c., 011 which the prisoner proceeded to effect his diabolical design.He observed that the chain of circumstantial evidence was very com* plete, and some of its links supplied in a manner clearly providential.The motive for the deed was at present only known to the prisoner himself ; but it might have been revenge, or robbery, or some other object impossible to be guessed at.Whatever it was, very evidently the murderer was frightened permaturely away by the approach of the unfortunate young lady, who, by a most lamentable case of human fallibility, had, but a few months before, been tried and condemned in that very court.When called upon for his defence, Madden, who employed no council, repeated in substance little more than what he had alleged before the magistrates, still denying the dagger to have been his\u2014still insisting, most strenuously, and even fiercely, that he was innocent of the murder.Ho appeared to be quite aware that he had not the most remote chance of an acquittal, but spoke unfalteringly, and in turns surveyed both judge,jury, and spectators, calmly and sternly, while his lip, curled iu undissembled scorn and defiance.The counsel for the crown very briefly rejoined, alluded to the fact of the 44 desperately wicked prisoner\u201d being an avowed atheist, and confidently awaited the coming verdict.The judge clearly and impartially summed up, and pointed out that this, like the former trial for the same offence, was supported wholly by circumstantial and inferential evidence.Tne jury retired, and returned in a few minutes with a verdict of 44 Guilty.\u201d Nobody was either surprised or sorry.Not an atom of sympathy did the fate of the unhappy man create in any human breast.Partly, this was doubtless attributable to his character and demeanour, but still more so to the vindictive feeling which people indulged in towards him, as being the cause of the legal murder of poor Eveleen.Undauntedly did he receive his awful sentence; and when the judge earnestly besought him to devote the little span of life yet his, to repentance and seeking Divine forgiveness, a low, hollow, fiend-like laugh ol derision, at such an idea, broke from his lips.Hideously, indeed, did that laugh sound on every ear, and tremendous were tho thoughts it generated iu reflective breasts.Soon as placed in his cell, he had but one favour to ask, which was permission for one friend of his to visit him ere his execution.The authorities assented ; and, pen and paper having been given him, he addressed a note to a femaie residing at a town some twelve miles distant, urgently requesting her immediately to come to him The note he signed 44 James May,\u201d and he explained this by saying that she knew him by no other name, and that he believed she was quite unaware of Roderick Madden, the condemned, being the same person as her friend.The note was sent express to the party, who proved to be a fashionable pio/tiiute, who had been staying a few months at the town.She expressed extreme surprise at the intelligence,and set off forthwith to visit her quondam companion.On meeting, little emotion was expressed on either side ; and after a very brief interview, in the presence of the turnkey, the woman departed, but not before Madden bad obtained permission lor her to see him once more at an early hour on the morning of the execution.Accordingly, at four a m.of the appointed day, she punctually applied for admission to his cell, and was at once conducted thither, where were already assembled the governor, chaplain, and sheriff\u2019, all anxiously beg.ging him to make a confession.4* After she has been, I will,\u201d significantly replied he.To the astonishment of all, the only words which passed between the pair were\u2014 44 Well, Emily,\u201d cried Madden, in a cool easy way, 44 you are faithful to your promise.I\u2019ve nothing to say to you, but am glad you are come, just to bid me farewell.We never meet again\u2019 on earth; and as to Heaven and Hell, I believe in neither.\u201d Then he briskly added, \u2018\u2018Come; one last kiss, and good-by.\u201d 4\u2018 Good-by,\u201d said the female who was quite unmoved.So saying, she flung her arms around his neck, and joined her lips to his in a long, clinging kiss.This done, she at once departed, without having exhibited ihe slightest trace of feeling.When she was gone, Madden called for pen and paper, saying he would write his confession.They were supplied, and he began to write rapidly In a short time he was observed to change colour, while his hand trembled very much.This agitation, in a couple of minutes, increased to such a degree that the pen fell from his nerveless grasp, and he himself would have ' sunk on the floor had not those around supported ! him.His face became quite black, and a green* I ish foam issued from his lips ; his eyes distended j fearfully, and his frame writhed in agonizing convulsions.In the midst of this, however, he was able to gasp, with a final effort\u2014 44 My father lied, fori have cheated the gallows at last ?\u201d Then his struggles gradually subsided, and he lay a revolting corpse, having died from the effects of poison.The unfinished confession was found to be as follows :\u2014 *\u2022 In a few moments I shall be dead, and I now write all I wish to say : and, whatever my life has been, and whatever my religious notions are, all men may believe what I here write to bo the solemn truth.\u201c I am innocent of the murder of Mis Fanshawe, and I have not the remotest idea who murdered her.The night she was murdered I was many miles distant; and this I could have proved on my trial, but I could not have done so without confessing that I was engaged that night iu committing a murder; but where or on whom will never be known.My hands were cut in the death-grapple, and my clothes smeared with blood.As 10 the witnesses who asserted they saw me lurking about the Abbey giounds, they either wilfully lied, or were mistaken by my resemblance to another.The dagger with which Miss Fanshawe was murdered really was mine, although I denied it on my trial, being desirous to make the best of my chance of acquittal.As deposed on my trial, I was in the habit ol carrying it about me ; but I lost it a week before the murder was committed, near to the Abbey, and I have no doubt the real murderer had picked it up, and used it as the instrument of the deed.\u201c What my real name, rank, or country is\u2014 who I am, or what I have been\u2014I will not tell That secret, and many others, perish with me,\u201d [At this place the handwriting began to waver, and became illegible, in consequence of the poison having attacked his vitals.We subjoin all the fragmentary portion that could be deciphered.] 