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The Brighton Gazette havin;^' ' advocated the cause of the North American Colonies, in "the* ' sincere and deep convic- tion that they form an essential p4tt, 'of the Britirh Empire, and that they are cf the greatest importauce to its political power, as well j^ to the national wealth and happiness, whether considered as nurturing by their commerce those, seamen who are destined to he the great arm of her power, ci)/ as'consuming for their popula- tion the largest quantity of her maunfactures in their most fiijished state, the present has been thought a 'fit opportunity to re-publish certnin articles which have recently i!ij[)peared in the above journal upon the subject of Canadian aifjQir§'. It is hop«Kl that, although written on the spur of the momeirtv^d at detached perioda, with- oxiX reft^ence to each other, they will not prove without value to -thp? whr e attention is about to be drawn to the consideratiort -■■■ -v*- «t^thi§:|^portan1r question. [From the Bbmshton Gazei^, February 18, 1836.] The following extracts of letters received from Canada by a gentleman in this town, are calculated to suggest no very consoling reflections as to the state of affairs in that important colony. Not content with the uiis- chief they have done at home, our Whig-Radical Ministers seem resolved to pla^ the game of Mr Hume, and alienate from the British Crown one of lamentable and mortifying is it tQ^itiikft^^ Russia, ^rtusiaj and T^ I i m assumiuK .he P««>«'o»,"'"J.'S5,^SL affair But while Lo'rd John Russell ought still to occupy, in tumpean ^n-*" «• . ^^ n ^',8 talent (such as feels himself con.pelled to devote al his t'?"^ ^""^ ^ „f s^tid. which it is) to the worthy and honouiable task of '»."_» in..raer.t destroy ; the breath of an Irish agitator •n«yr«"f^,'f,»7j;\d if he dired. sei.! Uile Lord Palmerston S**"^! ""/ «.f, J ^^^^^^^^^^ ^ « t'he babe of Spain" our soldiers al^^o to prop the toiteiing »/»«"«"; ^ „f this anti- ,ind its f irtuous ™"t»J?^-^p« "•^^^rJii^K ?re the letters from Canada ; national and fatal policy. Jhe jj^Jj;;;? JJ„^ « determine ha*v far they TffJrrtKrp^^^^^^^ ^^^ - ^ -^'^^'"'^^ of settling the troubled affairs of Canada .— Extract of a Letter td^ ^Toutreal, of 9th Jan. 1836. >1.': /a ke" ur Co.r8iitutictai:Afcv:«t., has ^eacnea ua nu . return. 15M«lei«hs went ou«.U,. pee'^ J'^-^J^^ Jy ^^oZlmv^r^o^^. : SeTo! s?s f.rgtVn^^^^^^^^^^ ^t was a heart- stirring * scene. . ^ , .. ^^ .^ p^pnch were circulated by the clique, « Yesterday printed notices \xe trencn '"yi/'^, . , iptgi to or- * caK upon »»'♦• Pr."ch Caua.ik«*»o mret at Kautitze 8 i . faniz? ^^^oltUeurs ^(^ «»'""•;' Vft^axeSdled S patriots rising :|;^t?e';i^t:Si^e; J^:^^^^^^^^ -^ - ^^^»'««"" ' ^^S'sfitish Rifles, iti -y^erH^J5t^„titVcor a fpJct^&n * bHore last ; but not a ^""^^f'^o'l^w jeat Bapt"^^^^^^ the^Britons - Th.s demonstration »« «^''°".»'; *«fer?o h'^^'"^^^^^^^ ^'''^''^ "»*•'"• * here will dete. mtnateW n'«^j; .^''.".J* f, 'w g Rad'cal colleagues that « It will also show Lord Gosf"«d ana ns vvn 14 ^ j^ country, * though he has flattered '^:iZ,Ztu^Vant^^^^ »«««« °* « and has gu'P'^ddown or • cA^J'/V///^ fj^viz Co.^iLen?ies ^itb*mtthe :rcsj!::^[SJ^':^"- ^it« wm ^.u m buitymg , iSt^slavish submts.ion the true sons of Bnt.n. ^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^ • nous verrotis.* Extract of a Letter from Montreal, 19th Jan. 1836. . The proclamation of the Governor to su^^^^^^^^^^^^^ . Corps/which I i.V''«^.*'j^!i^:5*JL^!ill:.«'?r80 s?n«ular a position, * astheroiiuuCJ «'T iajh: -«;t;ri- :-j tj-- : - „„ arffls to ensure i«e eonj ( ^. ^iCd^ C\v wmtm lUgmentlng ■eat Britain trigue from which she hn Russell It (such as ana, which it destroy: laved, send of Spain" f this anti- ni Canada; Of// far they eutertaiued 3 * with the present state. The address of the British party in this profincc « to tlieir brethren in the other provinces to appoint a place of meeting « for British delegates will appear a singular pruceeding at home ; but we * have been goaded into it by ihe auti-uational and illegal proceedings of * Lord Gosford. The Canadian people should be separated from their « leader • they are a sober, quiet, • bonhoramie race, i hardly think that * the • British Rifles' will dissolve, though ihey inform the Governor that « if the name of British displeases him, he may recommend another. * The colonial newspapers shew evidently that our British brethren arc * ready to assist us againat this miserable system and anti-national party, * —although Papineau has boasted, at the Governor s table, that America, « instead of receiving Governors from Europe, would send Viceroys to « Europe— or some such stuff. You shall soon hear from me agaiu. /* * certainly looks like a civil war.' } our almost en of British tial interestSi • country. I aye, on his 3 drawn into JOliO persons, heart-stirring y the clique, Hotel, to or- the " British patriots rising no voltigeurs >wn the night e a spectator. It the Britons British rights. «)lleagues that )f Ihe country, the House of ies wUhmit the ty Bill, which labour at home lail in bnliying *nuary, 1836. suppressing the yei to come — 1836. , « British Riflt intended effect, alar a jKisition, J ensure i«c cohj- their coHn?i'«o»i February 25. We published last week some letters from Montreal, which drew a melancholy picture of the state of rfffiirs in ihat important, but distracted* misgoverned, and ill-used colony. TU'e subjoined letter from Quebec, which has since reached us through the same channel, throws further light on the factious and selfish intnigu-s that are, through the unaccount- able infatuation of our Whig-R-dic^l Government, suffered to sow dissension , and create danger, where before there was none. We tremble iothinliof what must, in all hunisyj; probability, be the issue of these hings. Canada will soon becoine.iino,ther Ireland, unless some effectual check be interposed by the British nation. It is understood that the Highest Personage in the realm fegls a deep interest in all that concerns the colony, and, were he free tcCaCt.ypoa the impulse of his own sound sense and patriotic b^'art, a speedy termination of these misdoings would be seen; but unhappily the Whigs,, Who have ever been notorious fof " rough-riding'* through palaces, ^t ax defiance with impunity, (which, however, can only endure till aftatlfer election), the wishes of both Sovereign and people. We entreat for the subjoined letter the earnest attention of all who are not disposed, with Mi. Joseph Hume, to alienate Canada from the British Crown : — Extract of a letter from Quebec, 17th January, 1836. * As I have heretofore told you. Lord Gosford is quite unfit for the * duties he has undei taken, and finds himself surrounded with difficulties, * which appear to me insurmountable, and which he has brought on him- * self. 1 must acknowledge that he is good-natured, * cheerful,' and ver; * hospitable ; but he is * hailfellow well met' with everyone, and by his « excessive familiarity— which must be a part of his policy— he is bringing ' the dignity of his high office into contempt. He talks, walks, and * shakes hands with everybody, and dines with any one thai asks him. * As Governor, he is most particularly condescending and familiar with * the demagogues of the House of Assembly, even the most worthleaa of * themy and has cheerfully given them everything they have asked for, * while, though the Parliament has been nearly three months in session, * scarcely one step has been made towards granting Mm anjr of his re- < ^,.|..