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fi aye io i Pa oe A , * ® ----__----_-- Bombardment of Petropaulowski by a Portion of the Allied Fleet. The San Francisco Herald furnishes the following narrative of this affair:-- ee On Tuesday, the 8rd of October, a por- | tion of the allied fleet, consisting of the | French ship Forte, 60 guns, Admiral guns, Captain A. La Grandiere, and the French brig of war Obligado, 18 guns, - Captain Des Rosencourt, anchored off North Beach, and by them thenews: was: breught of the bombardment of the Russian town of Petropaulowski, 'situated on the» Western shore of Kamtschatka, by the above men- tioned: vessels, with the English vessels of war President, Pique, and steamer Virago, on the lst of September. Petropaulowski is situated on-a-kind of inner bay, formed by... a sand-bar running: -across the harbor, and | t behind this bar were anchored the Rican frigate Aurora and the armed transport Dwina. The allied fleat were unable toap> 'proach nearer than three miles to the city, in consequence of ; a strong curr 'ent from the N orthward. z PRENCH ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE. OF PE- TROPAULOWSKL. "The Echo du Pacifique contains - an ac- eount. of the attack on Petropaulowski which we translate. On July 25th, the allied fleet, composed of the French vessels: the Forte, Urydice, Artemise, Obligado, and the English vessels, the President, Pogue, Amphitrite and Virago left Edgell On the 80th of July the: Amphirite and Artemise were detached fer San Franciseo. August 28th, the fleet ar- rived within sight of the mountains about Petropaulowski. After a reconnoisance of the bay by the Virago the fleet moved up on the 29th with colors flying, in the following ing order: the President, the Forte, the Pique, the Lurydice.. The Virago was placed by the side of the President, and the Obligado by the side of the Forte... At the moment of casting anchor, the four Russian batteries opened upon them. These four batteries 'were the battery on Schakoff Point, on the left of the entrance to the harbor; a battery on the point to the right; an uncovered bat-. tery of twelve guns on the tongue of land jutting out into the port near the entrance ;, and a battery on the peninsula, which pro- tects the city on the West. 'This battery was placed on a low portion of the peninsu- la, over which the masts of four vessels. in the bay, were discoverable. Three of these vessels were men-of-war, and one a mer- chant vessel. It was then half-past foxy 0 jolted 'The Virago advanced toward the peninsula, and opened a fire upon the Russian batteries. A battery of mortars near the town replied, but the bombs fell short, exploding high in the air, Lights were kept up in the vessels during the night to deceive the Russians, whe muintained the fires at their batteries through the night. In the morning every preparation was made for, a severe " battle, 'The Schakoff battery contained 5 heavy guns, the uncovered battery containing 12 thirty-six pounders; the battery on the rielit : was less dangerous, and protected by feeble fortifications. The English Adratral direct- ed the master cannoneer of the Pique to dismount one of their guns; the shot struck the gun, dismounted it, and made it useless. The open battery was. evidently. the» most dangerous, being protected by fascines 12 feet in diameter. The Pique was moored at.the starboard of the Virago and the Pre- sident was placed behind the steamer. 'The forte took a position on the larboard of the Virago. Beyond the sand bank the Rus- sian transport was visible, and three port- holes of the Aurora. The Virago advanced to within cannon-shot of the light-house ; the cannon was fired, and the'ball fell near the steamer; the Virago. replied with a bomb which struck the light- house. At this time, a quarter after one, a small boat was: despatched from the Pique, with the commander of that vessel to the Forte. he French Admiral with his aid-de- -camp and surgeon, went to the President. Admiral Price" had: just been mortall ¥. wounded, his: pistol having gone off in his hand, and _ the' ball having pierced his 'heart. The drums beat'a retreat, and their preparations for the battle were suspended An hour later a Russian sloop, rigged like a coaster, was seen steering for Avats- "¢ha, - Two siriall boats from ia' President pursued and took it with nine sailors who were on board. On the morning of the 31st of August _ the Schakoff batter y opened fire; the Pique 'the Forte, and the President began a heavy fireinreply, The Virago landed a body of troops near the battery on the right; the firing of the Schakoff battery began to slacken, 'the troops from the Virago ad- vanced on the run toward the battery on the right; the Aurora by a steady fire, ar- rested them for a few moments; a loud huzza' welcomed" the fire, and when the smoke cleared away the troops were seen in possession of the battery. 