4* I defy him.Lady Helena burned them, and my mistress.She it was who visited me in the cell and gave me poison.\u201d Thoroughly detestable a villain as the suicide avowed himself to be, the authorities saw too much reason to believe the confession.No time was lost in taking measures for the apprehension of the woman who hud conveyed the poison to him, for, independently of the suspicion attaching to her us fiis accomplice and mistress, a very intense curiosity was felt to ascertain in what ingenious fashion she had managed to convey the poison to him, for it seemed almost incredible tuat she could have done it unobserved by all present, as they stood within a few feet of both, and watched every motion during the brief interview .It was found that she had decamped from the town immediately after leaving the prison ; and a whole month elapsed ere she was apprehended, at Chester, by un officer who recognised her from the 44 Hue and Cry.\u201d On being interrogated, she stoutly denied, any participation in the crime of Madden, but freely admitted that she it was who gave him the poison on their final interview on the morning of execution ; and fhe following was the explanation she gave of the manner of its being conveyed\u2014 * She said that she did not know the name of the poison, but it was a red liquid, given into her keeping by the prisoner some months betorc his arrest, with injunctions carefully to preserve it lor him, for some day he expected it would be useful.She continued, that she placed the small flat bottle containing it under her tongue, and that when she kissed him at parting, while their lips clung together, they partially opened their mouths, and so passed the bottle from one to the other, without the least difficulty or risk of discovery.This plan, she said, had been arranged by him, and whispered to her at their first interview, wi'hout being overheard by ihe turnkey in the cell.Once in his mouth, he easily drew the cork with his teeth, swallowed the liquiu, and retained the bottle until the moment when his death convulsion began.8he declared that she did not know anything whatever of his real name, profession, or connections ; but said that he had always command of considerable wealth.As the reader has seen, two trials for the murder of Miss Fanshawe had resulted in the legal murder of Eveleen O\u2019Neil and in the suicide uf the condemned soi-disant Madden; yet both of them were perfectly innocent of the crime of which they had been foundguilty by an English jury.The con fession of Madden, instead ot casting any light on the affair\u2014instead ol giving an indice to the real culprit, only seemed to enwrap the deed in the clacker obscurity.People who hud first very stoutly maintained the absolute, unquestionable guilt of poor Eveleen, and next that uf Roderick Madden, bad received a frightful lesson of the utter fallibility of human judgment, when resting on merely circumstantial evidence; and now^ after there had been a double trial, the question still was\u2014only more intricate, mysterious, and inexplicable than ever\u201444 Who did the Deed?\u201d No fewer than forty-and.four years swelled the sum of time past, and still this thrilling problem remain unsolved.The judge, the juries, the witnesses, and a vast majority of the spectators were gone to their account\u2014the old Abbey itself was pulled down, and a modern mansion reared in its site; and the whole of the marvellous circumstances connected with the 44 Double Trial,\u201d were now fast becoming matter of local tradition only, being occasionally related by hoary.headed grand-sites lo a listening circle around the Christmas fire, as a fearful mystery which happened when they were young, and which they now could safely aver never would be cleared up on earth.One fine summer morning in 18\u2014, the minister of one of the churches in the county town received an urgent summons to attend the deathbed of an old beggar woman, who had arrived there a few days previous, and now lay dying in a miserable lodging.He complied with the re» quest ; and on seeing her, was astounded by learning from her own feeble lips that he was called to become the repository of most awful revelations.She appeared to be a woman of nearly seventy years of age ; one, moreover, who was emaciated by disease and want, until she looked more like a resuscitated mummy than anything else.She lay coiled up in a heap of filthy rag^, and was evidently at the last stage of existence.Startling, indeed, were the very first words she uttered.44 More than forty years,\u201d said she 441 have been a child of Hell ! I don\u2019t want you to talk to me about my soul\u2019s salvation, for that\u2019s out of the question ; but-\u201d \u201cOh,\u201d interrupted the clergyman, deeply shocked, \u201c I implore you say not so; you have perhaps, only a few fleeting minutes to live and-\u201d\t* 44 I know ; and that\u2019s why I wish you to hear me, and lo write down my dying words.\u201d The substance of these words were as follows : She said that lorty-four years bygone, she had lived as ladies\u2019 maid with Miss Fanshawe, of -Abbey ; and that lady having several times scolded and threatened to discharge her for gross neglect of her duties, an awful spirit of revenge took possession of her, and she determined to murder her mistress.While pondering the matter over, she happened to find a dagger (that left by Roderick Madden) near to the park palings.About a week afterwards, she murdered her mistress with this very dagger, and being disturbed by the approaching footsteps ol Eveleen O\u2019Neill, who had heard the death struggle, she hurried back to her own chamber, leaving the dagger behind her.She had on at the time only a thin night-dress, which, being sprinkled with blood, she hid, and hastily washing her hands and face, put on a clean one.Then, when the alarm was given by the butler, she joined the rest of the family in rushing to the apartment of the murdered lady, and was loudest of any in her outcries and lamentations.She said that when she saw tho turn the affair had taken, hy shilling all suspicion from herself to poor Eveleen, she no longer felt any fear of detection.She availed herself of an early opportunity to burn her gory night-dress, which she easily effected at the kitchen fire during the great confusion of the morning She actually had the hardihood to attend the trial of Eveleen ; and when the counsel for the latter uttered the remarkable expression that perhaps the real murderer was then present, she felt ready to die away, but soon recovered\u2014and she afterwards beheld the execution of Eveleen, without 45 MONTREAL HERALD AND DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.t.'poriencing nn atom of lemorse, either for her d' aih or thui ofihe first victim.From that time f« ward, she, in her own words, became and con.ti .tied emphatically \u201c a child of Hell !