^;^^^*s^^»i including the j'idges, are in a' state of extreme pecUniarjf diitress 'and embarrassment. In fact, the Cinl Government may be coaaidered r ' in a state of bankruptcy and dissolution. Lord Gosford does not con> * ceal the expression of his great dis^appointnient; but this availeth little * with Papincau aiifl his tail.' * You will observe by the papers what excitement prevails in the cities * of Montreal and Quebec. The people of the former city are, perhaps, * carrying things too far, in raising a Volunteer British Rifle Corps ; but * really our brethren are suffering severely under the present system of * provincial policy, and unless the Imperial Government and Parliament * undertake, in right good earnest, to settle the respective pretensions of * the * two origins,' with a view to being maintained as a British Colony, * and not nursed and brought up as * La nation Canadienne,' ftlood will *be shed, and the consequences will be dreadful. Armed associations * should not be encouraged ; but it is a singular situation for colonists to * be placed in, viz., obliged to take up arms to secure and perpetuate their * connection with the mother country. Roebuck, the paid agent of the * clique, will be saying some nonsense In the K luse of Commons, to * shew that he is doing somcthiiJfc foj'his money. His friend McKenzie, * of the Upper Province, whom*fume delighteth to honour, has in some * way got improper possession o3F.a. large parcel of private letters from * many gentlemen in England, aadie publishing them in his newspapers * by garbled extracts, with false S*&xfions and iuuendoes : all this with a * view and intent of spreading dietrus* and discomfort among parties here * and their correspondents at honict*) think you know that Roebuck once * lived with his uiorher here, and ^MtO for employment under Lord Dal- ' housie, having failed in an att#iiHU»to become a portrait painter j his * brother is still a clerk in the cus'lemthouse department of this province. * Mrs. Simpson, with her family tvV hel" first husband, Mr Roebuck, settled * near Kingston, and were not successful, when it was they removed to * Quebec' ' Rely upon it. Lord Gosford*.Vdays are nearly numbered. He has « systematically, studiously, and wtiPMly offended the British party in his * attempt to conciliate the low and anti-national clique. This party have * got from him almost every confcessiQn in his power to make, and he * must soon insist on some 'quid urp.qu^;' as I do not believe he will * get it from them, the talisman will be broken, and he will be vituperated « beyond anything that was heaped upon Lords Dalhousie or Aylmer, and * must then be re- called, as thc/e* \*ill not be even a solitary British * subject to take his part. Lord A^lnatr ought to have insisted on an im- * peachraent, after the marked slights and disapprobation shewn him by * Lord Gosford after his recall, no doubt done • by order and for account,' * as our mercantile invoi'^es have it. An impeachment would have given * an opportunity of exhibiting to the British public the true state of things * in this province. I -.vish you would look at our newspapers for the * imports and exports of this colony : you will, I am sure, be perfectly * astonished at the extent of our cotnmercial relations, and the immense * value our commerce must be to the United Kingdom.' *day, • serious March 3. We now publish some more highly important letters with which we have been favoured from Canada. It is rumoured ihat Sir Charles Grey lias'c^me to ^ complete quarrel with Lord Gosford and his otlier^ col- league^ and iha* wokds were so high tbat tiie jjecreiiiiy wmb ^cui ou5 of the xDOm^ We bare do time to iodnlKe in the iafHipmit reflections which oes not con- tvaileth little in the cities ire, perhaps, Corps ; nut ut system of I Parliament retensions of itiah Colony, !,' hlood wtll associatioiui r coloni!«ts to rpetiiate their agent of the L'oniniona. to d McKenzie, has in some letters from i newspapers II this with a g parties here Roebuck once iv Lord Dal- painter^ his this province, ebuck, settled f removed to red. He has h party in his is party have aake, and he ;lieve he will ie vituperated r Aylmer, and )litary British ted on an im- shewn him by I for account,' Id have ffiven state of things )a{>ers for the , be perfectly 1 the immense thPSP matters suecest. God grant that the Government may awake, ere it b^TeMooKt^ase^ which their own mismanagement —and that alone— has created :— * Quebec, Ja?>uary 22, 1836. ' I write by a gentleman who takes hia departure to-morrow for Lon- • don • he will go by the Kenebec road to New York, via Boston. This ' Jord^s now traWd by a great number of persons, a regular stage^^^^^ * ing been established : two days of tjme are saved, as well as perhaps < ei|ht or ten dollars o^expence ; should a ra"r«art be made, the adva^^^^ 'tage it would be to Quebec cannot now be calculated. MuchagwMt * PapiMeau's *ciU, a bill bas passed our House of Assemb v for tha object. « Kaowing the interest you take in our afTairs, I could not allow th»s « IS»7tnfiity to pass without addressing a few lines to you on our present • pSR?Lal position, as well as a sketch of what j°ay be. our future stag. *f send you two Mercury's, which contain a debate m the ^egtslative ♦ Council on the state of he province. , This w 11 inform you of the ' staunch position of that^House x-you will find also an address from the « Elecutiie Committee of the ivfontreal Constitutional Association to the * inhabitants of our sister provinces, and some proceedings of the Lom- 'mitteehere. A meeting was held last night in conformity with these vith which we p Charles Grey his otiier col- is AciJl Out Gj lectioDi-whicii ing will DC me resun, u mc guTcmiutui- ^w-.^ — P .,f . * Dolicv. The Ministers entirely mistake the matter : they have identified * fhemselves. through their depSty here, with a set of m.ea whose pnnci- * pKre oppo ed tl British institutions, and who have in the'r places m * the Assembly declared their determination to persevere till they shall ' have a^corpished their treasonable ends, namely, a complete annihila- ' Son of fhe constitution and every thing British^ If they had the courage « to make the attempt, they would not remain inactive one hour. Ihey *not only know that the peaceable habitans vioxxU not sttr from their * XoL° ; U they are also aware that an appeal to the UnUed Sates would « be eauallv disregarded, as they are utterly despised by sdl partiM of that * Srffie^are the men,'l say, with whom Lord Gostord (and it « » firmly believed the other two Commissioners concur) has cA?«/««y * H and conceded to them every thing they have asked for, even to the « liolaiton of the rights of the subject, -xle payment of the eontnigencies, « to wit. For this act the xMinisters will never be forgiven, and are des- * Dised equally with thpir representative here-fpr that Lord Gosford aiirt « his colleague represent the Ministers, and notUie King, we are satisfied. « We have too much respect for our beloved monarch to charge bim with * being a oarty to a violation of the constitution and the just rights of any ' portion of his subjects. We know him too well to entertain for a mo- * ment any such opinion. However, if the present or any futu. e m»n>8try < persevere in a similar policy, the result must be a civil war, as it is not * to be supposed that one of British origin will submit to any yoke, and « more especially to that of a French faction, surrounded *« we are by 'multitudes of the same origin and feeling-who are daily oflfermg their * services to assist us in the recovery of our own rights. We have no « desire to change our position with the mother country, and if a commo- « tion should take place, it will not be against //i« King and conttttution, «b»it purely against the Frenchmen: but if the existing government « «hn.j\d be so unwise as to still aid and assist that party, and if, vmh 'the assistance of our neighboming provinces, we are V""*"? *"u""*>«:: « we shaU then, and not tm then, appeal to our American brethren for * assistance, which they will most V^«^MMg»although they wou d * refuse to do so to the other par#^ ^-'^stances. Even should * III iMtT" onnif to Ruch a crisis, the province would not be alienated, I « think Willi.. (It ail api e.tl to l':iiKian(1, oifcnuK a rfcosiclhation, of course « nil Mifii I. rms iiM might be agiet d upon. I assure you until we are driven * t th utmost fxtn'iiiity, we shall not think of aeparatiuK ourselves from « oil) l.el«.v.try ha I better reEcct a little before they « rtllow matins in cniitiiine in their p* est .1 state. The BrUish inhabit- * ai.trt. 10 !; niim, ait iletenuiiied to defend their dearest rights to the last < d np ' f th. i: blond, Hiid thev aie bandinK themselves together for that * i>n'p"s. I siiut nlv lin|)e all 'diffeiencs may yei be adjusted ; but they * inii-i e o luailnesH is now showing itself. On the^Jd the * n''eini«e «t 'Ih- i-ti'ii I'eter McGill were found to be on fire m three •dtfttirnt plycs. at three .Mff, rent periods. There is not a doubt that « the>e ai- th. nets or inrendiaries, and though a magisterial nivestigation « has t .ken pla. e, nntlniu; has been elicited to implicate any individual.