'They destroy- ed the gun carriages and spiked the guns. The Aurora landed 200 men' to retake the battery; the Pzque and the Forte open- ed a fire to protect their men who re-e.x- barked in gvod order. "The: Forte threw a hail of canister shot on the open battery, which replied by a heavy fire, sending four balls into' the frigate's \ hull, and © bas many through the ipilivarieg' At the end of half an: hour, the half of the Russian guns were unfit for 'service; the President then turned to aid' thé Forte's - at the expiration of two and a half hours the | battery was silenced, and the Russians went on board the Miron and Dwina. The eannonade then ceased, and on the vessels the night was spent in reparing the damage done during the day. On the Ist of September, the Virago went'to the bay of Tarinski, where the body of Admiral Price 'was there, the steamer picked up three Ameri- can sailors, deserters from' whalers, who communicated what was supposed to be important information with regard' to 'the topography of Petropaulowski. On the 8rd of er a council of war was held on the Forte, and it was' resolved to make a second attack the next day. It was resolved to land 700 men, of both nations, including a picked body of 176 carbineers. Every man was to receive 60 cartridges, and an additional supply of ammunition was to be placed in sloops. Captain de la Grandiere for the French, and Captaln Barridge for English, were to be in command of the troops" on- Jand. The day was. --~ in making preparations. On Monday, the 4th of September, at thes 0) rdlock i in the morning, the drums called all hands to quarters, ae the | 'troops: for 'the a interred. When | | midst of the brush. _| the troops, went to the point at the North, from which a constant fire was kept up. halls whistled over the frigate. Pointes, the French frigate Berydice, 30}: above the deck ; another was 'lodged in the ) were, silenced. | pointed out a magazine of oil, and promised 'to. promote thé gunner who should set it on fire. | heavy cloud of smoke, followed by a clear fortifications. tender their enthusiasm. soldiers forward, died at. their side ; around him our Cine érs and sailors. fell, decimate ted by an invisible enemy, A friendship founded upon mutual esteem, and cemented - home, ingaweed taken on board the Virago, which landed them on the low portion of the pen- insula. The battery fired a shot through the | rigging. of the Virago.;.the Forte replied, and | dismounted « one of the guns of the. battery ; the guns ot "the battery, - handled with great 'skill, "redoubled their fire on the Fortes « The One went throvgl © 'the maipmast, -- about fifteen feet, midst of the mizeuniest. The troops were landed at eight o'clock. The two batteries Phe commander of the Horte The first ball effected the object; a flame, marked the successful shot. The fire continued to burn for six hours. «The troops. took.up the.march, the English. marines in the lead. On arriving at the battery, the guns were spiked. The troops, leaving the battery, mounted the hill at a -quickstep:.and:entered..into.a,thick.. brush-. wood. Jere they were received by a lively fire of musketry, to which they replied in the The Virago leaving Here, on a brook near the town, a battery' by the Vir ago. In the meantime the fight i in Mh od "The sailors foug ht like | - * Ohio, was very severe. madmen under the destructive fire of the Russians. the head of the English marines ; M. Bour- | Capt. Parker: fell, charging at asset fell at his side. Lieut. Lefebre, of the Eurydice, was killed. Mr. Howard, aide- de-camp of the English Admiral, had HW atm broken. Unable to sustain the unequal struggle, the orders was given to re-embark. The first object of the landing was attained, The battery was evacuated, the Russian can- noneers dead upon their guns, and their can- nons spiked. 'I'o go further would have cost severe losses ; to have dislodged the Russians from. the wood, 'of which the size was un- known, would have required a siege. The troops retired slowly. One company of one |. hundred men hidden among the ruins of the battery when the remainder passed, gave the advancing Russians a check ; under this pro- tection the English and Pret carried off their wounded. On board the Forie the carpenters were busy in repairing damages. On the next day, the Sth, those killed in the assault were buried at Tarenski, On the 6th, the squadron made ready to depart, and on the 7th departed. During the day two ves- sels were seen, one a three-master, the other aschooner. 'The Virago took the schooner, and the President took the Sitka, a vessel of 800 tous, from Ayan, in Ochotsk sea, with} provisions and arms from Petropaulowski. The cargo of the Sitka was valued at $200, 000. 'The schooner was burned on the high sea on the 8th. Such was the battle of Petropaulowski, | one of the most bloody of the encounters which have so far taken place between the : Allies and the Russians. Although the squadron was not entirely successful, yet it obtained several important advantages. The Russians -have lost a large number of men, who cannot well be replaced at that re- mote point. They have also a large number of guns, spiked and rendered useless for ser- vice. Besides, they have lost the provisions, previously much needed, which were on the Sitka. Petropaulowski i ig separated from the rest of the world by Arctic Winter. <A fortress isolated in the midst'of ice, its destruction would have. been no conquest. The object was to attack the Russian vessels, not the If the frigates were not taken, they were at. least severely injured, . The Aurora had her masts.cut by the balls of the | forte, and her decks riddled; her sails were cut into rags, and many of oy guns were dismounted. These injuries. condemn the Aurora to inaction for the Winter, even if the ice and cold of the season did not prevent a departure. The losses which our vessels have iene ed, have not weakened their force nor de- Superior to the enemy, they were arrested by obstacles which their courage would have overcome, but the } destruction of which offered no adequate re- ward to the victors. Besides, the fleet was short of provisions. It was expected, Petro- paulowski would yield at the first assault and | not that it would resist a siege, During the whiole course of the expedition the most tho- rough good feeling prevailed between the French and English. On land and sea, in the two nations, have learned by continual intercourse, to love and esteem each other. The two nations, rivals in other times, now friends, obey the same thought, and mix their blood upon the field of battle. In the polar seas of Asia, and on the shores of Bomarsund, they are animated by the same sympathy and emulation. The brave Parker, cheering our "and, by such recollections, assured the permanent union of two of the greatest nations of the earth, The Echo du Pacifique contains a iceent of the numbers of the killed and wounded of the French, at Petropaulowski, as follows : Frenchmen killed.......... 