\u201d Very »\u2022\u2022on after Eveleen\u2019s execution, she married a r Idier, and accompanied him to India.Subse «I ently she travelled over various parts of the * orld.and committed sin upon sin, and wicked i eed upon wicked deed, beyond the capability of 1 r memory to sum up.At length she felt an irresistible prompting to drag her worn\u2014out frame i » the locality of her first fearful crime ; and there iinding herself nigh untodcaih, she determined to nnburthen hereselfof a relation of that deed, and accordingly did so as related.Her confession was read over to her by the clergyman, in the presence of two hastily summoned magistrates, and she declared that it was True in every respect.A few minutes afterwards her soul fled to its dread account.Reader ! not one word of comment do we per->ume to make on the \u201c strange, eventful history\u201d we have, however unworthily, related.We feel That to append a moral,\u201d after the approved taole-book fashion, were an insult to your intel-igence.\u2014 Tail's Edinburgh Magazine.POST OFFICE NOTICE.iOMMENCINO on the 9th instant, the MAILS FOR ENGLAND, via the J SITED ST A TES, will he DESPATCHED irom Montreal, EVERY SUNDAY MORNING during tl).e PRESENT MONTH, up to SUNDAY, 23rd instant, inclusive, and every ALTERNATE SUNDAY during, the Months of -lANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH and 'PRIL, 185Ü, commencing on SUNDAY, 6th JANUARY.The Boxes will be closed for PAH) LETTERS on the previous Saturday, at FIVE o\u2019clock, P.M.UNPAID LETTERS may be dropped into Ihe Box during SATURDAY NIGHT.NEWSPAPERS must be posted belore Four o\u2019clock, P.M., on SATURDAY.General Post Office, / dontrcal, I9ih D c., 1849.\\\t231 T£\tT?'*! à^^ VÆfEAL ViK TUESDAY MORNING, FEB.5, 1850.[CP Sec First Page.Lokd Grey (and Elgin) on Annexation.\u2014By the attention of onr Toronto oorrespon-tlent, and the aid of the telegraph wires, we were enabled to nublish an Extra on Saturday last, containing copies of two despatches from LoidGrey to Lord Elgin, upon the subjects of the removal of the Seat of Government, and the annexation movement\u2014both of which we republish this morning.We thus gave a practical refutation of the pilot's absurd accusation regarding our desire fo hoodwink our readers, by suppressing intelligence, which may be considered as discouraging to the great and patriotic cause which we have so deeply at heart.The Pilot may rest assured\u2014aye, and his patrons, my Lords Grey and Elgin\u2014that those whom they slander, as holding opinions \u201cscarcely short of treason in their character,\u201d have no desire to skulk from the legal consequences of their opinions ; but that they are not children to be bullied out of them by misrepresentation and falsehood The names of the leading annexationists, and their conduct when it was attempted to overturn Her Majesty\u2019s authority in Canada, ought to afford to their Sovereign an abundant guarantee of their loyally, of their determination to maintain the majesty of the law from whencesoever attacked, and to seek no change in the existing political Vela!ions and institutions of the country, excepting by peaceful and constitutional means, and with the concurrence and assent of the mother country.In the words of our contemporary the Gazelle\u2014who is not now an Annexationist, whatever may have been his views when he penned them\u2014 \u201cft is nof for us to determine whether England will let us go.It is our business to convince her that she ought to let us go, if we are convinced that we ought to go.\u201d And, \u2022per contra, we may, surely, be permitted to say, that it is nof for England\u2014and far less for Lord Grey\u2014to till us \u2018\u2018that the permanence of the connection is highly advantageous to belli,\u201d but to convince us that it is We have said that these despatches may be considered as discouraging to our cause\u2014and no doubt, they would not have been published had not Lotd Elgin and his advisers hoped that such would be their effect,\u2014but we are, neveitheless, very much mis'aken if, on the contrary, they do not open the eyes of many to the humiliating position they hold as Colonists, and confirm o\u2019hers in their well-founded belief that the Russell Adrriiuistration, at all events, fully admit the principle that the question of connection or separation, is one, which will he left, entirely and absolutely, to the decision < f the people of Canada.Let us see what my Lord Grey\u2019s despatch of the 9.h ultimo, really amounts to.Emanating from such a man as his Lorrtship.prompted by such a man as Lord Elgin has shown himself to be, it would be a waste of words to comment upon the -ungracious, the vindiclise, the snapish and pe:ulanltone, in which it is penned: \u2014 You can\u2019t brew burgundy ol sour small beer, Nor moke a silk purse of u sow\u2019s car\u2014 However moderate, however loyal and temperate the language of the Annexationists, from such men, they could only expect insults and threatening:!.It is not even pretended that they have, by any,\u2014however unfair and far-fetched,\u2014construction of their words rendered themselves, amenable to the laws either of the Empire or of the Colony ; hut they are first intuited as holding opinions \u201c scarcely short of treasonable in their character\u201d\u2014as if ireason were an undefined crime to be lenglhened-or shortened,'by ihe fiat of a Downing Street Minister or his Colonial nominee\u2014and then, they are threatened that, \u201cif\u201d they break the laws, they will he \u201c broughtto account\u201d forso doing.We might well reply that Lord Grey\u2019s interference with the liberties of Her Majesty\u2019s Canadian subjects, is, \u201c sraicely short of\u201d an attempt to over-ride the constitution ; and that \u201c if\u201d he, or his nominee Lord .Elgin, presume to carry his tyrannical ideas into practice, that \u201c the necessary measures for bringing them to account,\u201d will not be wanting.No, the insulting tone of the dispatch, the vile hints to Lord Elgin to entrap the Annexalionisls into the clutches of a Justice Draper, are too transparent, too contemptible, to deceive even the most prejudiced, or to affect the nerves of the most timid.So much for the general tone, the animus, displayed by Lord Grey.Let us see what the doctrine lie im ulcates, separated from his abuse and threats, actually amounts to.What he says may be thus paraphrased\u2014 as Her Majesty confidently relies upon the correctness oiLord Elgin\u2019s statements, that \u201cthe great majori v of her Canadian subjects are opposed to separation,\u201d and as her Colonial Secretary, Lord Grey, is persuaded that \u201c the permanence of the connection is highly advantageous to both\u201d countries ; \u201c she is, therefore, determined to exert all the authority which belongs to her, for the purpose of maintaining the connection.