^ « -K rnmniii of Mich iutentinn has been current, as well as an intention * agaiii.M aiiuther Lecislitive Councillor— but it cannot be traced home. « It is ii.oiethaii prnbabiethat it is thus intended to draw these two « gentienun imm their legislative duties at Quebec, when things can bo * managed at the dvttire of the Clique.' March 10. We have received a file of Canadian new«paper>i, which aliound with facts demonstrating at once the perilous excitement into which the colony has been plunged, and the fearful misrule by which such a state of things haa been produced. Here is one example :— * Some time ago, when the report was received in the English papers of * the appointment of Major Sir Francis Head, to succeed Major General « Sir John Colborne, we were inclined to treat both the one and the * other as mere on dits, for we could assign no reason f<»r the sudden « recall of the most popular, and in many respects, the best Governor * Upper Canada has ever had, and still less for entrusting the Govern- < ment of that impnrtant and prosperous colony to a person little known * as a public man, or as possessing habits of business. From what we * have since heard, we have reason to change our opinion, but the resig- « nation of that Government has been Sir John Colborne s own act, and « he was induced to adopt it from a sense of self-respect, at the sacrifice * of pecuniary advantage and personal convenience. The following are, « we beheve, nearly the facts which have led to this lamented determi-j « nation ;— Soon after Lord Glenelg assumed the seals of the Colotiial * Department, several dispatches were received by Sir John, directing * prompted him to dissent. His communications were answered by dis- « patches, couched in unusual and oflFensive language j the Lieutenant * Governor, a gentleman and a high-spirited soldier, who has been for * thirty years emplo«*"* ' — ■^ ' ♦rust and coftfidepce, tor the ftrst 'The Fi ' entertain * that thej * extent, w ' 8ension><. * desire to * may fair I * discussin ' cannot hi * the exist * resolute * idle appr * but it mi * sented, ? * indepenc ' and not i * seeking I •To th ' mendint( ' " a Congr< < A Britis I • wisdom ' would SI * source o * the snlei * weal, ail I • interests Anothei appears ir the Timb . * SlB,- J * Associat m * wiiich e 1' province I • It mu i* mainly M ies, stai 1 L «„e in hh life experienced snch -gerl^d t^^^n^^^^^^ U terms of firm but d.«mhed rebuke determined upon resiguiuK his >ltu- • in the same strain, whereupon ' « ^^^^^^['^.V.^deS^^^ to he i.um." lately « Btlon to avoid further '"^"''^f "'^^j^'uK to his Govern- U recalled. Sir ^--^''^''^ "Jjj '",SV°^d J^^ has n.ade arrunge- :ru:;r;r^S"w7h't:;:'^^^^^^^ Montreal unmediaceiy on the I* Sval of his successor.'- Q«<'6ec Mercury, Ul, impossible to suppose thatU^ebyal^C^^^^^^^ government an.i British rule, will fl""^, '^f^'"Jf ^'^ ^..rd G...>ford and hi» in mere words j — . The French leader^ U - are Jo cr.dU^^ di.cu55,.,«.tl.e q''""" ",!/'"" ™, iem'mled by tho Assembly, under • caimol he introduced lo 'l«„"'«'";.°°r, ,v whicli relations we are • the existini, political «'•'""""';"'»«»« "'" '"" "'""'■''™'' ^* • resolute to uia "tain, we rf.sictly;'ve;^^^^^^^ ,^^ l^i • idle apprehensions of a Goveinmeut o( 'nei*'!"'' •; , . „ „i; ,.,.'.,„- . bat itlKus. be ^Ph^'i-^fy »P;;?7,;f ;i ,,l„:,'^^t'^. anVdncted & • sented, and not a ^'•"'f f«fH 'or uciSrof dri reli«i"''« "l-erty, :y;f/Siiao"a;it o?,:;!,w's^^^^^^^ .„ei;"dir.h';';.5l'!:fn,easu^^^^^^^^ : i%5r t^srci^i 3S&:;r lis'SaH^^ ' : ruirsu';2Ser.';,:ie Si;b;;fiS'"lriea:;;?£ which are .h^ .... «^ « interests of the United Provinces.' .p-^«?:tS'5;rtifrs;hir^^^^^^^ j the Timber Duties s— « (Circular.) * Montreal, 9th January, 1830. 1 ' Sib -1 am directed by the Eicecntive Committee of the Constitutionja i.As!idk.loP%l^it57tocall^.n.seri^ m* wiiich every inaiviauai in Vyanaua, iia^j-.io "^^ d r-r y provinces at heart, is deeply interest, d. Timhpr Trade which • It must long ago have become aPPa'-f^f ? *J^JXe of SI C^^^ b^;'iffisrre?.7r^;rorsVf "^"^^^^^ 8 I . H.U sh nJriraiTth British justice, amouRSt them, they are . ^ Z7u:Cuc.:,l\cU should be i..arH to »j«; '"f ^^;; ^^^^^^^^^ * Jhe Committee of the House of Commons, iuid have appmnttU as tiieir «Sg"'of aVishonest faction to impede the advancing prospen.y of * these provinces. < I have the honor to remain, Sir, * Your most obedient servant, « Adam Ferrib, • Chairman of the Sub-Committee.' And vet Mr. Roebuck, with this document staring him in tjje fswe, vputured on Thursday in the House of Commons, to declare. " as the iSriz.d"eprSentSve of the opinions of the Me of t^e commemal TndTanded'SLrestsoi Lower Canada." that thfV .had ordered him^^^^^^ ♦5,wltK, tn il.rlare their aoxiety for the removal of all duties on "moer wSevS . Lo?d Sandonrhowever. veminded the House that »tJ0"W be sented the feelings of Lower Canada. We cannot more fitly close this article than by appending to it a passage from SlonlTgomery kartin's « History of Upper and Lower Canada: - * In reference to a topic now under discussion, 1 may observe that one of « the mosrSportant bmnches of our commerce with the North American \ 1 ^o;;l#Utnf timber This trade has, in our own possessions, a fitdcli^l^emplo^^^^^^^^^^ ^f 2,150.000/. sterling, sunk . fj'fl'^.^Iills rS! wharfs, warehouses, &c. ;-it.enablesthe coloines to < receive the vast emigration which iias been uouiingiuiOtMem wu»j "•= «Sher country i-it provides the means of paying for the large and « J^nuallvTncreSing quantity of British manufactures consumed in our * Sks •-Ses^mploymept to nearly 309,000 tons of English shipping, . i?p7even\s us^fromiJfSiJ- '" mercy of foreign countries for an ex- ' tensive SI * previous ' exorbita\ * enables I * conipetit < availing < dian tim * of each ( * of our C( ' than twi * vessel to ' advaiitaf ' winter, i * iiifeiior * at* com pi * same tei . ' preliniii , * our coin «at2ipe * importe In sboi with tok from the these pro Wesul lated to Glenelgi unconsti to conce the supp them. ' have fall cisely ai sacrifice of gettii * Earl * Upper * the p? * criticii * payini * of hia * crowc t arrant *'Th the col duties iouse ot As- very exertion :e8tH they are ' selfiah ; and ca|iit)il, and tm, they are >iiial views of Intcd as tl»eir iry of l,IO0/. (he raisrenre- 1 live. ThtHc ju If you are lilt the'iKuobie 96 you are not iig active, and f our mutual united, let ns i be respected, etitious to the lust inevitably es, and to ac- ice; but above ritical position )pt resolutions necessary, the prosperity of 9 tensive nnpplv of an article Indispensable t. a maritime ''alio"' ^"d whk^^^^^ previous to the creation of the ^^^''^^ ^'}^^*:' ^'^ttuinr« ra^e! '^^^ Lorbitant pro/its and the power of eforcm "[^'l^or if colonial enables us in turn to govern the prices of foreign iimbei , tor " cmiiiimi Ztnetition were removed, the baltic merchants would »o« beslowln a'X^'^tnSve^'o" the monopoly which the destructo^ o tne Ca a^ dian limber trade would give them ; for to P J'^,*'* J'^^Si^te dS^^ of each 0.1 an equality, would he tantamount \« /^^ '^ "^jf;_*„^^3^^^ of our colonial trade, the shipping engaged ."'»"*;^.5^ "° /"* ,end h^ than two oyages in the year, while tl.e B"'^^ " ^'^'^J-'II^k f JaXnal vesseUour ti.fies to En^iid in the same period-wuh tl^i« a^^^^^^^^^^ advantatte. that he is not obliged to keep his '^Ips lying '^le «mnug u c wintei M is the case with the Canadian merchant, to say .