12 slietl Of] falls ssc conc ce tO DV OUNUEO SG Ce cich ven hts, 07, Total of Frenchmen.... 98 Total of Englishmen...111 French and English. . ...209 sia a. By the " Atlantic." THe BALTIC, EXPECTED RENEWAL OF THE CAMPAIGN-- ILLNESS OF SIR CHARLES NAPIER. Most of the French ships have reached The British are yet cruising about. Extensive preparations are being made in England for the siege of Cronstadt, which, it is stated, will be the first act of the spring campaign. 'The British war department has | . ordered the construction of 120 gun boats, carrying each two heavy guus, and of 40 floating batteries, carrying each 70 guns-- total, 3, 800 guns--to be ready by the pai ing of navigation in the spring. The Brench : are likewise making prepara- tions. 'There: is a pier, from Stockholm, that the Baltic fleet will, next spring, be under the command of Sir Edinund Lyons. topol. 'Commons reported in favor of 'additional et ENN Napier is' sick--unable to leave bivishib. | Promotion or Lorp Racian.--The London Standard says, it is understood that Lord Raglan will be raised to the rank of Field Marshabafter the operations of Sebas- The 'Committee of the House of Field Marshals of repute being made. We believe itis decided to give his Lordship £50, 000 in liew of pension ; his: private fortune was merely £1,000. Tue Patriotic Furp.--The _ subscrip- tion list for this great Bational object will be headed:by her Majesty with the dona- tion of £1,000. His Royal Highness Prince | Albert will contribute £500; and a like sum has been promised by the Duke of Wellington. Already a liberal subscription has been opened for the same object at } Hamburg, where the -news of the -vic- tory of the Alma was. received with. the greatest enthusiasm. The Directors of the Crystal Palace have set apart the 28th of Octoher as aday» which the whole pro- ceeds will be givento the " Patriotic Fund." All sorts of day labourers, from the. largest order of professional men to the humblest mechanics, appear to concur in proposing to, set apart one day's pay for this patriotic pur- 'pose. of five guns was SHEIES cay as then silenced | My A. Sarjtbt General pe for this paper, 1s in the Western part of the Province, on business connected with the paper, She will visit Michigan, 'and probably Pennsylvania before her return ; will lecture, by invitation, on the prac- ticebility of av. en masse; emigration of colored Americans to the Canadas, and other Britesh Provinces, north of the United States, and will, at the same time, seek to exiend the circulation of the * Provinctat, FREEMAN." Business letters addr essed as usual, PROVINCIAL FREEMAN, AN, SATURDAY, NOV. 18, 1854. CARAABAR AAA A ARR ARR AAA RAS PAD AAIIDADA Travelling Agents, 'Rev. Willis Nazrey, Toronto. 'Mr. Alfred Whipper. Local Agents. The followimg gentlemen are requested to act as Local Agents : : Rev. Hiram Wilson, St. Catherines. Mr. J. W. Taylor, * Thomas Keith. Paris, C. W. " "George Miller, Hamilton, C. W. " Josiah Cochrane, " by * Robert Brown, Dundas. C. W. 6 Z. He Martin, Barrie,:C. W. "A.B. Jones, London. co Wm. Hamilton, » " | Haywood Day. Chatham. Rev, H. J. Young, Cornelius Charity, s ' ¢ Thos. Jones, Windsor. "Coleman Freeman, Windsor, C. W. George De Baptist, Detroit, U.S. " James Hi aley, coy. W. Stringer, He 'George Shreve, + " George Carey, Dresden. 'A. R. Green, Cincinnati. «© Wm. Webb, Pittsburg. John M. Brown, West Chester, Pa. mig L. Patterson, Niagara Falls, N. Y. Mr. Thos. W. Brown, Harrisburg Win. Still, Philadelphia. 66 JN, Still Brooklyn "& J.J. Cary. Niagara Falls, C. W. Moses Burton, Baftal 0. ¥ *¢ Levi Foster, Amherstburg, C. W. " Jobn Hatfield 69°C, H. Colcs, rerlevitlas C, We Printed for the Proprietors, at their Office, 5, City '* Buildings, King Street East. The Black Swan. We nave inserted, this week, an article from the Providence Daily Journal, charging Miss Greenfield, the " Black Swan," Far from all reinforcements, without | hope of obtaming provisions, the garrison of with being direlect to her duty, and the cause of humanity, by not singing substantial songs, such as would interest the masses ; not asso- ciating with colored people, &e. About what Miss Greenfield does, or what she does not, we know butlittle; neither do we know whether she professes to be a reformer or not; nor are we going to presume that she does, merely because she has a.black skin and may have been a' slave; for it is wel; known that many colored persons in the slave countries hold, slaves after haying themselves 'been 'considered as " goods and chattels." Self-interest, under the same circumstances, will develop itself i in the same manner among both white and black, and any one who 'oaks for a different result, shows himself deficient in a knowledge of the relations of causé and effect, as applied | to human actions. Miss G., we presume, during her course 0 musical sbiihiess has. been accustomed to sing the kind of songs with which she 'presents her audiences, and has been taught to consi- the harbor of Goadluly, and under the fire of | Pet lowski, th flicer: ; oh akn eap soe te eae ot | bigh order, and well adapted to display her der the music to which they are set, of a powers. Being accustomed to 'view the matter in this light, it is but natural that she should seek to have audiences, capable of appreciating her, and who, at the same time, | will forward the " needful. 