\u2019\u2019 And who can gainsay the wisdom of such a determination 1\u2014 But, supposing, by the petition of a large majority of her Canadian subjects\u2014e.xpressed through their representatives in the Colonial Parliament\u2014her Majesty learns that Lord Elgin had misunderstood, or misrepresented, their views on the subject of Annexation; and, supposing Lord Grey\u2019s successor should discover that the permanence of the con-nec ion is highly disadvantageous to both countries; would not her Majesty, then, \u201cexert all the authority, which belongs to her, for the purpose of,\u201d bringing about a peaceful and friendly severance of the Province from the British dominions ?Most assuredly, she would.Had Lord Grey intended that we should understand him as our friend of the Gazelle does, even he would scarcely have dared to have dealt in enigmas ; hut would, plainly and manfully, have stated that, whatever the opinions of the people of Canada\u2014whether they consi-deted the connection advantageous or disadvantageous\u2014so long as he enjoyed her Majesty s confidence as her Minister for the Colonies, England would never consent to our independence.Had lie so expressed himself, we should have understood what Ids (Lord Grey\u2019s) opinions were ; but even under these circumstances, we should have been very far from accepting his Lordship as the exponent of the views of the people of England.We have only to-look to the Cape ot Good Hope, to see the legitimate results of such puerile denunciations as his Lordship is in iho habit of addressing to lier Majesty\u2019s Colonial subjects.In the present instance, two things are, we think, abundantly and incontrovertibly evident:\u20141st, that Ids lordship\u2019s despatch of the 9th ultimo, is a mere echo of Lord Elfin\u2019s policy in Canada\u2014most probably dictated on this side the Atlantic : and 2nd, that it leaves matters exactly as it found them\u2014namely, that our continued connection with the mothercoun-try, is, admittedly, a matter left, entirely and absolutely', to the decision ofihe people of Canada.In Lord Grey\u2019sownwerds- as delivered (when Lord Howick) in the House of Commons during ihe debate onthe Canada Government Bill, in 1840\u2014\u201cIf then,\u201d said his Lordship, \u201cthere were so large a majority of the Canadian people averse to British connection, as to he able to return members with the feelings wlrich the honorable member had described, the result must be the snmc\u2014thecon-nectionbctween the two countries must cease.\" With such sentiments on record, it is vain, utterly vain, in Lord Grey to seek to bully and threaten those whom, he admits, he could be no party to coerce, into the abandonment of the only means which, they believe, can relieve them and their children from poverty and degradation.Peacefully, calmly, and patiently will they persevere, by reason and argument, and by reason and argument alone, until, as the Gazette ex-presses it, they \u201c convince England that she ought to let us go\", because \u201c we (the majority of the people of Canada) are convinced that we ought to go\".It may be long before the arrival ol that happy day, but Lord Grey\u2019s despatch of the 9ih ultimo, will not, we are satisfied, retard its advent for one hour.Downing Street, January 9, 1850.My Lord,\u2014I have to acknowledge your despatch of the dates and numbers quoted in the margin No.114, 19:h November, 1849: 127, 3rd December, 1849: 129, 3rd December, 1849 : 134,4th December, 1849.I have laid these despatches before Her Majesty, and also the address of the Warden and Councillors of the Municipal Council of the Gore Dis:rict\u2014 the Lieutenant Colonel and Officers of Miiitia of the Regiment of Dorchester\u2014of the Officers of the 4,h BattHlion of the Regiment of Yamaska, and of the in-habitan's of the Parish of St.Anne tie la Pocaticre, and of the Officers of Militia and Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Battalion of the Regiment of Quebec, inclosed in the two first of these despatches which Her Majesty has been pleased to receive very graciously, arid have afforded Her Majesty great satisfaction to receive these expressions of that loyalty and attachment to the British Crown, wh.clr she trusts is generally felt by her Canadian subjects.With regard to the address to the people of Canada in favor of severing the Province from the British dominions for the purpose of annexing it to the United Sla'es, which forms the subject of the 3rd of these despatches I have to inform you, that Her Majesty, approves of your having-dismissed from Her service those who have signed the document, which is scarcely short of treasonable in its character.Her pointed, to call on Mr.Sanborn and ask his accep-lance of the nomination.The Committee, after conferring with Mr.San.born, reported his acceptance of the nomination.Air.Sanborn having appeared before the Convention, and stated brb fly his views upon some of the most important subjects now under consideration, and agitating the people of the Province generally, and more particularly, on the great question uf a peaceable separation from Great Britain, and a union with the United States, as an advocate of the same\u2014this Convention declare themselves satisfied.The following resolutions were then unanimously adopted : \u2014 Resolved,\u2014That this convention having unanimously agreed upon the nomination of J.S.Sanborn, Esq , as the candidate to represent the County ol Shetbrooke in Parliament, pledge ourselves to use our minuet exertions and influence to secure his election.Resolved\u2014That copies of the foregoing Resolutions and proceedings of this Convention he published in the Sherbrooke Gazelle, Stanstead Journal, Montreal Herald, and Morning Courier.Resolved,\u2014Thai the thanks of this meeting be returned to the Chairman, for his able conduct in the Chair.TH.C.ALLIS, Chairman.CHS.BROOKS, Secretary.The Convention having been dissolved, the Delegates, with other gentlemen from various parts of the County, favorable to Annexation, met to ad 'pt measures to secure the election of Mr.Sanborn, and to carry out the views of the Convention.A.W.Kendrick, Esq.was called to the chair, and Mr.Charles Brouks requested to act as Secretary.Resolved,\u2014That a central Committee of nine be chosen, to consist of Messrs.W.R.Willard, B.Pomroy, Eros Lebourveau, J.S.Walton, Dr.Rankin, G.C.Foster, Win.Walker, Jos.Smith, and Charles Brooks, for the purpose ot carrying out and securing the election of the candidate nominated by the convention.Resolved,-\u2014'1 liât Township Committees he chosen for the purpose of assisting in carrying out the above measures to co-operate with the central Committee, to consist of\u2014 Hereford, Messrs.Otis Parker, Newman Brown, Cyrus Parks, Joel Hibbard.Shipton.