«"^ ^^nK "f *J.J hSor^lt inbiUldiog, and dimiui.hed chugeH "» «»'^^'«^^t'"8 ^|;.7C i^ ^lupaTrd with a Brftlsh shiu. though both ""^^"'i^^Surc imb"r a at 2i per cent, that no hig.ic; tax be levied on Canadian timoer wneu imported into England.' In short, as Mr. Martin elsewhere observes, "instead «/ bein8.''X^i«e^ with tobacco from the United States, and with hemp, tai, and timoer fJnrtheSir wecertaiily ought to have recourse to this colony for [heTe produitionsTfor feasoL dictated alike by nature and sound policy. *nt, A Ferrib, Committee.' n in the face, ;lare, ** as the the commercial dered him dis- ities on timber hat it would be tee, that a gen- : of stating the i that, in Mon- duty should be "or Bath repre ; to it a passage ver Canada :"— serve that one of ^orth American n possessions, a f. sterling, sunk s the colonies to .. e. *U- r the large and lonsumed in our liiglish shipping, itries for an ex- March 17. We subjoin another communication from Canada, which is little calcii. lated to allay the alarm excited by the past ^yroceedings of my Lords G enelg aS Josford. The French clique ha? ga\ned "^any pomts gran^^^^^ u. cSnslitutionally by Lord Gosfoid.who having given «tf he ad a^ to concede, the House of Assembly now laugh at his Lordship, and retuse theSuroHes.outof which he and Lord Glenelg thought to have cajoled lhem"'^Vhe'fSis..our Mi«i«ters i'^^S-^d t^^e^vey^^ and have fallen into their own trap. They are caught »n. V. f A"tlt Rnta^^^ ciVely as in their famous reciprocity treaties, in which breat Bruain Seed some of her greatest interests, not for, but in a vain expectaUoa of getting jMirf/jro^uo. [Extract of a Piivate Letter.] * Montreal, 9th Feb., 1836. « Farl Gosfoid is in a pretty mess. The man without a Head in the * Uuuer Province has pubSsh J his Lordship's instructions, and exposed « thKltiT duplicity of both Gosford and Glenelg,-that too at the most * critiS period. The Earl has cheerfully given up ^^^^ '"^'^^^ ^"^^''^^ « pay,»ff Assembly that he was authorisea todo; and now theexpos^^^ « of his instructions will ensure the rejection of the Civil List, ana tne 'crown offlcrs must continue to starve, whilst themselves and their ( o„»n» n<^hii/r Papineault KCtrf something out of every « one Ihat arrives, and gives nothing back ; onr great commissioner will « soon give us all he can give, and we shall have a new one to give us * something more.' * Truly, the presumption of your men in power is prodigious ; but thus * Jt generally is when there is nothing straightforward. In the strait in « which the Colonial Government is for money, it is said they have shewn * themselves very anx'ius to finger a few thousands from the Cora- * missioners of the British American Land Company, as .» stop-gap ; ru- * mour, however, savs that the Government has not bee.i over-ready to * further the views and intentions of this Company, t^an which nothing * is 80 likely to benefit the country, or offer such advantages to the emi ■ * gratit;g community. The next packet will shew you what has been done * in the legislature. ^ . , , * The proceedings in the Houses of Assembly of Doth Provinces by the « Radicals have been in concert ; and so far as the great national interests « of trade and navigation at concerned, McKenzie (Kame's friend) goes « farther than Papineault. He has got his Kads to endeavour to frighten « Gr-vernraent to admit goods into the Upper Province through the Untied « States t and to allow, at the same time, the Americans the free use of * our noble St. Lawrence ! ! Where will folly end ? Such a mad scheme * can surely never be allowed to hang one moment Ju doubt with the * British Ministry : the instant they heard of it they must have sent out « instructions to the Head of the Province. * I will just state that although the Clique have endeavoured by every * means to prevent the settling of the fine territory cf the Britl^h Anieri- * can Land Company in the eastern townships of this h)wer province, it * is in general only the poor and ignorant they have deceived— and that * nothing can prevent that district from receiving the respectable part of •our countrymen, who choose Canada for their residence. You may * rely upon it, that setting aside the shortness of time and diminished ex- * Dense requisite in getting there, it holds out the greatest inducement* * lor Bcttlers. , * We shall all he anxious to learn how thi;; exposure of Sir Francis * Head will be received at Head Quarters. I fear he has been too much * of a Bciibbler to be fit for real work.* * The following passage, which we take from a letter published in the Jlweiof Tae'-day., will throw further light upon the matter :— * Montreal, February 8. * I hare Just seen the analysis of a communication made by Sir Francis * Head to th; le^islatuie of Upper Canada on the 30th ult. It is X * voluminous docnwent, containing his own instrucions, and those eiveii * 10 Earl Gosford m July last, which have not hitherto been divulged. « In these instructions it is -ieclared thHt an elective legislative couiicil * will not be allnwed, neither will the Crown Reserves be relmquis^hed * except for an adequate civil list. The telebr.ited and infamous 92 reso- * lutlons and other important topics are referrei to, but m the copy of the « dispatch has not come 10 hand, I cannot go into particulars. The dis- i • • * Earl G * that hi * them i '31,000, * be enri v» Assembly ...«o., v.v^...w . r ., . , , . ' not granting t»ie supplies unless the legislative council is made elective, * or BWKllow its own words. 'Ihe publication of Earl Gosford s instrt:c - * tions in Upper Canada, which he had kept concealed, will furnish the M *\ •-■ - 1 -- !i-i- ^ ^ i?.... ^u.......z..» i«;»n lataiK rliitili/»if V • niin^ < if io iDCliaed, will be a sutficieut motive for uot paseiug a supply mlU .r^Mtt-^' n i • • • ?se changes of g out of every nissioner will one to give C9 ous ; but thus the strait in ey have shewn )m the Cora- stop-gap i ru- over-ready to which nothing ['s to the emi • has been done ovinces by the innal interestd 's friend) goes lur to frigliten ugh the Uniled the free use of a mad scheme loubt wirh the ; have sent out ?ourcd by every British Ameri- vn province, it ived— and that [)ectable part of ice. You may diminished ex- st inducements of Sir Francis been too much uhlished in the r : — I, February 8. by Sir Francis h ult. It is Ji and those eiven I been divulged. a;islHtive council he relinquii'hed unous 92 reso- thccopy of the nlars. The dis- »t a very critical oa. The House ts resolution of s made elective, fsford's instruc- will furnish the rliit^li/^if y • ntir}. Lig a supply bilU -- - Really the government, through chance or design, has placed * Earl Gosford in an aukward predicament ; for the Assembly will perceive < tljat his ohjfCt in granting their coutingencies so cheerfully, anu feasting * them so merrily, was for the purpose of coaxing them to repay the ' 31,000/. advanced by Spring Rice, and to grant a civil list, and they vvill « be enraged at it. It will aflford Pvipineault a glorious theme of decla- * matiou, ^nd the ministry and tht corrupt governor will be severely « handled.' March 31. We subjoin extracts of a recent letter from Canada, which will suf- ficiently shew that the antici'iaiions held out by the former communica- tions of onr correspi indent have been realiseu. •' The Colonial Office and Lord Melbourne"— (we quote the words of another correspondent iu London)—*' are t-quallv ann«»j'ed at Head's stiange proceedings, in not only publishing his oirn instructions, but those also of the Commissioners of the Lower Province, with which he had nothing to do. There is an expectation that Ministers will decide to at»enipt Lord Stanley's Bill, which he had very properly intended to introduce, but was stopped. Others say that, besides this step, Lord Glenelg is to vacate his easy cliair for one who will stand more at the desk. It is also said that Lord Mel- bourne indignantly ciied out, 'Where ihe devil did you get this fellow (Head) ? I never heard of him!' However, this •bubble of the Brun- ru i' h»R now burst in hot water, and it may be useless to enquire where they heard of him : he puffed himst- If sufficiently in the vain politico- economical article iu the Qnurterlyox\ the New Poor Law system,— A>nj*fl(r, the Commissioner^ writing jn that flippant style matters which, if they happen(d, ought to have been subjects of grave consideration— and not i\ic Jltshy article of a periodical." It will be seen 'hHi at length Lord Gosf rd has acknowledged the im- portarce of promo ing the views of the Biitish American Land Company for the improvement of the Lower Province. On Ki iday last th s company had its second geiveral meeting;— the report was hijjhly satisfactory to the proprietors, and very flittering to parties intending to emigrate to Canada. The climat is stated by all to be the healthiest in America, the soil as good as any, and the country by far the niost picturesque. The expense of getting a family, equal to (our iidults and two children, to Port St. Francis, only 80 miles from the settlement, was stated to be 2'M.y and the time, 40 days,— being about half thf expense of reachiuK that part of Upper Canada usually sehcied by emigrants, or the Western parts of the United States, which are far reinovtd troni markets, and nuhealthy in comparison. The report, or pat t of it, was determined to be published by the meetini? ; and it will be well for Guardians of the Poor liud intend- ing emigrants to consult the document. (Extract) * Montreal, 29th ? eb , 1836; * Our House of Assemby has definitively rejected the a'tfmpts of the « Home Government to conciliate them, and