The Express. — London, England, 1849-06-20 00:00:00

RAILWAYS. TlllB DAY, Two o'Cnoca. The share ma-ket this morning has undergone a alight detltoo, and priers for most lints are lower. The trans.:clove which have taken place are on a very hulled araile : pt them are the following Eastern Comities, at 81 and 81; Great Western, a' 79 and 781; Midland, at 681; York, Newel' De, and Berwick, at 211 and 201. York and North Mid land, at 331 and 33; Great Northern, at 10; North Iftaffix.lehire, at 121. French shares are also heaver. Boulogne and Aniline have been bonght at 71 and 1 ; Northern of France, M 101 and 1; Rouen and Barre, at 101 and 1. _ ( 311:Z!" Ake to-day op to I dank. Lames Zany An. se I LI %berdees 41 1 %herders. • Treferesse 6 Seabersele, Nottisdels Restos, it Lat. Josh.. t 1 i dirminsinui and thkore J u oct You, calluisly paid, or with prorostor !O Liu without a pannier al, Mem, sis Noir., sad Meal vaul s., t sadEKsidt;* NEI duly paid. w with DD. 'tallest spoliate. is b asoirm. Stam..sad IM M WWI and [SOW 1114 Xi p i It 11.100.azoshire • Do 1 shores .. • Id Do. XIo Prskorotoile. 111 r ord Holyhead . 13 Do. Praknatos „. . I Wain ‘.1.4 Detest Joao.. 13 Katt 11ot.lsat to Do ( 411 LIB 1..11‘15)_ 3 D0.(3/.19•p. Ct. Frei 1.11 bears Meath. to Do. sew livra. 6p. 1 Do. got. 3 11. No• d Do. do. Ito.l So , Do. 11. kZ. 3 per Ct.. 12. Do. 1 sitars 13 Da New 12, Want Vows, elm (tato 1. St H. ob.) 11; Do. class C. ditto... 20 Do ia tio w jgor. 11p.Ct., W Part 23 Do. 10r• 41 Do. do. I duns 01 Do. par Ct. he. lA. 13 Mg Lime/robin .. 10 kallahmprailcagifitw.. .0 IJo. mom .• 25 Exeter Teoefi, k Dumb ,lo 15ortbara It Do., rborres, A.Dein;tl 11 Dt.....'11 1 01‘ 11 Br Sr. Do satoodko 1$ t llooth.obtl Want. (11.4 10 Great 'Loth of Sto,-10... Do :% err, X.lO . N N 130 111 Ik Do. t. New ew. . Ala 4 Omit %Wears „ 10 13 l De. to. Now. 17 W Bin 'Ed E. Um sham 2 Mom ito.o.a.tor art Cariboo .. I 0 — Ds.ll7leds .„ PI laasaidee sad Tatar 14 Do. she res „. 10 Da Litho 6. Ua. itizteentbs IS Do.Thlnls !.. 10 Do. New (game p.Ct.). Ile. Wm. Riding I/ 13 Du. Pi email and Wye I. Do. rbarso (A) 10 Leads end Ifes.o!aciL :0 Leah and Think IS Du. New Ili Loudon sod Bloskosll k Drl9laudka 14.020 rt Da sounuilerd b p. Ct. late: Is 30 Do. Foot. 3 per Ont... .9 30 Dote awl. by s Do. kr w CS ire I,` 12. load 0,0 LW fu (U Do. Crefi resole Laadot Nurtk-W u 7 Do. do. New J duns— so 2 Da Ebila . • ss 1 Du.L14.9,111.km.18.(D) lc 30 It Okaa ac Nonah.Vl' Ss 41. DA New, 1: 49 34 la. New CIS lc 16; Do Tule& „ sis '3 lb. "Terrence 7p t • is C. Mauch.. Dux.. red Mil— Ise D IS IO Do. •itt, uro, No.anti use 23 1 •k 23 DM •1141/111, 1 1 24 Is , eta .hum*. Na. 3 .. 10 W Do, low Xto ereL „. so NO Un.. Gr.-A Griot-bs se I? Du. di.. 1171 Du. do. .. as fa lb. Kat i . and Limas— Is ms Uu. tirinwhy Doak Ika Itaiann Cake .. R 101 aldLtrd • a . lel 11. , . Von. Polarises se 23 Dw iSo duns_ 99. 10) Du. Pim. DerbY u.. 11113 Do. 11.0 p. Cent. • i lOs 31113 1 11 • 13 Do. New CS) ss I a Do. (lisareti.3 par L. s $ 110. G.nnm.34 per Ct.. so IS Do.Lowettldisa4p. CL Soak 12 IS Do. Ll r plea Ds. Wars „. • Si Do. Pn reore is 17.10 wth Salbrd.hire So 311 lad. Wow. ig W (+kir u u I t kelp& sy 4 Iloystaa and Waldo ss ardtirk Ceoltul A ssi 11 1 7- swo„ 72 Ilua., 61901 91y D 3, ars •; • s Ds, pry ossittssi. Is •irseaSsas sad mon (Mar. W. Mks) ... 99 9 D Ds. Bohai s .. • s, o. Orwatry is l Do. SOW... No if Saropantro Cane is Do. Profanes T. 4outh •earbrelks... to Do. No. la Do. No. 4 &teen s' to Ue. Ns 4 Scrip .. 4. Tort, Dos , & Goole 4totteld, embolism, a. Gone, N. Dt. arms 3 O.C.Y. 141 Was Valley, p. Ct. Ina. 13 Ds. do. re. It Us. do. d 0... .. U Wirad.,Stme, sk Wean . eaka, Nes, r., k Welts. :3 .caPea Derwin IS Ds. Entencloa (Turk & Nroarde) Si ec DD. G.N.E. Purchase or Penner, ,Tmia"rlV,;;Ll Lm. ri Ivy r rl dig. al ni a 114 lee II 4 4 s e 24 $ 2:1 I I' Is 111 ISI SI SI dia. S I 1 NNN I lln. Si Si lai 2 4 pi- 16 16 di& 16 16 Us*. IS 19 17 16 7 (119. ti 11 db. 1 27 . 2$ -.-- 413 424 • 4 dia. 11 I die. to Os. 44 2 1 db. I& 1 434. 134 1 41i4 4.13 223 911 40 pia 19 20 pis. 23 9 I 3$ 39 - 8 4:e. lb 154 •1 4 dl.. 94 47 49 a 9 am _.lk pe. 24 12 Ma. lo db. 41 air. ti B 7 die. 2 21 pre. II 41 37 32 - ii - ii Fn. 911 100 IS 00 .. ii . in din. 84 -41 37i 9 i 4 St U _ Itii lii. It I g" g=. gg gm. lit lit ea IS SO ▪ SY. II sm. si Si dia. 114 SI 9 I 4ls. S 9. ii a is Ls a 'ii 17 db. 7 die.. 14 dia. 14 die. 4 Os. ii;m' 19 ii ii M 4 , 41:1: Li_ Z.). Pak i 46 I Pi. 42. s is 4 4 die. Pi- I *. I 4 dia. 7 I die. 141 ISt 46." I 21 Mr 17 1 ;I " s il db. db. di.. s e . .... I 14 die. 4i 14,114 13 13 ail. 11 1 MI 6 51 die. 31 34 dia. 33 34 Sy 2d i&. S s Inewer Itmt.w.eas. Inrioltitlan (last I:aUso I and /wean) Se 10 11110alorse and Amiens . 10 10 rna4l V14:11.93 (Nketaln ) , ✓ 7 1 tutee Rheni.l 113 3; ,F..1.1t. byline 11 5 '.teat Neineela I. 110. IS 7; Lucetobuarg SO 10 W.... Se 10 ; Namur an I I kits IS 13 '7.torthk•rn of hums SO 7 1 4 1 1 rieen 0 and Wrdoeuz 10 1 rule sad Or „ Se 10 17N Tie and Roues so to . Puri.