'Such being the case, If she needs a " 'setting down," suchas ' | the Journal gives her, she needs it in common with the majority of popular singers the world over, who are not often noted as champions of human rights. The assertion that she 'does not associate with colored people," is, we think, a mistake. court the favor of whité people, and espe- 'However, should she | cially those of the States, merely because they. are white, we woulda doubly servile. Some of the suggestions of the Final are good, and no doubt might be profitably considered by public singers, who would in- | terest and entertain the greatest number of | a. human beings in 'their' power, Farau Accipent.--A son of Ad: Lei J. Young, quite recently, Pastor of the Sayer Street Church, in this City, was drowned about two weeks since in Chatham. It appears that he was attempting to crossa foot bridge over a creek near his father's residence, when he fell in and was drowned. He was a promising child, seven years of age. : _&S A man was murdered near the cor- ner of the Kingston and Markham roads, in the Township of Searboro', on Sunday last. He was a laborer on the Grigd Trunk Rail- road. £S A lad, named John King, was killed on the Central Road near Niagara. town, one day last week. He was driving 'over. the track, when a train coming wy eal, killed it instantly, f fee ne row oe oe buildings, on Dun- das Street, London, C. W., was cree by fire, on Thursday of last week. ie A fire occurred inthe village of a: boro', on the 31st ult., destroying séveral thousand dollars worth of. property. It originated from the falling of a lighted candle among some hay, in a stable: (<> Last Thursday was observed as a -day of fasting and prayer by. the eian : rian Church of Gane Se The Cholera is raging in Tee Shey Newfoundland. Kar A ee fire occurred in,Cleaveland, Ohio, last week... See - X& It is estimated that thie valpation of the Agricultural produce of Ireland, this year, 1853. (> The New Era, on her passage from Breman, with 400 passengers, mostly Ger- man emigrants, was stranded between Deal and Long Branch, on the 13th ; only eine 140 were saved, tors in the Paris Exhibition, being more than one-thirdlarger than the space allotted to France, in the London Exhibition in 1851. ie The Emperor of France has refused to allow Mr. Soule, the American Minister to Spain, to pass through France on his way back to Madrid. eee Woon SS aa) By Telegraph. Arrival of the Asia. New. Yorx, } Nex 16. The Jae left Liverpool on the morning of the 4th inst., and reached her dock short- ly after 9 this morning. She brings 144 passengers. The following. telegraphic despatch. was received at the Foreign. Office, from Lord Stratford DeRedelitte, just before the Asia's departure :-- " CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. 28--Midnight, "The Captain of the English steam tr ansport, which left Balaklava on the even- ing of the 26th, confirms, in. a great part, the information brought this morning by a French ship. It appears that the Russians attacked the | forts in the vicinity of Balaklava on the 25th, their number being about 30,000. The attack was unexpected. The Cossacks preceded the infantry. 'To resist them at first there were Ottoman troops and Scotch. The Turks gave way, and even left their guns, which being seized by the Russians were tumed against them. The Scotch re- mained firm in their position. Other forces advanced and the Russians were foreed to yield. The Russians remained, nevertheless, masters of two forts, from which they fired on the allies. Three Regiments of Engtish light cavalry exposed to the fire of the Rus- sian batteries aioe immensely. The French took part in the affair with admirable bravery; and next day their position was attacked by 8,000 Russians, as well from the side of the town as from that of Balaklava, They repulsed the enemy with great slaughter. The loss of the Russians must have been | It is affirmed that the fire of very great the batteries of the town had much slackened, and according to. the report of the wounded officers, some of whom have arrived at Balak- | lava, the belief 'continued that Sebastopol. would soon be in the hands of the Allies, Up to the 25th October, the siege and bombardment of Sebastopol were going: on with regularity and success, and the loss. of said to be tainted by, the. number of the un- buried dead. Admiral Nachimoff had been killed by a bombshell. The loss of the Allies is comparatively small, and Lord Raglan was understood to be favourable to a-prolonged bombardment in preference to an immediate assault. The Weimer Zeitung publishes the follow- ing despatch :-- Bessarabia, Oct. 29. On the 25th, General Liprandi attacked the detached camp of the English, and took the four redoubts which protected their posi- tion. The assailant also took 11 guns. At the same time sucha powerful cavalry. attack was made that it probably cost the Knglish half their light cavalry. Lord Cardigan, who commanded, escaped with difficulty. Lord Dunkellin was taken prisoner. Greek accounts from Odessa confirm this, and say that the English cavalry lost five hundred men. Tt is evident that the Russians have re- ceived a considerable reinforcement, and a still stronger corps was expected from Pere- kop. At the recent attack's upon the forts at the. mouth of Sebastopl harbour, the vessels were | much damaged. 