has appealed from the * Col-.nial Miniver to the King and Parliament, by a long address full of * falsehoods and special pleadings. Mr. Speaker Papineau has abused the * Commissioners and the Government in his usual s'yle. He spo^efor 'three hours and a half, and called tliem *a(brte-headed monster/ 12 I! I * This was pretty enough from the man to whose opinions they had hum-j « bled themselves, and to whose blackguardism they had ««ccumbed, and « to whom, for the « sake of conciliation,' they had given up the last dump ' theTwTre authorised. The House ot Assembly have, however voted a « sort of partial Supply Bill for six months ! but have refused to vote the ' arrears of the Civil dovernment. or the 31 ,000/.. advanced by order of the « Ubera! Spring Rice. It cannot be that the Legislative Council will pass « this monstroSs absurdity. This Aa//y^flr'. supply for four years work. « to the Governor, the Judges, and public officers, will ^^nable soni^ of Uhem to pay tfietr washing bills; but all these, except the Governor, * must continue to * get along' as they best cnn at the mercy of their cre- « ditors and tradesmen, who have kept them and their families fiomstarv- « ing for the last two years. Should the Bill be thrown out in the Council, « your Parliament must inter/ere to prevent civil war. „^,^^,,,.^H q» «Bedard, the violent and the tr s, the father of the celebrated 92 « resolutions, has been made judge over the heads o. a dozen, better * qualified ! ! This also to conciliate '. ! Every one now, not of the politics « of the Assembly, is sure to be accused, condemned, »»» J/«|l"";f ^. J?,^! •dismissed without trial. What a pity that the amiable i^ord Ayj^er « should have been seduced into a comphance with the desire of theCi'i'ie « to dismiss the late Attorney General ! , ^ ^ _ .^, wu;„o ' You know me well enough, my friend, and that 1 am neither a Wing a 'Tory, nor an absolute Radical— though inclined towards the last class, to ' which you have too strongly allied me in general-still I cannot conceive « how onv British Ministry can reconcile to itself to make the British * nation and Government contemptible here in America, where it has so « many true and affectionate subjects, whom ten times the number ot dis- « affected could not frighten, subdue, or oppress, if the said disaffected « had not the protection which a remaining respect for the King » authoriiy < in the colony still affords them. It must be hoped and expected that the « Home Government will now shew that it is deteimined to retain its lawful « power and authority in the colony, and to carry on the King s Govern- < ment independently of party and faction, for the beceht of all— avoiding « B\l unnecessary innovation in whatever has long existed m the Colony, it 'rfirf possess ample funds to defray the necessary expenses of the civil Go- * vernment, and the administration of justice m the province. The good * which was expected to have resulted from placing these funds at the dispo- « sal of the Colonial Legislature has not been realized -.—the trust has « hem shamefuUy abused, and that for a continued period of three years. « By retm-ning, therefore, to the lOrmer position in this matter, after the « woful experience it has had, no injustice would be done to any one, and « no ground of alarm would be given to the other Colonies, none of whom « had a similar fund provided. Farther than this it might not be safe to « BO immediately, but to wait for other measures, which may be deemed « necessary, till another Session of Parliament. With a just and effective * Executive here, having the means of paying its officers, and defraying the * expenses of the administration of justice, U3e have nothing to fear in the * Colony. Trade and industry will go on increasing ; and conimon sense « will resume its authority throughout the province. The only danger that * we could run would be from other precipitate changes or important * alterations exciting alarm for what has been long established. « There is no end to the follies attempted by the House of Assembly. * One was to pass a law which would prevent emigrants from the mother ' country being received, and to fine heavily captains infringing these « ridiculous laws, had they passed. They are now addressing the Goveru- * raent to withhold all patents of land from the Land Company ; such at^^ « tempts are of course inoperative,— they, however, shew the anti-Engiisft * animus of Papineau and his party. It is nevertheless said that Lord Gostord * has at length become quite alive to the valae of improving the Province, by * the sDlendid ooerations of the British American Land Company, and has ,1 13 they had hum- iuccumbc'd, and p the last dump wever, voted a sed to vote the , bv order of the | ouncil will pass *. ur years' work, 1 ■nable some of %< the Governor, , y of their ere- ; ilies from starv- b in the Council, e celebrated 92 a dozen, better it of the politics reqnired to be le Lord Aylmer ireof theC"i"e leitheraWhiga the last class, to cannot conceive ake the British vhere it has so number of dis- said disaffected King's authority cpected that the retain its lawful King's Govern - of all— avoiding n the Colony. It of the civil Go- ince. The good nds at the dispo- i^the trust has of three years. latter, after the to any one, and IS, none of whom not be safe to may be deemed ust and effective md defraying the ing to /ear in the id common sense only danger that res or important ished. ise of Assembly, from the mother infringing these sing the Govern- npany; such atv tne anti-£nglish ;hatLordGo8ford [ the Province, by ompany, and h^a * given his sanction to some of the plans laia uerore * acknowledge its value both in a national and colonial view laid before him. He is said to iiiuiial and colonial view ;— his since- * rity will soon be put to the test. As far as I have been enabled to judge •of this ** good easy man," I believe him to be an arch-hypocrite, and * that his apparently more favourable opinion of some matters, and less of * others, arises from the total failure of his conciliatory, humiliating, * humbug system operating any change on Papineau and his party. He * and the Home Ministry would not read the history of the province for the * last ten years, and are suffering for it. But for Head's singular expose, 1 * do believe that on Bedard being appointed Judge, as a preliminary, and •Debatsch, Speaker of the Council, that the arrears and the 31,000/. * might have been agreed to, and some sort of supply granted. That fool * was not satisfied with running his head against a wall, but built it him- « self to run against.* ., , , ,t * Head, it is said, intends revising the executive council of the Upper * Province, and some names are bruited, which would but ill increase the * respectability of that body.' * Lord Glenelg, by the exposure made of his iostructions to the * Governors, has proved that he was not so radically inclined as the con- « duct of Lord Gosford had made us believe. The latter has, however, * iniicted injuries on the feelings of all true and loyal subjects, which will * with difllculty be got over j and he has done this without in- * creasing his popularity with the anti-English party. His instructions in * themselves were not much amiss, had they been properly worked.* " Petitions to Parliament and to His Majesty, agdnst any alteration in ' the Timber Duties, are signing throughout this province by all really * interested in its prosperity, in fact by all r^al landowners, merchants, * farmers, or settlers, and by every man in it worth a thousand pounds. * It is the main-spring of our improvement, though 1 doubt not the paid * agent of the despicable party, Roebuck, will squeak out in the House of * Commons to the contrary ; this poor unstamped paper-monger must do « and say something for money. He is ably assisted, I doubt not, by the * two refugee paper editors, Revans and " Chapman,' * A letter from this man (Roebuck) was lately read in the House of * Assembly, dated 4tli January, promising that no zeal or industry on his * part should be wanting to justify their good opinion !* * The energy of the colony has been very apparent the last year, as you * will see by our custom-house ret. -ns. Of all this business not one part * in a hundred belongs to the French party ; and as this party monopolizes * the House of Assembly, you must not be surprised at the ignorance and * foUy of many of their legislative attempts.