% mad stra,herg m2O ; tl.urn la Iltrar• 20 ••;aobrt on.l 31 , 1100 „ 30 ll Noun Ns; tee Si Si dies 7 74 7 "i diis. Pm. 61s. rm. nor 1 Pm• dia. i di& SI IS 21 SS .. _ A, Iq 4 b . TI T is. i s I is LI VIIRPOOL. hew 19. wroas-sxcluocor.—Tir nowt sloerh isprocar. Sales :—lliritenheA a-d Menhirs Otte c and S.), 6 per sent., 141—Caledonian i 'wet —Um Lewashire, 171—Great Nwthern (London %ors Eta n. on), 11 IL-lAnewthlre and Trek. sislra(if.h sh.;, 1 d.—Unto X t.: a:ares). 71 d.—Ditts (I shares, L. Si Duey) 111 - ..2d North Wertans, 129—Ditto (.s 1 sisare.l. ins. 9d C. 18..:1 1 ix—MO*lW IA 411 wer49 13 1. 1 116 3 s l . I d., It Ila 3d —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (exteneleas No.l, and N. &B. NO. 2 . d.—lhtto 0,0. N. E., 8 pae cent. till '3O), 31 d. York sod North Midland (praL 6 per cent. Ull '3O), 31d. MANCHESTER, Jwii. 19. ISTOCI•EXCIAWO6.—Tfte market (retied with ratherhither velem In the after tOOO they were rather WC21(71% except In Nash Stafford% in which, there WWI , eomiderable dement, improved rates were o`dasned. There w a fair hmoun. e bowne.a done. Salm Cwwatitt, ni ; Last I. .n' ~, h ire Quarters, 4i; &Un bore sal Gloetw, 494; I unteelnit ant Ye nohire Filth's, :I I)itto Vaion, 4! ; Lt,11.1011 and North Western M, ITO it Coartra m., lio n. oder, stu Meld, and Lincolnshire ninth , It ; North Stalluntobire, 31 .10.; !•outh F.astern and Were loads, No. 4, 6 11-14. BIR4INGIUM, Arse 19. groat. Excustmit.—All shuts lad dowidedly an upward teninkey In Mkt market. Cheater and Itotylossis we done at 17i gbr""buTF and Intiois, A's at d to 34804 ate Union, at 21 dl,. ; and :tern& Stallorda cloned lets at CORN.—MARK-LAIII. Tins DAY.—With bad Woodards swims sire Dowry, tM Wheat trait vat Ars this moreing, sad the rates elf lest =Mr re w tally wonted, and In some is stares mita exceeded. Goad treats hersOers wee the tors dearer, bat anything oat .4 eoadttir wa es Sarah to ail se ever. Daley, Dear, sad Peas sodervest so ernes writer of versa •STIVALI INTO LONDON I , IOM Itek JUNE TO 2000 JON& Ors. Englisb. 203440. 10411. inmost i 7 1 40 20 pallri. I IOSO I 1 4430 Plow, SAM mks; burets. Diet, qrs. HALWirowrs. Juno 19.—We hid a very small show of Wm* ma prise Ned fully le. to :a. per cr. dune co all qyalltks. Pa- Pm. PaL db. i dia. 1 dia. ill - v. se' M a 11 !.! tilt ti t I ILI iie. K 1' 1 •J' U * so II SI ss II yo 14, 1 4 1 2 11 I SO 23 23 16 M 6412 THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 20. 1849. Prices of egrir.g corn nomtnaL !filar..., white, 445. to 43 per qr. ; red, 40s. to 43a Hutt, June 19.-The general tone of trade &nine• the part seek has been firMbeins, without any great stroke of business having resulted, owing mainly/ to the paucity of arrivals end the general disindination to offer handed parcels at thisserson of the year, hoiden ptelening to risk tbe "chat ter of accidents" ether than Mks the present current rates obtainable for the little offering groin sh p. board. The eacepti ft to the foregoing [moils mar be (most in Bur ley, which, from its previous 100 ruse., ha• attracted the attention of speculators and wholesale dealers in the Interim ; our comparatively large impact of the week has time been run off on fully the u mad last market day. The weather during the post week has been fin e, but on the whole the frown is bucker. , rd ; the wareity and high price of Potato ~ and other esculents makes tie reartimetion of whereon Flour very great. There was only a moderate supply of Wheat agalo today from oar own lamas, and very little foreign °Wiring ; price. of ail deeeriptions most be written Is. dearer, but the amount g ot busi ness done Is not large. Fine qualities of foreign are comparatively scarce. Ms Barley we experience • euktiuued good &mood, at lout Mr grinding qualitke, which are being taken oft quietly by interior buyers for their local autumn trade. Means are dull Me and the' tusklowe; with little in quiry It Pre., except ' blue User, seem marce. The chief demand for Indian Corn is for Ireland. Very 11 , tie bus urns pa-begin linseed; the emu transacU..na are quite insigniticant, d and the butt of the import i s f r members' account. r Unwe (Vies we do not alter 'our quotations, but they are yae dear know laat reported. Our quotation is obtainable to Rape Cakes; but we of no Matinees in It tpeseed. Although the transactions in antes are prices are hay up to last week's mark, and supply does sot get beyond demand. leawitm, June 19.-The quantity of Wheat on tiler tee day was email, and a very limited business,. was dine at about Is. per qr. advance. But few samples of Barley on offer, expect Madge, al which we had mare emus it,. No alteradkai in price either In real. Deana, or Ch a. Whits Wheat, 495. to 525. per qr.; red, 445. to 40s. Lazne, Jens 19.