'The British were said to be within 200 yards of the Russians' works, but the I'rench works were-not strong enough, and had been much injured. A deserter stated that the Russian loss was very great. 'The French division from had passed the Bos- phorus as a reinforcement to the besieging army. Official despatches make no mention. of Liprandi's alleged victory. 'The affair is, uncerstood to: have taken place in Eupatoria, where the Allies were on the look out forthe Russian. reinforcements, English accounts say the British.cavalry were attacked, but the French advanced to their assistance, and the Russians retired, Water was beginning to son in Sebas-_ topol. Lord Raglan's chief interpretér, a Greek, . had. been sent to Constantinople'as a Russian spy, Menschikoff. reports officially the loss of the Russians at the Alma to' be 4,500. and that fort Constantine nad. been, muieh damaged, the Bastion having 33 guns dis- mounted. Gortschakoff was apbarently strengthening his position on the Danube. Contradictory rumours'were current regard-. ing the progress of. 'negotiations, and Austria will not certainly, unless compelled, come to an open rupture with Russia.until she is con-: fident of the support of Prussia and the Ger- manic Powers, There is some talk of a note from Count Nesselrode, stating that Russia is pepe for all contingencies and will, under'all cir- HR gat Santo itt ns traditional Peery to | the last.» ia fobs 22% / 'from Belleville'to Peterboro? Toronto to Sarnia, and there is also the Vic- 'will be ten million pounds more than that°of | Straits in. Wales. | that it is 242 feet long, life in the town was so great that the air was' | first Act. interval of 60 feet between the one and the. paid by the Shareholders of the Grand ' From the Toronto Leader, EVIDENCE Of Ser Cusack Roney, Kt., in reference to the Grand Trunk: Raiheay of Capac. Lecisbative "ASSEMBLY, Raway 'Committe Room, oe 3rd November, 1854. Sir Cusack Roney, Kt, Managing Dir rector of the Grand Trunk Railivay Company of Canada, called in and examined: 1. Have youa copy of the amalgamation agreement of the Grand Trunk ecu | Company 1 Ihave. 2. Does it contain the bontfactd with | the several sections of the Railroad ?--It does. 3. How many sections are there referred to inthe agreement that have reference to contracts ? Describe them.--There are ~"lfour sections, one from Quebec to Trois*Pis-~ toles,' one .from Montreal to Toronto, one 'and one from toria Bridge included in the agreement.-- [ We leave out the question when the sense is clear without them in order to save space, Eid, Leader.) 4. The length of the Montreal and To- /ronto section is 345 miles, and the total cost is £3,000,000. (All members that I shall | give to the Committee to-day referring fo, figures and accounts are in sterling:) (<> One hundred and sixty thousand square | feet, have been allotted to English Exhibi- tion is £1,035,000. oo. The Provincial guarantee: on n this sec- 6. The contracts prove that the line and all its appurtenances shall be equal. to any. | first-class English Railway, and superior to any now known or used on this Continent. The Bridges are to be of masonry or. brick work with iron tubes across the spans. All these Tubes are on the principle of the well known Britannia Bridge across the Manai The Stations and all other Buildings, such as Engineer Repair- covered with slate or metal. '7. The contracts include a supply se En- gines, freight. and passenger cars, snow ploughs, work-shops, &c. 'There is a speci- Engines, Cars, both Passenger and Freight, as well as Gravel Cars, Snow. Ploughs, Re- pairing Shops, Water Houses, Wood-Sheds, in short every article required sek etliciently. working the Railway. 8. The Contractors are ue to pay the entire interest.on the Capital Stock as. well as debentures of all kinds until the delivery of the Railway to the Company. 9. The contract price for the Belleville and Peteboro' line is to be £400,000. It is fifty miles in length. The works: on-this section, and indeed I may say upon every other section of the Grand Trunk line are tobe of the character *described in my. answer, having reference to the works of the: Mon- treal and l'oronto section.. The line between Belleville and Peterborough is not yet eom- menced ; it is one of the portions: we propose to postpone for the present, that is, until the money and labor markets are in a more:fa- vorable condition far carrying on great un- 'dertakings in Canada. 240, The contract price of the Victoria Bridge is one million four hundred thousand pounds, with a power to the Hngineer-in- Chief of the Company to certify for the pay- ment of 'another £100,000 if, at.the ¢om- pletion of the work, he is satisfied that that additional sum should be paid Messrs. Peto & Co. tended to' expend from £200,000 to £260, 000 each year during ifs construction. out the works have been organized:; and of actual work done, what we call Pier No. 1, 'that is the pier next to the northern abut- ment, is finished. The Pier Nos 21s pro- gressing very satisfactorily, and if the weather coritinue open, it may be' nearly: finished this season. The northern abutment. will be the St. Lawrence. 