\u2014T.C.Allis, Joel Baker, Job Adams, J.P.Stockwell, S.M.Dennison, Levi Cleveland, Enoch Baker, Jared Willey.Compton.\u2014J.Lougee, A.W.Kendrick, Che.Pen noyer Luke Wadleigh, A.A.Ketlam, A.C.Parker, II.0.Hitchcock, Peter Bowen, James Doake, G.G, Stevens Eaton.\u2014 B.Lebourveau, T.W.Hurd, Ralph Lindsay, Lockhart Hall, J.M.Amiable, Luke Hurd, J.T.Lindsay.Ascot.\u2014Joshua Fisher, Warren Loomis, R.Oughtred, B.Butterfield, Alanson Haskell, Alex.Boll, A.B.Mallory, Oliver Blodgett, H.Moe.Dudswell\u2014T.D.Bishop, Wm.Wil.ard, D Forbes, Z.Evans, Galen Lothrop.jr.Melbourne \u2014Leonard Thomas, Alex.Osgood and Peler Cramer.Brompton.Thos.Knapp, Jos.Rankin, David Rankin.Orford.\u2014H.Smith, Geo.Bonallie, L.Goodull, H.Barber.West bury.\u2014Janies Rytlter, Daniel Winslow.Windsor.\u2014John Rankin, Wm.McCullough, J s.Brown.Resolved,\u2014That a subscription be now emered inio, todelray the necessary expenses in carrying out said Election.A.W.KENDRICK, Chairtnan.CHARLES BROOKS, St-c\u2019y.The Connectionists, or vve should rather call ihem the procrastinators\u2014fov, with few exceptions, like our contemporary the Gazette, they have declared themselves in favor of Annexation, on condition of a \u201c\u2022profitable arrangement of the items\u201d\u2014the procrastinators, then, we are informed, intend starting C.B.Cleveland,Esq., (one of themselves, not a Connectionist de-terminéÿln opposition to Mr.Sanborn, whose manly and temperate address to the electors, we give below :\u2014 TO THE FREE AND INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF SHER.BROOKE : Gentlimen : The selection of a candidate osa lit person to represent the county ol Sherbrooke in the Legislative Assembly ol the Province, for the re.iiaindet ofihe current electoral it rru,\u2014 by a convention ot Delegates assembled at Sherbrooke the 3(lilt instant for that purpose\u2014having devolv! ed upon me, I take this opportunity of offering myself lor your suffrages, fit doing so, I am encouraged, not so much by a consciousness of fitness on my part, for the position, as from the lact that so many gentlemen, from different sections ol the county, have chosen me.At the present tune, it is no easy task for even an experienced politician, to do his duly, and his whole duty, as a representative ol any constituency in the Pro.vincial Parliament.Political questions of a hold and most exciting character have for the past year, occupied, and still do occupy, the public mind.The present exigency culls into requisition, in those.who assume the responsibility of representing the popular will, much thought, and a determined energy ol purpose.The ardttousness of tlte duties ol u representative of this county is nota Mule enhanced by the fact, that it has been hitherto so ably and faithfully represented.It would be arrogance in me to conceive myself lully equal to the task, yet on the other hand, it SECOND SNOW SHOE RACES AT THE ST.PIERRE RACE COURSE.In spite of the cold weather yesterday, a great number drove out to the St.Piere Race Course, to witness the Snow Shoe Races.We were glad to see that the Ladies are determined to patronize this manly sport, and so much was their presence appreciated, that the competitors strained their muscles to the last moment, if not all to be victorious, at least to merit their approbation.The track was in good order, though a little heavy on the back stretch.For the first Race, three miles, eight competitors came to the scratch ; Thomas Ha-sennase, the winner of the six mile race, went off with the lead and maintained it for the first mile in 8 minutes and 5 seconds.\u2014 On the second run, Lazar Aniratentha took up the running, and soon got up to Thomas.He passed the Judges stand in 7 minutes and 52 seconds, closely followed by Tewennita-sen, and Thomas Hasemiase third.On the third mile the pace became tremendous, and Lazar had soon to give up to Tewennilasen, who took the lead and ran in a winner in 6 minutes and 57 seconds.Time of three miles 22minutes and 54seconds.The second Race was for a Silver Medal\u2014 competed for by five Squaws.The novelty of the race created much sport, and the winner, the prettiest of course, could have had choice in the crowd for a husband.The third Race, quarter of a mile, was for a Silver Cup\u2014seven competitors.This race was certainly the race of the day.Four Indians and three members of the Club entered as competitors\u2014Bapliste, the Indian Chief, took the lead at the start, and maintained il for about 200 yards, closely followed by Mr.Lamontagne, and the race seemed to be between the two, until Mr.Brown made a sudden rush and passed them both.He ran in a winner in 1 minute and 32 seconds.Mr.Lamontagne was second, and Baptiste third.The fourth Race was one mile : for $12, $2 to the second\u2014seven competitors.This race was very fast, and to the Amateurs afforded great interest\u2014 Lazar Anirathentha made play from the start, and ran in a winner in 6 minutes and 10 seconds.Mr.Sands\u2019 American Minstrels.\u2014The audience at the Theatre Royal, on Saturday night, was so encouraging to Mr.Sands, that last night, he again filled the house with crowds of laughter-loving visitors.To-morrow n:ght ihe \u201cDarky Minstrels\u201d will give auo her performance in the Theatre.Majesty confidently relies on ihe loyalty of would be a rtfluction upon the judgment of ihose the great majority of her Canadian subjects, who have selected me, io believe myself wholly and she is therefore determined lo exert nil incompetent, Should you,genllemen, confer up-Ihe aulhorily, which belongs to lier, for the 0,1 me the honor ol eliding me as your repre purpose of'maintaining the connection 0f1\t\u2018.,A ^.J'~\" Canada whh this country ; being persuad ed that ihe permanence of the eoniiee lion is highly advantageous to both.Your Lordship will therefore understand that you are commanded by Her Majesty to resi.-t to the utmost of your power any attempt which may be made, to bring about the separation of Canada, from ihe Brilish dominions, ami to mark in the strongest manner Her Majesty\u2019,, displeasure with all ihose who may directly or indirectly encourage such a design.If any attempt of this kind should lake such a form that those who are guilty of it may, according lo such advice as you may receive from your law advisers, be made res ponsible lor liteir conduct in a Court ol Justice yi u will not fail to take the necessary measures for bringing l hem to account.I am, my Lord, Your mot t obedt., Servi., GREY.The Right Hon.Earl of Elgin.