-There still continues a bitty/ r feeling in' the trade, tied Ens fresh wheat , moot be quoted Is. to 2e. per quarter dearer than Ink Turedayosith a good demand. There is alto mare doing le rpriag corn, but without alteration in value. I.IIIOR/off Bt*MtAan, June 19. -At market this day lai there was only a moderate supply of Wheat Mining, which meta r sale at rattier over the rates of this day week. iimey tires, but no advance could be obtakterl. .cw Born rather dearer. %heat, per load ol 5 Unbolts 265. 6d. to 30s. Barley, per imperial qr , 23e , to 23* 61 , WWI% Lid. 32* ed. to Ma.; new, 21s. to 24a. per 5 Mullets. LientirOoL, June 16.- Althongh the supplies from Ireland bid nearly Nosed of late, and little expected to be chipped theme; we have a tolerable quantity el Oats and }lour fresh in tr, m that quarter, with a few smut parcels of grain coastwise ; whilst the imports from abro d since this day wi ek ale in the sweeper limited in smotost, con.isting chicly of Miter, Oats, and Peas Irons the north of Europe, and of Beans thence and Egypt ; lime from the United States being manly 404 torrels Flour, with 2,124 qrs. of Indian Cara, against 12,512 qrs. of the latter exported during the we' k to Ireland. In m may parts of this country and Ireland. the weeth r last weak is reported to hays been rather coil and ciday fur the season, producing a el ght cheek to vegetation, with an mess of moisture in some distillers and too little la others; exclusive of Barley, however, the corn, grass and roo t crops us stated to exhibit a protium of great abundance, for alttiough several rumours prevail relative to s ym p toms of disease In that of Piastres, suck are, sr tar, extremely partial: and, whatever, the result may be, the mop in general is represented as favourable in appearatce as in any former year. Owing to twenty di liverits of Wheat Irma the growers, and &reaping six plea from abroad, the trade in the lee markets of Engl lid appears to indicate an up ward t . is 'ramie, on the contrary, prices during the work base been us the decline, and buyers, in anticipation of fur ther arrivals, and seemingly desirous of meeting the coming harvest with beta stocks on hand, baying retnaiard much on the naive. Our market Ws meaning, having been well attended by Own and country millers, good useful d,ocriptions of both English and foreign Wheats continued t. meet a fair, but not extensive, demand, at a alight amendment upon the teivanceof Friday, thereby elevatirg our quota- Id. to 74.=: . /111. over the currency of this day ee'untglit. The ions d Sour, else, commanding a tolerable sad Importers of American being arm, the lull rates re last week wan maistained, and in some instances rather exceeded, whilst superior mares of sack }lour supported the abore.nairrel improve. Meat. Grinding Barley was rather mores doable, at late vie- e ; and Malt, though dull, remained statioaary in value. limns and Veas, upon a moderate demand, steadily realised our last quotations. Chits, influenced by a more liberal supply and very limited consumption, wi re extremely diflcult to move, and offered with little effect, at a dec'ine of Id. per 451 b.. Oatmeal, likewise, rueeting little notice, was the turn cheaper. loth= Cain, attended by a more lively rate to-day, not only ressavered the dzeline of Friday, but yellow samples sets:weed 6d. per qr. over last Tuesday's rates, and white supporte d the terms Vain stab. rt. The following um the preamit prices Wheat, per 7elbs., English, rid, 6s. 4d. to Gs. 24.; extra, Gs ad. 65 65. tOd.; white, 613. to Go. led.; extra, Gs. lud. to 7a. 2d. ; Irish. • se. 4d. to Ge.td ; extra, Os. 2d. to is. 4d.; while, his. to ad. 4d. ; extra, am 4d. to GM 14.1. Goley, per qr., English, 295. to $1..• Ciarevalier, 31a. to 33s • Scotch and Irish, per &albs, Is. 3d. to I'. Malt, per qr., English: pale, 53... to 39.. Oa's per 43.15., English and gouty, old, Ws tild. t s 9t. ltd.; Wein'', old, is. 7d. to 2a. inks ; blab, Ins sorts new, la a d. to Its. i1.d.,• old, Is tid. to 2s. 104.; general, new, 9 ` .7d. to a. aid.; oid,2s. bd. t Is. 9d.; Beane, pie qr. , Enoug, new, Us. to 34m; old, 345. to 35m; Scotch and Irish, per 4806..0.0w, r 21it to too. ; 0 , 423 w reap, per qr., English. white, 3f5. to 33e.; lath, grey, les to 30a. 21 war, tier 28 1b.., kaglisi and Irish, Isle, 3 , 45. to 335. 64.; superfine, 31s. 6J. to 35e. &L ; extra, 335. ad. to 375. 6d. Oatmeal, per load of 2401 be., Irish, 1543, 245. Os. to 345. ad.; old, Vs to Ile.; Canadian oil, 23'. 6d. to Its. Fran, per 241 be., 10d. to Is Foreign: Wheat, Canadian, per 701 M, red, tin. N. to Cs 4,1.; white, Gs. bd. to 6s. fitl. ; L'nitod Mate., red, 7.d. to GIL ed. white, 7e. Id. to7s. 44.;llanterie, mixed and red,G..2d. to 13s. ad. histom ; alz, d, 7.. 