CANADA.

Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 311, 30 July 1868, Page 2

CANADA.

The following important intelligence from Canada is from the Panama Star and Herald, of 2 ft;h of June : Montreal, June 1. The Fenians are quiet at Malone and St. Alban's, and no fears are entertained at present for those quarters. There are, however, twentyfive thousand stand of arms at Og densburg; and beef and pork for six thousand men for ten days, are on the way. An attack is menaced on Presco'tt and Cornwall, the object being to cut the canals. The Government detectives at every point report all ominously quiet. It is stated though, that a raid is certain to take place before the first day of July, .'and this information is received from reliable sources.

The Dominion G-overnment has protested against the removal of troops, and insists upon the additional regiments being sent out, and calls.for four more batteries of artillery. Two batteries of light field pieces have been sent to the front (wherever that is) and two million rounds of cartridges. The volunteer officers have received orders to prepare their men to march at a moment's notice. An order has also been issued to-day which doubles the pay of the volunteers, the object of this being to endeavour to keep up the efficiency of the force. The authorities are hard at work preparing for the expected

raid, and the people are as much exe i ted as they were at the time of the first raid. Ottawa, June 2. The military preparations for the anticipated Fenian raid are very complete. Field brigades have been formed in the various districts, composed of regulars and volunteers, having attached to each a battery of artillery and a troop of cavalry, under command of officers chosen from the line. Each brigade can act independently, or they may be brought together as circumstances shall require. Tents and field stores of all kinds aro ready for use, and the troops could take the field at a moment's notice, fully equipped for service. The duties of the quarter-master-general and commissariat departments will be performed by imperial officers. There will be a considerable reserve of regulars and volunteers should the brigades already formed not be sufficient to meet the emergency. The regulars and volunteers are now armed with Snider and Enfield breech-loaders, and there is an abundant supply of ammunition on hand ab all the necessary points. The volunteers are to receive fifty cents per day, in addition to free rations when in active service. In addition to the preparations for active service on land, gunboats are now stationed at Prescot, Kingston, Toronto, Fort Erie, and the St. Clair, managed by sailors of the royal navy and supplied with Armstrong guns. Toronto, June 2.

Four guns of the Royal Artillery stationed here, left this morning for Preseott. A strong guard from the Twenty-math Regiment has been placed over the drill shed and new gaol. St. John's, New Brunswick, June 2.

The Albertine Oil Works have suspended operations on account of the excise duty, and 300 hands have been thrown out of employment.

Advices from Newfoundland state that, in ten weeks, 450,000 seals were landed, valued at 1,000,000 dollars.

Newfoundland papers report that Thomas Budgett, his wife and five children, were frozen to death while endeavouring to reach a neighbouring settlement from his house at Green Bay to procure provisions, of which tiiey were entirely destitute. The boat became frozen in the ice a mile from the shore. Mostraatj, June 4. The Fenian scart throughout the dominion is increasing instead of abating, and the authorities add to the general fear of an impending raid by the extensive preparations they are making. In this eity a flying column of four companies of regulars and two battalions of volunteers are under arms ready to leave at a moment's notice to any point they may be ordered. At Quebec the volunteers have been ordered to draw the requisite amount of ammunition and rations, and to keep themselves prepared in every particular for a campaign. A large force of British regulars is to be sent to Preseott next week, and in the meantime large quantities of ammunition and other war materials are being forwarded to that point. At Athlone, Canada, the Fenian sympathizers are jubilant, and boast that" the news they have of the movements of the Ivish leaders make it certain that the invasion will take place before the 25th instant. Two men were arrested at Sweetsburg yesterday, charged with being Fenian spies. Maps and papers implicating them were found in their possession. One of the men has but one arm ; he says that lie came from New York. Boch the prisoners are now confined in gaol, and strongly guarded.