'he amount of masonry in this abutment may be judged by the. fact. about 24 feet above the bed of the river. The solid stone embankment. of 1200. feet' long, leading from the north shore of the St. Lawrence' to the north abutment, is in: active progress, and will be carried on during the winter. With reference to next year's works, I beg to'state that' they will, in addition to' being earried on from the north shore, be ad- | vanced from the south shore, so. that under favorable circumstances, by this time twelve. months, both the abutments, the solid banks: leading to them, and seven or eight piers may be finished. been made in prepairing the tubes, and this work will be carried on ye tae during the winter, and I believe a couple of them will be put in their places next summer. able Member (Mr. Merritt,) I am unable to say whether the space between the under sur- face of the Bridge and the summer level of the St. di dwnente's is in conformity' with the I only know that 'there: will bean: other. 2, oe Sd eee 12. Tlie line from 'Montreal to Brockville, about 125 miles, will be opened in Septem- ber, 1855. The line from Quebec to St. Thomas, 40 miles'on the Trois Pistoles sec-' tion, will also be opened in September, 1855. The section from Brockville to: Kingston, about 50 miles, and from: Kingston to Whit- by, about 140 miles, in September, 1856, The line from Whitby to Toronto, about 36 miles, will almost certainly be opened in Sep- tember, of next year! It is intended to open: it, but I do not wish to speak of this length so confidently asI do of the other sections that I have stated will be opened in Septem- ber of next year.. "The section from Toronto. to Stratford, 90 miles, will be opened on 'the Ist of October, 11805. stand that it is expected that 390 miles of the Grand Trunk Railway, exclusive of the Montreal and Portland line, will be "opened for traffic by next autumn? Yes, the Que-, bee and Richmond, which will be opened withia three weeks, and the foregoing, will make 390 miles. 14, The Toronto iad Sarnia section: is 172 miles long. 'The contract price is £1, 376,000. The character. of the works, and the supply of stock, are precisely the same as on the other Schon of the Railroad. The contractors are Messrs. Gzowski & Co. '15.. How much has been expended on the works of the Toronto and Sarnia section to the present date?--£576,758. 16. The contract price for the Quebec and Richmond section is 650 0002, and the Provincial guarantee is 250, 0004, or at about. the rate of: 2,500. a mile, the length of the line being about 100 miles. The contract. : -pfor this. line i isless than for: the other "sec~ | the other sections. feet and the others. are eighteen. | foundations of all large structures are fora 1,224,000/,, ahd 469,000/, is a amount of the Provincial guarantee. | English and Canadian Contractors "for the | 'in right of the Grand, Trunk proper. ing Shops, &c. are. to be of brick or stone | fication which gives in detail the number of | 11! There will' be about £200, 000. eX- | | pended on the Bridge this year, and it-is in- | 'All. the preliminary arrangements for carrying | brought about as high as the winter level of 90 feet wide, and' Some progress "has already |: "With reference to the enquiry of an honor- 13. The Cambitiee then are to under- |- tions of the Grand Trunk. The masonry of the bridges 1 is of the same character, and the bridges' 'themselves are tubular, the iron being of ihe same proportions as in the other, | sections of the Grand. Trunk, but the station housés are to be of wood, and the | width of the. Railway is two feet less than It is, 1. think, sixteen | p. surface The. double track. 17. The length of the Trois Pistoles line is 154 miles. The contract price is 18. Before 'the amalgamation 'of the St. Lawrente and Atlantic Company with the Grand Trunk, 400,0002. of Provincial de- bentures had been issued to that Company. Since the amalgamation, 605,800/. of Pro- -~yincial' debentures have 'been issued:-to the: Grand Trunk Company, of which 67,5002. have been given in right of the St. 'Law- rence and Atlantic Company, 250,000/. on the Quebéc and Richmond, and 288, a is last is up to the latest date of our returns from London, namely, the 31st of August last. 'to, and from Quebec to Trois Pistoles are Oe sections entitled to the Provincial guar- 'antee. - The sections from Montreal to"Teron- 12, Are any of the Provincial: ess issued directly to the Contractors ?--No, the Contractors receive all their payments from the Company in money. 20. Are the Company ared from selling the debentures of the Province be- low par?--Tney are not sold by the Com- _pany, they are issued by the Agents of the Province to the Shareholders of the Com- pany at par, on their paying for them in full, 'and they are then subjected to. the control of the holders, like any other doen of property. ~ 21. Describe the process by Ese pay- ments on account of works are made by the Company ? the Company, Mr. Alexander Ross, receives -at the end of each month from his different sub-engineers, accounts of the progress of each and every work. These several state- | ments are considered 'and arranged in his office, and he submits to each monthly meeting of the Board of Directors, certifi- cates, detailing under the several heads. of Expenditure the amounts to which the contractors are entitled for the previous month. 'This process is adopted for each of the sections which I have named in a pre- vious answer. 