6d. to 7s. 10d.; Lower Deltic liamburg, red, Cs Id. toes- ad. ; white, as. Ittd. to Riga and Petetsburg, red, 50. &I to Ind.; Arthautrel, ss. 4d. to 36.61. ; Odessa, common. red, is. 4d. to is. &L ; Polish, 5...7d. to ss. 10d.; French, tiprudeh, and Italian. r„ t, 6s. 2d. to Gs. 44.; white, Is. ad. to Gn. 941. ; Hanna and Ilarianopoll, red, 35.6 d. to Sa ; kgypUan, 4s. d• to 4a. ed.; Mediterranean, he., hard, 4s. to 3.. 4cl. Rye, per qr., Baltic, Se., 300. to 32. Oarley, per 601 b., grtoding, 3..14. to 3s. 9d. Outs per 45111., ltd. to Is. 1141.; Rossi" Es. 7.1. to 2s. Oil. Beans, per qr., European, 31s. to 940.; per 4Sulls, Ettyptian, Vs. to 2 to. Gd. Paw, per qr., Baltic, Mc., oleic, 30a. to 33. a.; Canadian, Mo. to Vs. Fluor, per ha 1. 19.;lto, Cariadian, sweet, Ve. fart. to Ve. &L; ILO. Western Canal, sweet, 2728. be.. tolls. ; Ohio, 11 , . to 535. • Philadelphia and Baltimore, sweet, Vs. Or. to 3 is. 61.; U.S. aid Cane,dian, sour, 225. to Lk. Indian Corn, per 4001 b., Ames lean, white, 3 is. to 351. ; liar. 6 L to36e.tid.; European yellow, 324. to Vs. W. Indian Corn Meal, per 19014.., 18e. to 16.4.9,1. Arrivals Into Liverpool and Ituneorn from the 13th to the lath of June Inclusive: Wheat, 4,037 qrs ; It , rl. y, 202; Matt, 1,44/;0 its, 6,005; beans, 2,155; Peas, S',o; Italian Corn, 2,121; Oatmeal, 311 reeks; Flour, 1,323 stir;(., 404 barrels. Least, Juue 10.-The *Armen be ng mostly engsged with their hay, we have a rely small supply of %L , at, which the milt es take at as *dance of Is. per qr.; Odor. to thlbe., 43a. to law.; like white, to 48e. NIsWCAsTLE, June 19.-The weath'r has improved slightly sloes Saturday, still, however, the temperature tow for the sea son. Today we have hadreveral smart showers, which output a partial check to the hay harvest width be just oarnmeuciog, but in other , respects the rain will do good, rata being wanted f. r soring corn. At our o arket Oita meaning we haul a better supply of Wheat term the growers, end haste' seven' parcels from the coast, a far extent of miemers Was done, but S aturday's rates c co e dnut be e i ceeded, al thougn Woos attempts ti to obtain an advance • as however, the mil. lers ur.. generally low in stuck, we fully expeA will improve a little. Thar inateady request, 3 is.lrecly alrenfor choice houalioldr, for . etre whites Our mittens r-ised their price Is. p r sack today, the rite demanded br them bring 913.. for !Inca, bakt ra' qua- WY being held 7s. higher. In Rye 1 tile stirring. Or ruling barley more inquiry tor, but 1.0 dearer. lo Beans nut Peas no change. For 0021 we continue to experience a demand for shipment, and a further quantity his been taken for Glasgow account ut 13e. bd., I. to. b, for Ardraigel tplaidy, weighingper busbel. W e bare warmly any of this description now upon the market, such quality beiug h at lea. per qr. PI:owl:Tn. Jere 19.-The tole in Wheat was re'her better this morning. M.ny mime Aimed a dispoeition to purchase, and sone a,leowrre m de ata little advance; but buyers have so long been able to buy Monet on their own terms, an advance of Is, per qr. being grawralty demandtd checked buyers. Supplies from abroad have been mod, rate during the last week, and sucks in granary are only email. The weatie ris unsettled and ehowery, with roll nights, which will check hay harr,st, now general. Corn crops and Potato/ a in this district look generally won. Wheat la getting into ear, but Is t forward, and fiance c _rot. be expected to begin until the 10th of Azimut. SALlaltaaT, June'9.- A'. had a very short supply of Wheat to-day, and, in con.equenoe of a thin attendance of farmer* and dealers but little businera was transacted, notwithat tiding the best il , scriptions of Wheat r. allied as advance of Is. pr qr., and inferior rumples brought the quotations of this pay week. Dailey was ale* chart in supply, though equal to the demand, ate. ias• We n s priers were fully suipored. Oats al oi participated in :he ornl amount of business. doing, without any alteration In prices liran. supported late rates, with but&stow sale, and we did nut hear of ao, sales iii Peas mewling. A moderate demoid for Farm, without change in value. la Malt an i Seeds scarcely anythieg dome. Wheat. 34.. to 495. Barley, 245. to 305. Oats, IGs. to 221. Penns, 3bs. to 40a. Malt, sse. to 9fa pit qr. nom, dis. to Sfie. per mt.:. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.—TCESDAT, JUNE 10. Tbe But of Smarthantnix (Depoty Speaker) took his seat at 8 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. BCOND READING. Lord Brougham and Vac: (Duke ni CieVela , WS) Edda BLI. THIRD READINGS. feeds god Think Railway (power to gunman inter. at on certain shun, &c.) • %Vita tlesey St. Mary and WnittleseT St. Andrew tinion ot Parishes, and for imnrosing the 3 own of Whittltsey ; Bale. PUBLIC BUSINESS. PETITIONS PRESENTED. Srrawnteravtoet FUND TYR POOR LAW OFFICERS. — By the B shop of WORCESTER, Irons • place in his dioce.r; the Duke of RICHMOND, from Wrstfxsuroe union: the Bishop of GLOUCESTER, froze a plate in Lis diner au; in favour of this proposition. LENSING 13VITRI1 (SCOTLAND). —By the Duke of RICI IC IIIOND, from Forfar, on the subject of the lionising winos in Son land. Bass-norave.