* 'The Session must of necessity be drawing to a close, although many < very important matters have to be decided upon, particularly in the * council.' * Our Constitutional Associations giun ground, and unless there be a < change in the administration of our affairs, a congA^ss tor the inhabitants « of British origin, of all the American colonies, will take place.* * / am persuaded that if Ministers toiil only act with firmness and * decision, the whole matter may be settled in the course of the year ; but ' if they continue vacillating, the province will be lost. Lord Gosford ' ought to be recalled, as utterly unfit to administer such a Government as * ours* f I have much more to say, but must defer it.* 14 \u April 7. The subjoined communications fiom Canada have just reached us: we kuve no time for comment :— (Extract.) ♦ Montreal, March 9, 1836. « If I had time, I have no iontter inclination to go at length into politics ; « they are disgusting • usque ad uau^seam.• The House ot Assembly are * MOW letting fly in full force at every worthy, every conservative esial.lish- 'ment; and threatening to swallow up everything valuable ui ourinsti' « tiona. 'I'hey are about to pass Bills to repeal the Tenures Act, and to * annul the Charter of the British American Land Company, as well as to * change the composition of the Legislative Council. Of course, such « thines cannot pass beyond their own House, which they «ieclare to be * omnipotent. You will see at once that the gist of all is to drive * out all of British orJRin, and prevent, if they could, the further * settlement of the province by such,— claiming to ti.emselves a ' right of property in the millions of acres of unsettled lands. Yon will * nrobably laugh, as we do, at the folly of these unlettered legislators' pre- * tensions to repeal acts of the Imperial Pailiameuf. All this, however, * is intended to gi*e scope and effect to little pensioned RoebucI; s exhibi- * tions in your House of Commons ; and a pretty handle he will make of « the waiter's work. The Governor Gosford, however, goes on " cheer- « fuUy" with his submission and grants. He has granted : 000/. more « towards the contingencies of the House of Assembly, which, with the * former one of -22,000/., and the salaries of the Speaker and (self-voted) « Members of the House, makes them a dear bargain to us. Never, m * any country, in the most profligate times, was there so shameful a waste * of public • \oney ; but as the Habitans and French party themselves pay •no part of it, all being got out of British commerce, these people care « nothing about it. Observe, all this contingent profusion is at the time f when the judges and public officers are starving, for three years having * been kept out of their salaries. If each country paid its own members, * they would get little enough for their servic s. ' The appointment of Bedard, the revolutionist, is a shameless proceed- * ing, as dishonourable to the Government who could make it, as dis- « gusting to those who with so much higher pretensions have been * superseded. Perhaps the worst part of the matter is that it is the « substitution of a French for an English judge, and the obsolete ill suited « French laws will thus be in a state of renewal. Even the Legislative < Council has been sanctioning several bills, very exceptionable and likely * to do injury ratlier than good, the Educaticin Bills and Harbour Bills, for * which 1 refer you to the newspapers. One of these will certainly make * bad subjects, and the other save the Crown the trouble of appointing it» * own officers. Both give power and patronage to the Assembly, and « operate seriously to the prejudice of gpod government. What with the * wavering or rather want of firmness in the Council, and I believe its < now deficiency in legal acquirements, and Earl Gosford's singiijarlif * yielding compliance, we go rapidly from bad to worse, and there will be « no end till England ceastjs to have anything to do with the province, « unless the Imperial Government takes instant measures to re-assert its * rights. A change of policy and a change of government are absolutely * necessary. This last is admitted, even by the most violent of those who * are getting all their own way by him. Papineau does iu»t abuse him the * less ; his style of blackguardism is peculiar. lu this, as in other matters, * he copies O'Connell. _ , . .. ^ I copies in. * farm li . * money ^ « I ha j| ' British J * it is m 4 in..srs Is no s.'Av\i\a vs\\fn i\if. F^flKsion wll! end : the IVIeniberfi bein? J»aid for sitting, take care to ait as jpug as tJiey possiiily can, their ov^ ^ -_-, . , -'*»'a hed us: we :h 9, 1836. nto politics ; ksserubly are ve estaWlish- iii our insti' Act^ and to as well as to course, such leclare to be 11 is to drive the further I.emselves a Is. You will islators' pre- lis, howevfr, ucl;'s exhibi- will make of on "cheer- :>000/. more ch, with the i (self- voted) s. Never, ia neful a waste lemselves pay le people care s at the time years having wn members, eless proceed- se it, as dis- )s have beeu that it is the )lete ill suited he Legmatlve ible and likely hour Bills, for ertainly make appointing its Assembly, and Vhat with the I believe its d's singularly j there will be the province, J re-assert its are absolutely ; of those who abuse him the other matters, ! ember!! b^ins au, their ov^ 15 * farm labours till April or May not being to them worth half their sittinf * money. * I have just heard that the Governor has asked for the 6000/. of the * British American Land Company, which I lately referred to : I suppose * it is merely as a stop gap in their distress. What a pity that Govern- * ment should ever have given up its rights to Ihe Assembly ! Things never * could have got so bad, had they kept hold of the money.' April 28. Subjoined is a letter with which we have been favoured from Mob-* treal .— * Montreal, 31st March. * It may seem strange that I shonld have sent you in my last letter the * speech of Lord Gosford on closing the Session, when, as you will see, * the Session was not then closed. The fact is that the speech was made * public before it was delivered, in imitation of the old custom I reiuem- ' her in London. * There has been fine work at Quebec during the election for a mem- * ber— A. Stuart, E^q., Conservative ; Dr. Painchaud, Destructive. The * vyorthy and liberal Doctor recommended his party to provide themselves * liberaHy with clubs, and even warned one of the opposite party that he * and nine more were marked men, in case he met with opposition. His * party accordingly began bullying those of British origin, but were in * their turn put to flight by a posse of Irish, who, though Catholics, hare * become perfectly disgusted with their fellow Churchmen. Stuart seems * like to be returned. One of his friends has had several small houses * burnt for his adherence. Head's affairs are in a strange state : he seems * to be a resolute man. At present 1 do not sufficiently understand the * manoeuvres of either party. It is thrown out by some here, that not * only has Ms behaviour been advised and under ordens from home, but * that all the subservi-ncy and humbug of Lord Go^ford have been so * likewise, and intended by the Colonial Office to coax the violent clique * and the Assembly into a trap. If so, the thing has certainly succeeded.' The crisis of Canadian affairs, it is evident, approaches rapidly; and we may now be allowed to ask whether the conimuni.f 'nis we have given to the public have not been, not only correct in regutd o facts, but whether the result also has not always ji.^tified the reasoniig of our c»"»»» 5« should have recommended studied offence to Lord Aylnicr on leaving lus Government, bv refusing even the common courtesies usual on a cnange S^G^rrSmentLfor it cannot be supposed that the Comm*s.on would spontaneously offer the affront. It is. we are sorry to say, of a piece, and in keeping with the proceedings of the Commission from the fiistn insulting tlie feelings of the most respectable inhabitants of British origin and the Legislativl Council, by granting the money bills of the House of Assembly, without laying them before the Upper House ; these grants being to pay the Speaker and Members.