(Copy, No.442.) Downing Street, Jan.i, 1850.My Lord,\u2014I have had Ihe honor to re ceive your Lordship\u2019s despatch and its enclosure, No.113,oi 18th November, reporting lhat you have resolved on the advice of your Council, and after full and anxious délibéra lion to act on a recommendation of ihe House of Assembly, on the subject of the place at which the future sessions of the Provincial Parliament should he held, and summoned the next Parliament to mret at Toronto.As ihe As-ernbly in their address of which you Iransmi ted rue a copy on the 29th ult.proposed this arrangement.I have only to express my hope that il may prove successful, and my approbation of your Lordship\u2019s determination io act upon the opinion expressed to you by the r.presenlatives of the people of I enlarge.Canada.\t| honor to 1 am.my Lord, Your obdt., sevl., Right Hon.Earl of Elg GREY.County of Sherbrooke.\u2014Our friends the Eastern Townships are, we are glad see, \u201c up and doing,\u2014the following is from Ihe Sherbrooke Gazette of Saturday last:\u2014 COUNTY CONVENTION.Ai a meeting o! Delegales chosen in ihe differ, ent Townships in ihe Conniy of Sherbrooke, to meei in Convention at Sherbrooke, January 30lh, 1850, lor ihe purpose of nominating a candidate to represent ihe County in Parliament, in place of A.T.Galt, Esq., resigned :\u2014 Present :\u2014Vi.essrs.Ralph Lindsay, Tyler Hurd, and Eros Lebourveau, from Eaton.l.O.Allis.Joel Baker, and Job Adams from Shipton.A.VV.Kendrick, G.G.Stevens and Chas.Pen-noyer, from Compton.I hns Kt npp, Brompton.David Forbes, and T.D.Bishop, Dudswell.Luke Hurd.Newman Brown, and Oils Parker, Hereford.Horace Webster, Samuel Mallory, and Chas.brooks, Ascot.c '1'll|'; Cr'rn,ve\"li°11 having been called to order, T.G.Allis, Esq., was appointed Chairman, and Mr.L-nns.brooks, oecrcary.After a few preliminary remarks from the Chairman, explanatory of ihe objects of ihe meet, mg, Mr.O.Pen noyer of Compton, nominated J.S.Sanborn, Esq .of Sherbrooke, as a suitable per-son to represent this County in the Provincial Par Moment, m place of Mr.G^lt, resigned\u2014seconded by Mr.Tyler Hurd, and passed unanimously.A Ci mmitlee, consisting of Messrs.Adams Kendrick, Mallory, and Lebourveau, was then ap- semativc it would be my endeavor to carry out, so f;ir as in my power, the wishes of a majority of theEltctors of the county, although, I humbly conceive, that it is neither possible nor desirable that a representative should act at all times under the specific instructions of his con.stiiuents.without the exercise of judgment in given circumstances ; yet it is my firm conviction that a representative should remain no longer such, than he is, in the main, an index of the views of those he represents.I should most unhesitat.ingiy decline a nomination, were I not confident that my views on the more important measures likely to become the subject of legislation were in harmony with thpse of a majority of the electors of ibis county, it is impossible to define dis-tinctiy the course of action proper to be taken by your repiésentative in the approaching session of Parliament.This must depend, in detail, upon the aspect poiiueul affairs in the province may assume.It may, however, he remarked that a great reduction of public expenditure is irnperu.lively demanded for the in eresis of the whole Province.'I he Hon.W.IL Meritt, in his review of the resources and expenditure ol Canada published in 1845, in comparing the expenses ol e adminisiration ol Government here with ihose of ihe State of New York, remarks \u201cthat the Provincial Government of Canada with a population of only one ai d one quarter millions, ex.pends £'242,472, when tfie government ot a neigh, boring State, with a population of nearly 3,(J00,(JU0 expends for the same otjects, only £8Ü,5li3.\u201d These expenditures have not decreased, but there is reason to believe have been enhanced under the management of the present administra-tion.Mr.Merritt\u2019s remark ta an true now as when it was made, and the figures point to an evil which ought to, and must be remedied.Eco.nomy is as ess-emial to the prosperity of nations as oi individuals.Wi h reference to a sep ration of Canada from the Government of Gteat Britain and her annexation on favorable terms, to ihe Slates of the American Union, if peacefully obtained, and with the consent of the British Government, it is unnecessary that I should It is sufficient that I have the have my name associated with a large proportion of yours, ns appended to the Requisition lately presented to A.J\u2019.Galt, Esq., intimating that we coincide with the views expressed in the Manifesto first issued upon the su ject in Montreal, and lhat my name, as I have no doubt yours were, \u201c was appended io said requisiticn with my consent.\u201d How far this subject may have an immediate bearing upon the duties of your Representative cannot now he seen.In ail probability no direct issue upon this ques.tion will he raised at the next session of Parliament.But in seeking this ultimate end, measures tending to hasten the result should be sustained.With this view an extension of the elective principle to the Legislative Council, is eminently desirable.In any event, it cannot he doubted that me whole mechanism and operations of Government, can he simplified to advantage.\u2014Conceiv.ing, as I do, that universal education is ihe only safeguard of sell government\u2014and that without it our other favouri e measures, if attained, might lie partially unsuccessful, I should most cheerfully sustain any measure which might he deemed calculated to give to the whole people a sound and thorough elementary education in the simplest and most economical manner.In fine, genllemen, should you confer upon me ihe honor and responsibility ol a representative of ibis county, my aim will bo to promote the local interests here in harmony with the general welfare of the Province at large.And though consci.ous lhat my inexperience in puoüc matters may tender me less capable of discharging ihe duties to be devolved upon me, than many others whom you might have selected, yet what my humble bilities will allow, 1 shall effect in the further-ance of your interests.I have the honor to be.Gentlemen, Your obedient serv\u2019t.J.S.SANBORN.Sherbrooke,31st Jan., 1850, The Lady President and Directresses of the University Lying-In Hospital, beg to acknowledge publicly, Ihe kind and liberal manner in which the exertions of the Com-mittee for the Charity Ball, on the 29tti ult., have been met.Their grateful thanks are more especially due to Mr.Hays, for ihe use of his splendid house; to Col.Hay and Sir Hew Dalrymple for the attendance of the Bands of their respective Regiments ; to Mr.Compain, for the generous manner in which he supplied the refreshments and supper ; to the several publishers of the newspapers who advertised the Ball gratis ; to Messrs.McCormick, Charles Kelly, Charles Kenmure and William Keri-gan, who lent their services, and to the public generally for their support.The Ladies acknowledge a deep debt of gratitude to the gentlemen of the Committee of Management, and trust that, the success of of their exertions in the cause of charily will compensate them more than this feeble notice can, for all their trouble.The Ladies are happy to inform their friends and the public, that the net proceeds of the Ball amount to upwards af £70 currency.The following letter has been handed to us for publication :\u2014 Montreal,- Feb.4, 1850.