—By the Duke of RICHMOND, from a fltee, name not hew, for the abolition of linens to beer. Till MALT Tax —By the D..ke of RICHMOND, from a place in Stoma, for the feral of this tax. PARLIAMENTARY OATRe MILL.—By the Duke o' RICH MOND, from a piste not heard, against this bill ; and an • other against the late thetio of infidels into perlittneat, COVIITY COITRTS.—By the Ent of WARWICK, from ' Wareick, for the ex•ensi4u of the jurisdiction of Cowry Court.. EORTPATRICK AND DONAGHADEE. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY gave node& that en Mmday.next be eboull ask a question on the suhject of the removal of the post-dale packet from this &stints. ACCIDENTS IN COAL MINES. The Merquis of LONDONDERRY, with reference to a e.'mtnitteo which had been appointed the prelims night, during his absencii, on this subject, thought it would have been better if a commission had teen appointed ; and be begged that his name might be .'ruck out of the comm;t tee.. He was anxlcua for every humane iuquiry, hut this would be carrying it too far. Lord Vi HARNCLIFF.II explained the grounds on which he put the noble 'narcissists name on the committee. GRAND JURY CESS (IRELAND) BILL. Oa the motion of the Marquis of CLANHICARDZ, this bill wn real a second time, and ordered to be committed. CANADA. Lcrd BROUGHAM rose to bring forward the motion of which he had given nettle-. It was a snbjoet of great im portance, of extraordinary interest in the public mind, end of still more esteems enlist! in our colonies He meant the stet* of affai-s of Canals, both with respect to legislai tion sad es it regarded the executive government. It was a subject of extreme interest, not only at home, but in our colonies; sod he did not confine it to Canada., for reasons which he should prewintly state. Notwithstanding the able discussion whieh the question had undergone elsewhere, he deemed the discussion of the subject as peculiarly appertain- log to this judicial &monthly, and he would at once premised to remind the house of the history of Caned.. By the peace of Paris, in 1762, negotiations by the father of h's noble friend opposite (after the brilliant success of Lord Chatbsm had wrested from the French the province of C mods), secured to us Canada by the peace of Path. The settlers of the province were chiefly French. They were somewhere about two or three times the number of the English in Lower Canada. Upper Canada, however, was almost entirely Eng lish, and was settled mainly after the American war by loyalist Americans and British subjects, who were impatient of the yoke established in America, *Warrior the principles of the Americans —but which they had a right to bold ; ab horring, above all, the republican yoke, they repaired to Ca nada, where they had the invaluable privilege of avoiding the dominion of the republic and enjoying subjection to the crown. Of all the royalists whose opinions were tirged with strongest feelings of loyalty, the American loyalists were among the first and foremost ; end accordingly they did not change their minds with the sky under which they lived. He did not wish to draw an invidious distinction between them and their French brethren. Yet the one were at all times attached to England, mid by blued, langusre— by their customs, manners, fuller, and laws they were Eng lishmee, wh ilst the others were French—by accident Eng lish, by descent French, and by their origin, manntut, cus toms, and very properly by their feelings they were French. Nevertheless, they had behaved like peaceable subjects of the crown, generally spsaking—a consum e-ellen much to he rejoiced in, and which had been facilitated by that kind of union which existed between a colony and the mother country. There was always a great quantity of treasure and numerous troops and forces pes rested by the mother country both by sea and land, which made it impossible to say that the mother country was de pendent on the colony; and, therefore, the French colonists colloid. red what powers England hod of maintainine her sovereignty. This had been one main cause why the more or his reluctant obei.anoe of the French people in Lower Canada bad gone along with the cheerful and hearty °het- , 1 1411 Ce of the English inhabitants of the colony. But the time come when some severance, it was thetah!, between the two colonies night be attempted, and in the years 1837-38, a serious attempt was made—not r xei-ed by any act of oppression, or by any real grievance—a rebellion, how ever, of a serious nature broke out. It was found that • conspiracy had shank its roots deep, and