-and their own ereatures and agents-the most prominent of whom is the Member for Bath, Mr lloebuck,-tr agitate in the British Parliament. But what may appear to be the strangest matter of all. Lord Glenelg, we beheve has never con- sulted, indeed never conversed on business five minutes with Lord Aylmer since his return, the common-place cmgratulations on hts escape from shipwreck having occupied the few minutes he could spare from those INCESSANT official labours, to which it is well known he applies himself '^^e'' aSs'to his Majesty, from the House of Assembly, we believe to be no more than a text for Roebuck, Hume and O'Connell, and a peg ou which to hang their arguments-the whole of which may be easily refuted by auv one who understands the subject-but unfortunately we have not a man in the House of Commons coiuiected with Canada, who understands its politics, or who duly appreciates the vast and incTeasing value of that fine colony to the mother country. It surprises those, who are thus ignorant, to find that in both provinces of Canada the Legis- lature appears to be at war among its constituent parts, aud that too on different'^grounds. The fact is that part of the " contmgeni:y ' grant of the Lower Province is applied especially to the purpose of agitation ; and Pauineau and M'Kenzie, the great leaders m the two houses, are, through their agents, in continual communication, acting in concert with Hume and Roebuck at home, to cause the very evils they pretend to deplore, and to Rive those evils a Proteus-like appearance-as if arising from d fferent cauE It is well for the Colony Tat Sir Francis Head, by his singular procSdings, should have brought the " tumour U^^head/ earlier than it would otherwise have come -.-it will save suffering, and accelerate the cure. The Commission, it seems, had instructions on certain points ot great value ; and the manner in which the Government was to endeavour to bring things about, was far more reprehensible than the general lu- Btructions were faulty. From what has tran^^pired, the indeper uce of the judges was to be insisted on ; and yet Lord Gosfordmau.a.e very worst possible appointment in Bedard, a dependent of Papineau, over the heads of numbers of both better men and better lawyers, and ap- pointed him, a French lawyer, an expounder of the oiso/^/e \^J^n tf«f Pam," as judge for that part of the province inhabited by bnglish-ij -J !!_!__ .rL J i?„~i:«u ion> 3 Uii» iio uroa n l« reiir.nmaii. and nUj superiors were Englishmen : and that was suflScient justification. a No indemnification of the Const'lution, or of the Legislative Council^ was to be made, not "founded on the principles and conceived in the, spirit" of the constitutional statute now in force ; vet Lord Gostorfl| cheerfully grants enormous sums as contingencies to the House ot as* tnv s^ , the last scene 17 sembly, without going to the Legislative Council. And this, too, whilst he was instiuctcd to get " some adequate security against the evils which have resulted from the abusive exercise of the powers confided to the Assembly over the public revenues ! !" The exclusive management and disposal of the Waste Lands was to be retained m the hands of the Crown ; and yet no pains have been taken to prevent a party from placarding the streets, issuing handbills, and board- ing emigrant ships, warning intending settlers and purchasers that no title could be given to the lands in the province, and that the House of Assem- bly intended to annul a royal charier and a title given by the Imperial Parliament '. ! We have not at present more space to afford on this sub- ject; but we cannot avoid noticing the strange position in which Sir trancis Head has placed himself in tiie upper province.—^// his couudl ^«»|)f i 10 ODserve me amr lonen a lurgc pruptji tmn vj ="-; -^ "•"" •- • - - brought up from the Assembly, viz. : froti? ist to the l.^th instant .» bills, 22 of which have been received since the 7th instant, and many ot th.m are well known to be for objects of the greatest importance, and {" je- gpect of which great difference of opinion is known to exist. What, then, we involuntarily exclaim with Mr. Neilson, •' what is it that dis- turbs us ? Is it because there are men amoag us who caimt be quxet. zrr: ] at home. ;he British Agitation i mere fac- from the } illustrate »aper, pur- er Canada« nt of Great uany other )llowitig Is ; the inha- , are satis- 1, and that r acknow-* lave endea» irticipaiioD appy union igaiiist the •ns." That ihe hiKhest ed, and in n, equal tu y petitions eprei*eniing ho are not (kednesa of iiitry where irery oriRin, lion ; tliose e a spirit of B House of secure to olitical and ice, publicly H that they ut an abject rauny, pro- 's hatred ? t Lords at , of the re- of their in- resemblance at, like our ere registry- ler," says a March, "it j» Itiffo mt*0V0 t,' t*' ••••*• •* •-- «- ant :i5 bills, ny of thtm and in re- st." What, it that dis- nt be quiet. 19 There are men who do not know what condition ;« at^t^A t^, ti— . Canada should be utterly and Sr evJr lo? > V ''ZS''' •^^^'' ."^'^H '\»* PMrliament of Great uluZZllSint^^^^^^ "°*' " " '""^ '^"' '''' a laterdate?eL^!e7;*^"' ""^'^ P"* '"l" ^^P^' » "^^^ond file of papers to Sex we.\ ha^S^ ahp;3rfin^r'";i'Jf ^•■"'" ""^''^^ ^« '»»«* defer till ne« < sBnlf/^Hi'!?* *M f'^'' ''^ ^"^''"'•d ''»'' determined to go home in Ihe •*'• "'^- .i^^.:r^^';.^^?i'^r£«rj*.l!:Vd ^A the conduMon that his once "flat- 01,11. (.ling auici. Wiser, ana ; substance of >ir Francis's messages and replies, nmst have "made a strong impression in his favour onthe mind of every imparJS Ind in said a syllable against him, we beg to offer him a most'ample apology/ We have also received from a well informed correspondeut in London the communication which we subjoin :— ^"«'"pouueui m i^onaon ; ^.,/..«^ that he be^^ bis i;^^'^ l^rtSi^^he Z:nX repiebcntation in the House of Pailiament here, and it is far better to leave their cause to the general intelligence and good sense of ihe Pa- hameut, tha.i take that which may be got from such in uffiden power nnivM'^'"^*^"^"^ ^'^"* '^"" P'^^e- '*'h5«' altogether inXpeiS of ?J. Lh^' **''' *"■ ^'*':^ advocacy. A Mr Chlsholme, of Th ee rK, n Canada, wrote p, clever pamphlet on this subjec, claiming a right iS the colonies to representation in the Parliament of Great B.i»ain ; bi^t (?w 1 know that in the appomtrnt-nt uf Roebuck, the Legislative Council would never concur ; and thus two agents of different >entiment8 woul ' neutra ize each other. Neitht^ does Mr Roebuck represent the con; mercial pa.t of the population of Canada; in fact, we believe that Henry Bliss, bsq., a talented gentleman, not iu Parliament, is at this time commercial agent j.f the two provinces, so that we have at this period two agents in bukjland, and another probably on his way. Of ail the population of the lower province, Mr Roebuck represents those.. nly of J-rench origin n the Hou>e of Assembly,~unfortuiiately a great ma- «jority of that house, we confess: by the commercial cominnnitv ho m --ansoiuteiy lepuuiafceci. Mr Roebuck's history is somewhat singular. Ihe family came frofn India, his mother, on his father's death, nrarry- l^^A^'^^}^^^^ ^T- '**'''^*'^J » ^^^' Simpson, who took them to ( anada, and settled near Kingston, in the Upper Province. Not .succeedinj? to < ineir expectations, they removed to Quebec, where from Lord Dolhim^ I »w* government, the father and brother (one or both) got some appointn I mems in the customs of the province. The present raembei for Bath 30 ft * was understood at that time to be trying his hand at portriut painting ; * but left the easel for the dealt, getting employment in the law olflce of ' Mr Gugy, until politics having talcen possession of his aspiring mind, * he c^me to England ; he subsequently became a pupil of Mr Butt, the * barrister, and went once or twice the Western Circuit, when the < Reform Bill and Mr Joseph Hume's recommendation, toi^ether with his * marriaj^e to a Bath lady, opened the door to his ambition. We lino w * that his qualilication was called in question, hut whatever his legal * qualification may have been, we are aware that he possesses the most valu- ' able qualification for the present day— the proud distinction of going as * far as who goes farthest' in Radicalism. * It is, indeed, a sad misfortune that the affairs of this fine province are * not better Understood and better advocated in the Imperial Parliament. * Mr Laboucliere is supposed to know more about them than any one else, * but we doubt if his information can be profound. He and n$s fiiends * ti-tsvelled, or rather steamed, through Canada far too quick to get sound ' knowledge; besides he went out as a Whig, and associated