'The certificates having been considered by the Roard, resolutions. autho- rizing the payments of the sums to which the contractors are entitled, are. passed and recorded. "Payment is, in the following week, made to the contractors uader the au- thority and superintendence of the Finance Committee of Directors. This practice is strictly in accordance with the English | } practice, and was adopted on the Railway of which I was Secretary for eight years in England, during which period we expended upwards of eight millions sterling on works, 29. Deseribe the proceedings adopted to entitle the Company to the money paid in London by the shareholders on account of Provincial debentures ?--When we are aware that works on the sections of the Railway entitled to the Provinctal guaran- tee have been executed 'to the extent of 100,0002., I write, by direction of the Board, to the Sectretary of the Board' of Works, and enclose a certificate from the Engineer- in-Chief of the Company, stating the amount of work done on each section. I also re- quest that the Board of Works will isste orders to the Agents of the Province in London, Messrs. Glyn and Baring, to release | from their charge, as agents, and to hand to the Company, the proportion that 40 per cent. bears to the amount certified by the Engineer-in-Chief. The Board 'of Works instruct their officer to put himself in communication with the Chief Engineer of the Company, and also personally to visit and report upon the works upon which the release is sought. The Railway Commis- sioners subsequently meet and authorize the Receiver General to instruct the London agents of the Province to release such amounts' as' they, on report of their officer, may consider proper. This amount, under authority of such order, is then handed over to the Company, and lodged to its credit at its banker's in London. 23. The' total Capital of the Grand Trunk Company is 9,500,000/. 'The miles of Rail- way finished and under contract, are 1,112, viz.: Montreal' to Portland,' 292; Quebec to. Trois Pistoles, 158; Quebec' to Rich- mond, 100; Montreal to 'Toronto, 345; Belleville to Peterborough, 50; Toronto to Sarnia, 172. Of these, the section from '| Montreal to Portland, is open, the Quebec | and Richmond about to be opened, and 290 miles will be opened, next year,--in the. fol- lowing year, 297. The Company. tem- porar ily suspends 233 miles.. The number of miles entitled to the garantee is 724; and those not entitled to the guarantee. 388. The amount of the guarantee is 1,811;500J. 24. Can you state, the amount; of money Trunk Railway Company, on account. of Shares, Provincial Bonds,.and Company's Bonds, up to the:latest period to. which you have. an account ?--3,721,9000. 25. Can you state the amount expended by the Company, on the Montreal and To- sions of the Grand Trunk Company, and how much has been received on account of the guarantee from the Government ?--The amount expended is 1,296,4232...The amount released by the Province, 310,000/. 26: The names of the English) Contrac- tors are Messrs. Brassey, Peto, Betts and 27 Thé totial Capital subporibied!& on' the Grand Trunk proper is 8,083,6002; and the 'amount paid on such capital is 2, 171, 9002., of which a very small proportion is paid-in Canada. On 6,246,000/: of this capital, 'the shareholders receive share'certificates at the rate of one share for each 265/., and they specify' on the face of them'the-amount paid u falas an undertaking on 'the' part' of' the Company that when 'tallstow certificates are paid in full, the holder will be: entitled to exchange'it' for a Province Debenture 'or Company' s Debenture; as the case may be. The: proportion' which each Share sub- | seribed entitles 'the holders to, is, 'that each |. 25. of share capital carries with it' a: right of 251. of debentures, of which 121, 10s: is Province debentures, and 122) 10s, is Com-. pany's debentures. The 826,6002' ' capital remaining to make: thes. 083; 8001, does not. Pearry Province debentures. i Sy rn iP oe of stock, a lowing' Companies + --The Engineer-in- Chief of | ronto, and' Quebec and Trois Pistoles sec- | Such.a:unanimous .manifestation; of. Jackson. 'I'he' Canadian 'Contractors are 'Messrs. Cra wans Galt, a and Hoe -pherson. also receive debenture certificates which. The debenture' certificate' also: con-. 28. The total capital is 9,500,000/ oF this, as I have already stated, 8,083,600), was the portion required to be raised | in Lon- don 'in Apri },1853. This capital consisted 4181, 4001, Company Bonds, ,7 anand Provings Debentures, 2,090,700. 1,814, 50045 of this capital there has been yaid up 'on stock, 883,156/ Company's Bonds, 558,3271,, and Province debentures, 7135,4171, 605, 8001, of Bonds have been issued, viz. 67, 5001 on account of the St, Lawrence al Atlantic Section, 250 0002., on account of the Quebec and Richmond, »288,8002.0n account of, the Montreal ¢ rel Toronto, and Quebec' and ' "Sections, in all 6U5,800/. Trois Pistoles "The balance. which is in the hands of the Agents of the Province, is 425,416/. The remaining por" tion of the 9,500,000/, consists of capita}. raised prior to the amalgamation, by the fol- -St--Lawrence-and: 'Ate panes Share, 246,000/., Bonds. of the | io vince, 400,000/., 0002., total 879, 1002--Quebee and Rien ene Shares °305,000/.," Bonds" T00;0007™ Toronto'and Guelph Shares, 132.3001. - 29. Approximately I can inform the ' and. otlien! Bonds, ae Committee that 430,0002. have been ex. _ : pended on. the: 'section, between "Toronto -- and Sarnia (in addition to the amount paid on the Toronto and Guelph Shares,:which is ebout 126,000/.) On the St. Lawrence' and Atlantic Line 315,000/. On the 'Rich: mond 50,0002..On the Victoria. Bridge. 