extended its branches to a considerable distance from the centre of the government. At Montreal there was mg in isc d a secret society —partly under Freech Influence, and also under agleam from a nearer quarter of our extensive dominion. Thus secret societies in Montreal numbered 3,000 persons. If any one doubted it let him read Sir John Colborne's dispatch to Lord Melbourne. The rebellion broke out ; Pm military forte was called out—the civil power being insufficient, the rebels were attacked, they fought, they had arms in very con siderable numbers, they resisted the troops which Sir Allan M'Nab commanded with so much gallantry and success. That government which had made some men officers with filth - ma end horours, and which he did not wish further to refer to, had passed over that able officer. Colonel MtNeb met the rebel* and defeated them. They fled from him, and it was found on pursuing them, that house after house was deserted, barn atter barn bad been burned, and many of the loyal subjects themselves were imprisoned by the rebels. The loyal inhabitants bad fl-d to Montreal for succour c and upea one occasion a gallant o ffi cer, leeut. Weir, was earned to the rear by the rebels ; they plucked his epaulettes from his shoulder', and they pierced him with wound after wound be fore the imperial troops could reach him. Dr. Wolfed Nelson commanded that corps, and he was a claimant; but he generously rave up one half of his claim. lie merely mentioned this in passing. Such was the rebellion which was put down by the gallant officer he had alluded to, and he had now to aft attention to the frame of mind in which Lord Durham found the colony. The neceteities entailed cn us by this rebellion obliged par liament at home to suspend the constitution in Canada, and Lord Durham was sent out with dictatorial and ale:oluto powers. He would read hie own words as to the 'tote of society in Canada, in ceder that he might not de injuitice to him. A Tryon had been prepared, which did great credit to those who drew it up. The late lamented Mr. Charles Biller end Mr. Wakefield, no doubt as sisted to a great exteet in its preparation. (Hear, hear.) The noble and learned kid then read a passage Irons the report of Lard Durham, stating that he tound a contest between the 4ovcrnment and the people—two nations mere waning within the bosom of the same state—it was • struegle not only of parties but of races. It wee scarcely possible to conceive the descendants of any of the great European nations more unlike each other. lie then went on to Lay that even in the schools of Quebec and Montreal 1 the begs were divided into parties according tce their race, and often fought. The intercourse of society was entirely out of the question—the publications cf the piers were of a most violent character—and even upon grounds which ought to be neutral the sacred grounds of dharity they could not agree. After some further n ot tions en the same subject, t the noble and learned I proceeded. He would now go on to allude to the t outbreak in ree p , ..„,,,,i, and he knew he should be told at he wan en c -engine tie rebels by his speech. That as, betrayer, a' risk a hich statesmen and leenslators, at al" • s, must be content to run, as well as the slanders which the asst face in the discharge of their public duty ; but, as M . Burke had sail, the fire-bell which awoke us in our slumbas pre vented our heieg burnt in our beds ; and therefore he shuuld say what he bad to state fearlessly. There was muck pro pert y destroyed, and some by the militia in crushing the 1 : ebellion ; and for some time no compensation was cev n, even to these who bad suffered as loyal subjects; but after war Is a bill was pouch by which it was intended to give en:rip-motion to the loyalists who bat suffered in Upper Canada. The most false statements had been made about this ill; but it was clear that it was intended to give c =Dense lion for the property which bad been taken ; and if any rebel received compensation,. it was for goods, horses, &c., taken by the troop., he having r- ceived the commaude t'a rnote for the goods he had sold, therefore it was a matter of emtract, and not of compensation. (Herr, hear.) The friends of the government were disgusted, whilst 1 their enemies were well pleased to accept the terms offered, and the government soon found itself in a mino rity. The prime minister of the new government was 1 Monsieur Auguste Alexis Hyppolite Lafontaine. (A. laugh.) It so happened that he petitioned parliament, and he (Lord 1 Brougham) presented that petition, and Mr. Vigor' pre sented a petition to the other house. Mr. Lafontaine was most toward and ostentatious in his disaffection, as wos moat clearly proved by a letter written by him to Mr. Vigor., and discovered by fif.r John Colborne. In that letter he said " Papieeau will give you a sum