ï-hu,\u2014Entertaining no doubt that Lord Elgin\u20197}* dismissals of gentlemen from Her Majesty\u2019s ser-vice for having given expression to opinions not at variance with ihe law, would have elicited her Majesty\u2019s disapprobation, I contintied to hold my commissions as Lieut.Col.of Militia and Justice of the Peace.The despatch of Lord Grey, bearing date the 9th ultimo, which has just been promulgated here, proves that I was in error, and lhat the holding what have hitherto been considered us positions of honourable distinction, must henceforth be looked upon as subjecting the occupants to a de-grading servitude,\u2014I cannot consent to serve my Sovereign on such terms, and 1 beg, through you, io notify the Governor General of my wish to retire from the command of the 3rd Addington Regiment of Militia, and from the Commission of ihe Peace for the Midland District.I have tlte honour to he, Sir, Your obedient servant, John L.Gumming.Hon.James Leslie, Secretary.We beg leave to remind our readers that the Annual Festival of the Mechanics\u2019 Institute comes oft to-night, and vve would adviso all of them, lhat can possibly attend, to do so, as we believe it is going to be really a splendid affair.It will he seen by the advertisement, that several bands of music, including the splendid one of the 19th Regiment, will be in attendance, and that Sands\u2019 American Min-strel\u2019s have kindly volunteered to sing some of their most admired melodies, and we have heed informed that the exhibition of models, machinery, manufactures, &r., will be far more extensive than at any former fesdval.A city paper has made an attack on Wm.Hall, Esq., Collector of Customs at the Port of Montreal.As far as we are concerned, we can only say that wo have always found Mr.Hall and the Officers of his department ready\u2014when in their power\u2014to assist us in our endeavors lo collect information, such as the books of the Custom House afford.Mr.Hall\u2019s conduct as a public officer is too well known and appreciated to he injured by such attacks* The half-yearly Meeting of the Canada Land Company was held on the 31st ult., Captain C.Buaanquet was chosen a Director In the room of Mr.Fullarton, and Mr.Alderman Carden in the room of Mr.Godden.A divident of 6 per cent was declared.We begtocall the attention of our readers to the Sale, by C.F.Hill & Co., of Black and White Smiths\u2019Tools, belonging to the estate of E.Cooke, which takes place this morning.See Advertisement.A most brutal murder has been brought to light ,nf \u201dne °uf lt*e huerior towns.A settler of the name o I ait had been found dead in a chest, w.ih his c « tries on, and his head crushed in with an axe or hammer.Two negroes had been arrested lor the murder.A coal mine had been discovered in a town near ihe Cujie.A desperate affray had occurred between the loliee ami nine convict Kuifirs iih\u201ein they were carrying inio the interior.The Kaffirs made an allnnpt lo escape, when the guard fired upon them, killing two instantly.Five of ihe Kaffirs escaped, two supposed lo he mortally wounded.The Treasurer of the Protestant Orphan Asylum acknowledges, with many thanks, ihe receipt of .£2 10s., from Miss Picken ; being pari ol the proceeds of a juvenile Bazaar, held by the young Ladies of her Seminary, in aid of this and other charitable Socielies, Notice to the Proprietors op the Boston Atlas.\u2014About six weeks since, $3 was enclosed from J.P.for your paper.It lias nol been re\" ceived.Since -then three letters have been re» milted and the postage paid ; yet no answer has been received.We trust this may reach the eje of the proprietor of that joui nal, and be attended to.All the letters were pre paid to the lines.From our 'Foronto Correspondent.Toronto, Jan.30, 1850.Sines' f last wrote you the annexationists of this city have lairly broken ground by organizing an association.The matter had been some lime in pro?\u2019 - and a number of meetings were held before i sufficient resolution was mustered to bring 'hem to tlte \u201csticking point\u201d.At each successive meeting the numbers increased, and with numbers titere was a considerable increase of enthusiasm.That the annexationists of this city should he somewhat diffident in declaring themselves is nut to be wondered at, when tlte weight of executive infiuenee and compactism brought to bear on the question, are taken into account.Was it not titat the country is beginning to mani.fest strong symptoms in favour of tlte movement, f doubt much if anything could have been don in this metropolis for some time to come.The merchants who have extensive dealings with the farmers and country traders have now satisfied themselves that a great majority of the people are in favour of annexation, and hence the increasing strength of the party in the city.About filly merchants, including five or six of our largest importers, hove joined the association, and an address has already been drafted and approved of by tlte committee.I have not seen it os yet, hut have heard from very competent judges that it is an able and philosophical document, calculated to carry conviction\u2019 lo the minds of the people.It will be submitted to the association on Thursday evening, and probably make its appearance in the next number of the Independent.Already, I understand, preliminary meetings have been held in Hamilton to organize there.These organizations may he regarded as tlte commencement of the campaign in Upper Canada, and will, doubtless, be productive ol tlte greatest good.You will have ttoticed a general outline of the modus operumti of the Toronto association in the Independent of last week.In many respects it corresponds with lhat adopted in Montreal.An office and news room will be opened for tlte free admission of aii non\u2014residents who may visit the city.