150,000 I can give » the precise sums. spent on the Montreal and Toronto, and | on> the Quebec and Trois Pistoles are ' the Sec. tions that are entitled to the. Provincia ; 'guarantee, 0681, Toronto and Montreal 1 del ea Quebec and Trois Pistoles, 165, 3501. (From the Globe.) ig: niet HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, os ae "4 tn Monday, Noy. 6, 1854. . Among the petitions received ant read: were the following :-- volt, Og Of Ann H. Booth, and other females, of® the village of Fergus,--of George Pirie and others, of the counties of Wellington and Grey,--and of James Boge and. others, of 'the township of Roxborough, me Welling- ton Square Division, No. 103, OF Oakville, Division, No. 61,--of Acton : Division, No. 242, --of Troy Division, No. 244,--and of 'Spikes' Corners Division, No. 331;--all of the Order of the Sons of Temperance,--of Joseph Anderson and others, of the county, of Welland,--of James Tweddell and others, --of Joseph Parkin and othersof J. R. Ardagh and others----of James Hill and others, of the village of Mitchell, county: of Perth,of Peter Sinclair-and others, of the township: of Bruce, 'county- of :Brueé,--of Samuel Whaley and others, of the town- ship of Mornington, and other places i in the county of Perth,--of the Municipality of the township of .West Oxford,--of Leonard M. Mathews and others, of. the township' 0 Crowland, -- of . Thomas: Lowersby and. others, of the village of Port Robinson,--of A. Page and others, of the township of Tho- rold,--of J. W. Berney and_ others, of fe township of Augusta--of Warren Lym and others, of the township of Augusta -- of Isaac Foster and others, of the township of Elizabethtown,--and of Willinm Londow and others, of the township of Elizabeth- town, praying for the passing of a 'Probibi- tory Liquor Law. : 4 Of John Cameron, Hequive; and oun, praying an Act of incorporation for the con- » struction of 'a Railway to' connect Port Per- ry on Lake Scugog with the ona) Simcoe and Huron Union Railroad. - THE CLERGY RESERVES. Mr. Brown presented a petition 'from the Bea Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Cana- -- da, now in Synod assembled, against the Clergy Reserve Bill. With the permission of the House, Mr.' Brown read the ont THE SUFFERERS' BY THE' WAR. Hon. Mr. Hinexs said the-subject he. was about to bring under.the consideration of 'th House, he felt assured, would be. deemed ae sufficient importance to: excuse him for- taking. the unusual course of introducing it without notice. »He need not remind the; "House that the two nations from which the inhabitants of this country were respectively sprung were' engaged in a conflict of 'no' ordinary charac- ter. That war had'been undertaken, not for. the. purposeof aggrandizement by the acqui- sition of territory, bit for the purpose Of cms! defending an ally whose territories: weteliti-" vaded by a power,, which for many, years had been shewing a lust for the acquisition of te titory. It was a war of civilization avainst® barbarianism, and there could be little "doubt | that if in that contest Russia had been BUC- cessful, she would have gone on extending her dominions over Enropetuntil the liberties |} of the whole of: Kurope were endangered. . Therefore every lover of the human, race had watched the progress of that contest with the most intense interest, and much more;should the people of this country sprung from the two nations which had. shewn such @ generous feeling in defending an ally,much more should -- they enter into such a feeling. . Publi opin- ion in England and France had sustained the two Governments in the war:by cheerfully assuming the extraordinary burdens of in creased taxation. But they fdeenaena that, and funds were being raiséd for the sup- port of the widows and orphans of. those. 'who had fallen in the struggle, and they found by the last mail that her: Majesty; 'to meet public opinion on the subject, had 'appointed a Royal Commission with a view to furnishing a-proe per organization for. receiving and dispensing the funds to be raised--a Commission which embraced some of the highest names in t realm, and having Her Majesty's Royal"C sort at its head. He believed that public sympathy existed strongly on this subject throughout Canada. He believed there was every desire on the part of the people of Ca- nada to their utmost in this matter.) This was one of those occasions on which~ the ministry ought' rather to follow than to lead public opinion, and he hoped there would be in on the part of the independent mem pang the House, as would warrant the Govern in coming down with a proposition, for, Hee in aid of this patriotic fund. If the fee'ings he has expressed' were cenerall : shared in, as he believed they were, he had no' doubt that such a proposition would be respon to ina generous and handsome manner, need scarcely add that of course anything that was done should be for the benefit. of t widows and orphans of the allied Heo France as well as England. 'Mr. Gat concurred in every word that had fallen from the hon. member for Renfrew in regard to the efforts new.. being,made by, the two countries from. which they derived their origin in the great.cause of civilization and general liberty. He trusted the' Government Would give the proposition that consideratic which. was due to it, and that this coun would evince the sympathy it felt with those who were struggling for the rights of Hon. Mr. Roxiyson supported the propo- sition, and had no doubt that the House would assure the Government that any reasonable aid they might ask the House to gratits wou | cheerfully be Bivens yal Us sh spe Hon. Mr: Younes Coneucned | in the veraarka which had been made: by the hon. manner '| who had: proceeded him." He believed that Ny E