equal to 20,0001. to earn the blue bonnets of the north." ' This was the linguege Mr. Lafontaine used after the rebel lion was crushed, and before he got back. He returned to C.thsda under Lard Darham't Amnesty Act, and became ' prime minister w. en he found the prime minister had been openly engaged in a most seditious course ; and when he found that after the rebellion was crushed he endeavoured to keen the seeds in the ground that they might hereafter grow into another re hellion, he thought he was I uetified in saying that he was disloyal. Lerd Metcalfe dismissed Mr. La fontaine, and they could well understand why. But then came another change, which compelled Lord E'gin to re store him. Tho fully of this responsible government, as applied to the colonies absolutely surpassed his powers of c .mpreheneion—at least taking it in its fullest ex cot, as in this country . ; because, to a certsin extent, it was applicable to the colon ies. lie would she :hem very ample powers of inferno 1 administration ; he would cot sign to %h.= a 1 ma ten of • purely local nature; he would interfere as little as possible with the mum: meet of their own funds, OT a ith whatever they chom to enact respecting their churches, s chools, canals, education, religion , and so forth. But in ll matters which touched upon the severeignty, or affected the tie which connected the mother country to a colony, be denied the applicability of responsible government. The greatest of ancient statesmen taunted the Athenians with running about the streets and asking what was there new or strange, as if any- I thing could be so new or strange as a Meitmelenian as leering to the government of the Greeks. So he (Lord Brougham) asked if there could be anything more deeply affecting the inter. ate of the empire, and the honour of the crown, than a bill in Canada for making the loyal inhabit ant!, the loyal subjects of the crown, the loyal cementer+, by their blued, of the colony and the parent state, pay for the losses sustained by thou very rebels whom the loyalists attempted to put down. He would call attention to the Canadian con stitution, as the bill bad met with the approve: nut only of the French party hut of the great 'majority of the English party : ho. The two Canada having unhappily b en united, as angented by Lord Dalmeny in an evil hour, esateary to ice opinion entertained by him (Lord 'hough.= i and by the noble duke (Wellington), who entered his opinion on the journals of the house, which fot.eed one of the a lest state papers he had ever r , ad—the consequence was that the parliament c insisted of 84 members, 42 for each province. Upper Canada yes altoce. thee English, loyal and Enaliah, desirous of the unnection tiring . continued for ever, and doing all they could to perpe tuate tt. Lower Canada wits in a great part French, there being 600,000 odd of French, and only 200.000 odd of Eng lish. 01 the constituencies in Lower Canada 33 were French and 9 were English. let Upper Cana-la they were, he be lieved, all English except one. Observe then the consequence of the union, wed how the English were thereby given over to the French. The 33 Free oh members almost all voted Vote ther—but the nine English members did not ell vote toge ther. They were exceedingly ill informed men, some of them being unable to read or write, and were under the con , trol of their priests and leaders. The consequence was that some of the nine English members voted with the French. It was foolishly supposed that the 42 English, Scotch, end Irish members of Upper Canada would vote as the 33 French voted, but it was no such thing. Differences existed amongst t°em, and the minority joining the 33 Frenchmen made it clear that there was a majority of tho French against the English party. Besides the el mted Legislative Assembly, there was a Legislative Council, corn pued first of the 20 appointed by_ Lord Sydenham. Sir C Begot appointed 5, and Lord Metcalfe appointed 6 in 3 years: but how many were afterwards added? and with what view, and preparatory to what events, were they added? 12 were added, not in 3 or 6 years, but in 10 months, which the noble earl opposite said had nothing to do with the Canadian bill, because it had been contemplated so far back as August. But only 1 had been added from that till January; and when the 'prior rose, with all its ethereal mildness, tending to Wing forth the crops, it produced, not wheat only but a crop of peers. He sowed them broadcast and up they sprang. .Lord STANLEY—They were dibbled. (Laughter.) A NOBLZ Loan—They were drilled. (Loud laughter.) Lord BROUGHAM (turning to the noble lords behind him) observed that amidst so much agricultural knowledge, it was diffteult to get en. (A laugh.) Of these 12, 8 were takes from Lower Canada and 4 only from Upper Cando -8 from the French and not loyal, 4 from the English