^ tins means a sort of centralization of the movement throughout Western Canada will be established, and the best and most reliable information from all quarters obtained.Whilst speaking ol annexation, f may mention titat a gentleman of high respectability arrived in town yesterday, Irom the county of Essex, who states that Colonel Prince has declared for the cause._ His constituents are the warmest supporters of it in Upper Canada.Since the appointment of Mr.Burns to the Bench, there hoe been but liulo to interest tlte public in reference to ministerial proceedings.It is said titat this appointment and the filling up of the University, have afforded material relief to Mr.Baldwin\u2019s health.These latter promotions have excited but little attention in the city, though some of them are extremely ridiculous___ such, for inslattce, as that of Mr.Oliver Springer, a young \u201c briefless Barrister,\u201d at Hamilton, just ot age and without a singie qualification to recommend him.Many of the others are equally ridiculous.The Ministry are regarded here> even by their best freinds, as tottering to their fall.There are evidently manifestations amongst the \u201c clear girts\u201d of a disposition to coalesce with the annexationists.At all events, they begin to regard them as worthy of being counted and their aid will be invoked to sus'.atn the new ministry of which they are so ardently dreaming.This project 1 shadowed forth in my last, since which, I have not, had an opportunity of learning how the arrangements are proceeding.'Plie organ of this Ministry in embryo, ihe IVocth American, lias not yet made its appearance, but I am told it shortly will.We had a slight fall of sno v on Monday, but not enough for sleighing.Our winter lias been more like titat of St.Louis or Cincinnati.The weather is so mild that overcoats and furs are al-must wholly dispensed with during the day, and the lake is perfectly free ftom ice.Y ours, &.C., B.LfJTE |i OF MR.PAPiNEAU IN AN-E\u2019WER TO AN INVITATION TO AT-I HE MEETING AT ST.ED- VV AK.D, 7 his letter was so long, that our space obligea us, in translating it, to omit some of the least important parts.Gentlemen : Invited by a considerable mimer ofenlightentd and influential electors ol the County of Huntingdon, to take part in the praiseworthy meeting, called to support the demand recently made in Montreal, that Eng and would eon Fent to a separation, wh eh would be equally use.fui to her, as it is indispemible for our iuture wel-lare, receive aud accept my thanks for this new proof ol unalterable esteem and confidence, which your magnificent County, the most populous ol the Two Canadas has shown for a tried and veteran patriot always devoted to the extension of purely elective institutions.I applauded them at my entrance on public life at twenty-one years of age.I applaud them now, in my sixty-third year, to which time my convictions have gone on, continually increasing in strength, without a moments interruption.1 knew from my earliest youth that the most moral and industrious of the ancient English Colonies, and those, which, since they ceased to be Colonies, have been most prosperous, are precisely those which were two hun dred years ago endowed with entirely republican governments,and which elected all their lunciiona.nes Irom their Governors down to the pettiest parish officer.I knew that under these forms, these Colonies had enjoyed much more tranquil!-iy and good order than those, which hud royal governments like our own ; and thence I argued that we mightjask from England, in a more enfght-ened age, the full measure of popular liberty, which she had conceded to other Colonies in a less enlightened age.There were fewer indivi* duals who then spoke as I did, forty years ago, than there are now hundred ol thousands who°do so.Does not such rapid progress tell us in an indisputable manner, that the good cause_the cause ol the people is gained ?The Treasurer of the Philadelphia Mint, has furnished the following accuunt of the amount of California Gold sent in for coinage :\u2014 The first California gold sent to the United States Mint, was in December, 1848, and was forwarded by Mr.Carter, ol Boston.In the same month ol the same year, Governor Marcy, then the Secretary ol War, sent a small amount to the Mint, which had been forwarded to our Government by Gen.Mason of Californio, who had received the same at San Francisco for du ties.The whole amount produced only 44,177 dollars of coined money.The following table will show the deposits ol gold at the Mint of the United States, Philadelphia, and at the Branch at New Orleans, from the first receipts in December.3848, up to the present time, a period of about 14 months :\u2014 At U.S.Mint, Philadelphia, in 1848.D44.177 Do\tdo 1849.5,481,431) Do part of January, 1850.\t850,0 JÜ Total at U.S.Mint, Philadelphia.D6,375,Gl6 To which add : At the Branch Mint, New Orleans, in 1849.B665.080 Do part of lanuary.50,900 Total at Branch Mint.0716,0.80 RECAPITULATION.Total deposits of California gold at the United States Mint, Philadelphia.D6,375,C16 Total deposits of California gold at the Branch Mint, N.Orleans.716,080 Grand total.D7,66l.696 If the deposits of the present month are any guide in forming an estimate for the balance of the year, the deposits of California gold at the U.Slates Mims, during the present year, will exceed 010,000,000.C, D.G.\u2014The person who advertised for a situation under the above initials, will find applications to his advertisement on applying at thi* office.LATER FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE\u2014THE COLONISTS ALMOST IN REBELLION.By the arrival of the brig Oriental from ihe Cape ol Good Hope we have dates to Nov.21.____ The Convict question su!) continued to convulse the colony.The convicts sent from Bermuda (including Mitchel-, the Irishman,) in the Neptune were still in port, awaiting the result of the contest between ihe people and ihe English Government.The Cape Papers are filled with the matter.The Cape Gazette of Nov.10 says :____ \u201c As it is understood that the Government has now, at great expense of money and character, obtained supplies sufficient to last for several weeks, it is probable that the convicts will remain in the colony until those supplies are exhausied.The present deplorable state of affairs will therefore continue lor several weeks longer.\u201d The plan of the inhabitants of the Cape was to starve the Government into sending the convicts Way by relus ng lo Inrnish the au.horiiiea will» àny supplies whatever.A number of the most influential inhabitants had presented a memorial to ihe Governor pray, ing him to do away with the present excitement by sending the convicts to some other place.The rumours lhat siiH further numbers were on their way to tlte Cape, had tended to increase the excitement, and the private letters to the middle ot November state that in consequence business of all kinds was completely at a