at Quebec * with the grievance party of the Howe of Assembly ; and we know th&t ' after he and his Aiends passed Pontneuf asleep in their carriage, where * they were expected to breakfast by the very amiable and most respect- * able Mr Hale, thry were surprised at Three Rivers to learn that much < of the ' notices' they had entered in their travelling book from their * friends at Quebec, required expunging or amending, from the strong * party taint given to tbem by their informants;— indeed, they took into < their carriage a Quebec almanac, which gave the lie to some of the * grievances they had booked at Quebec' fit May 12. TO' morrow Ministers have, at the request of Mr. Roehuclc, consented to bring on the question of Canada ; and we therefore once more devote as much space as we can afford to the insertion of further extracts from the Canadian journals, in the hope that those Members of Parliament who honor our pages with perusal, may be induced to bestow upon these articles their attention, previously to the debate. The delay which has taken place in the appearance of IVlr. Roebuck's promised pamphlet, leads us to suspect that it is done with a view of furnishing all his party with a copy just before the debate comes on,— that delay serving, at the sane time to prevent tlie preparation of any exposure of the misrepresen- tations which it may contain. This has been already done more than once by the "Grievance" party, when Mr. Viger was in London as their paid agent, accompanied, we believe, by Mr. H. S. Chapman ;* and * Mr. H. S. Chapman, understood to be the tigsistant of Roebuck in agfitation and in the unstamped press, bus, we believe, been any thing but successrul in his different mercantile attempts. He left Ci.aaaa as messenger of the clique, — his last unfortunate speculation, from which he wvis glad to escape, being the editorship and proprietorship of a journal, which ceased to be profitable, from the very obnoxious nature of his political articles, to all who could afford to pay for newspapers, except the small but noisy party for whom he wrote. He is not unknown as the propounder of some singular opinions on the Corn Trade, and considers himself a profound Political Economist. His quondam partnei , Mr. Revans, having been equally for- tunute in business, recommended himself to the notice and patronage of Mr. Poiilett « .••■...n...* •>» » .^n**, ...••_.-■-*_■>••>■■■>. ^»* •■st£:^££i7', wis ts2S7 ifinzu^z' i.istiv, ■SI*** ims sisswt? i^wvsi rewarded by appointments to one or two of the recent Commissions, so worthily and liberally bestowed. We are, therefore, surprised that Mr. Chapman, his equal in all lespects, should have been overlooked. To the above we may add that Mr Roebu-:k was educated in Essex ; that a brother was admitted to the College at Woolwich, but failed to recommend himself by his talents or application ; and that he (the J4.P.), on coming from Canada, enlisted in Jeremy Bentham's squad of Utilitarians, trhtve he soon took up Radicalism, writing in the TTeidninster Aeview and the Enixminvt, and such ortftodM publications. >aintitig ; r otBce of og miud, Butt, the vhen the with his We know his legal lost valu" ' going as )vince are irliaraent. one else. Is fiiends get sound at Quebec (now th&t ,ge, where it rpspect- ;hat much rom their the strong took into Die of the consented ore devote tracts from Parliament upon these which has >hlet, leads party with lit the sane isrepresen- more than London as aan;* and Id agfitation lessrul in his )ue, — liis last ditorship and ry obnoxious apers, except e propounder r a profonnd equally for- if Mr. Poulett worthily and I equal in all that a brother imselt' by his da, enlisted in aiism, writing atioas. 91 ««»v^^^'ks^i!lLv;,fJXl^ found ^ .„ „„,h .. , • T/,e claim of ,ke Brilkh Jrf, . '"'P''""'" '" ^ inserted here :- T alter tmm anil wUlfl'^L'JXL " <». " claim, Im. utMct In arc po- Oil the Town of wiose Exclusion sts" who wnnlH LlUr: ' .*^^^ »>">r»-Mj„hted ; Sl'?, °^ ^^r^-- Canada ran^ shS rin"fh?T'^-°/ *''« ^^ score of numbers we are nearly en nan v a? -^^ ^^8'sJature ! On this system of exclusion ? Have SuSlT^- '■'/°'"'» »>e advanced by what must be the effect of h;2h;1* 'f. .^^'^'"s^0"i8ts" well cc^-sfrfpr?^ t.p„ Of this co»ntrv,and of^exdiK onr'o''f'Hr"'. "'^^ *he p^p^Va- • / ^ Do they conSde^. ?hat thev wi^il hT 'M'^ ^"^^ '^'^'^ ; for the weiffing'of Toe 17 S '^.7' ^''^t '^'l ^»' »>"a e a ir^ due weight iSrS^rm^S^^ f^^e deprive ...... „,^ „, < if Tf '•l^y^,'" the abrupt trauSn fron '\hi'i".^.!I.'r«.'-^.^'>»'«e tow^trds ved property of .... «„^ vrciKfji in tne Government? Iniul "•"^"^H^veai ; democracy, in the abrupt traoshion frniM^ downward cou of the people of this democS"tS^;P''^1^^^^ J*^5t« and usagw principle of conduct pnblicSpHvate to thV »?if *> ^Japta'^on of evfry unerring standard, other men and nSJ? • . "^'" °^ ^^^e majority, as an themselves implicated, an™itwi 1 ulWel'h''^^ ^"''?«« ou.s i iffi"; Silf'' T fr "«''ntainlng ai e Those wSiin^^^^^ !.''**. '''« P"«ciples * being of all. For any JSnirlhA mZJH * ^. ^*^ conducive to the well! .^«««% is hardly thTelTctfd'^xX*'' ^' ''??*«^rf '« in the HoZfof ; irresponsible majority tiaSleunnn ''i'*""^*^'"?» however, when an ; perjy. to have one more Sca?e ?" rifA"^ ' '^ "*«^ "^^ P»blic Pr^ against such iniquities; A tHck Hn '^T *"'' *'°^«^' however uuavalC ^^ftry, but whe^nsSr dts ipated i t ISfh T". '"^^ P^^^P^^ « " hf» ; not by the abuse of that powSr which S ^'^by. free discussion, and * people have conferred unonheir,.nL^'if ^."'^^*"°» »^"' uninstrVted 0/ /A«r ur u ,ii,content • not discountJiianced l.y the Government at »»"»7. ;^^^" ^'^ th^u\\Z- .»o natural to man will 8..on be gentratfd, ^''**^,'^fu^t'ctuaJ state w^^^ • tisfaction. which every man mor^ or les« feel.s m.h hiH actual Jta ^ jm « be attributed to nusgovernment, when ni tac .t is the ;»* ''' ""i"*;",!: *and proceeds fn)m what ' neither Kings nor laws can cause oi cuie. ^^nV/;t'it(!filff« 'Sf« are trequently alluded to by o"r P^''«t» »» mndds tor our imitation. No man, whose head or heart is rightiy Sace. w 1 join i 1 e senseless .:lan.our against them, in which some r> 'our' ultii'indutge. When the con,.exion ht.ween them a..d the mothercountry was severed, nothing remained for them but «o cieaie S carinstuuti^.ns. and substitute the people for the crown as the sXce of povver-the state of society rendered anv other course iraprac- tiSe. aid envy m.t that man his feelings who does not wish them success in the aitenfpt that they are .naking ^^''^'g" jJ^^Jl^^^! Z^;^^^^^^^^ and to advance social happiness, with tlie least possibk inteifeience witti S private conduct of the individuals composing «»'««;/»"'«" Jy-/' 'stdl^/'owever, remains an experiment, and «o'f^ «f/h«,i^,^f/„J"e " • auK.ng Uiem. stanncli Iriends to freedom too, cannot at all timts repiess •i 3 hat order cannot be preserved without, a Kfenter infusion of • power into their system of government, and that it will be difficult to . Tduce the people to clo-he their rulers with as much authority as the meservation of the public peace may lequii-p. . With the tumults which have recently arisen in many of then- laige cities, and the cnnfl.ciing in- terests of tliJ various states of tlie Union before our eyes, with the angry contentions and meancing language of the .l;.ve-hpldnig and non .slave- holding states ringing in our ears, surely mer. ijrud^nce independent of Sll h.gher feelings%ho«ld induce the inhahtauu .. ^"""hAmeric. to rei..ice that they still form a part of the noble y ;' fc of (. .eat liiitain, ui.der whose powerful protection their rights, i^..ti .bt ts are aecurea • to them, withoui thiii being involved in ihn' owMtcntous expeiiment, • on tlie resuh of which our neighbours have all :.iat m valuable to man « at Btake.'— /iirf. Printed by Edward Hill Creasy, of North-street, and John Baker, of 21, Ntw-road, Brighton, Printers, at their Priuting.office, in Cliurcb-street, Brighton. sntrary, { e natiikfied fi it. But lian there for power noago^iies iwN ot the Content' ttle defect Try trivial aifairs is e prospect course are iliscoiitent ^hat disMa- state, will huniauity, »r cure.'— )atriots as is rightly hich some n and the to create wn as the se iraprac- wish them iiercourse, rence with nullity. // kriHest men ncs repress infusion of difficult to Diity as the lilts which itliciinK in- ti the angry non -slave- L>pendent of America to 'Ht Britain, ire secured 'X|ieriuient, )le to man 21, N«w-ruad, gbtoa.