end loyal ; thus turning a minority of 7 into a majority of 6. A general power was *eked for making peers. He believed they sent over • long list—many more than 12—and allowed the crown to deem out of that list, which was in f•et the IMO as pi vbw a carte blanete. The Legislative Council being packed by those 12 peers, and the legislative body being packed by the elections, then they proceeded with their project. He wished to remind their lordships how it was that men might get pasestion of the government in Canada or any of our colonies, while such • thing was utterly impossible in England. There were ten ministers ; each of them Cal interest ; and suppesing each to be able to get two perons elected, these 10 ministers had a majority at once, which gave them the command of the legislature, and, under the doctrine of responsibility, gave them the command of the government. Mr. Lafontaine having the commend of the eremblv, gets the governor—far he was tie puppet or tool of wine Ter commanded the assembly—to pivot him blank tickets for ap poi tments, and every thing being thin prepared, a bill for a purpose never before contemplated in any colony was brought in, vis e to give compensation for lone' that might have been sustained in the rebellion, through commissioner', where report was to have the force of judgment. And now he was about to state what he understood to be a fact, which the journals of the Canadian legislature proved, and which at once negatived the assertion that none but the loyal were to be compensated. Ile alleged teat it was intended originally to compensate others than the Meal, and that it was intended to draw no such wholesome line between the loyal and the disloyal. The act bad le en originally introduced without any exceptions at all. An exception was after wards moved, but the resolutions intro. duced cant-fined no exception whatever. A Mr. Button submitted a motion which introduced an exception, end the exception was this :—`• Provided that nous of the peisons convicted of high treason lice. November, '37, or who have been charged with high treuon, and have been coin milted to the custody of the sheriff of the gaol of Montreal, submitted themselves to the will and pleasure of her Majesty, and were transported to Bermuda," &ie. Now, this exception was in the original frame of the act, but it was not in the revelations, and the resolutions formed the groundwork of the act. Mr. Bolton, however, moved this exception, but then this exception was not enough, for it referred to patrons " convicted of high treason, or charged with high treason and committ• d to the custody of the sheriff, and submitted to the will and pleasure of her Majesty, and been transported to Bermuda." But what became of the persons not convicted of high treasen, but who had been transported to Bermuda, and were never in the custody of the sheriff ? It was clear that such persons were not within this exception. (Hear, bear.) It he were told that this was all blunder, he was quite veil - ing to say very possibly it is, but that is the very reason my motion should be adopted. (Hear, hear.) Hastily done, like all the works of violence—imperfectly done, like all the deeds of factions—rashly done, like all the acts of • tyrant resj• rity temperately advanced to power; it was very rotate ble that it wee full of blunder, but that was no lemon why anent should be given to it. (Cheers.) But suppose • _per son not convicted of treason, and not sent to Ber nude, but who had bten in the custody of the sheriff fur treason, and had submitted himself to the pleasure of her Majesty and was let out, that person was nut within the exception. Again, suppose a person not consicted of treason, not banished to Bermuda, but submittirg to the pleasure of the crown, and never in the custody of the ahetiff, that person was not within the exception, for their lordships wculd bear in miud that the copulative conjunction " and," and not the diejunctive " or," pervaded the enure of the resolution. Therefore, • large class of traitors and rebels were not excepted from the benefit of the act. (Hear.) But this was not all. A Mr. Wilson made • motion in the assem bly, to the effect that all persons aiding or abetting the late rebellion should be excepted, but the government defeated that motion by a majority of 16 in the united parliament; sod them teat defeat he (Lord Brougham) drew this concha aloe, that the minion was wilfully and deliberately re jetted, and that the government of Canada, with its eyes open to the construction of the act, intended that a line should be drawn between the rebels and the loyal, but that all should be compensated with the two exceptions already ad verted to. A large majority of the English representatives from Upper Canada voted in favour of Mr. Wilson's amend ment. The numbert were these: teethe bill at large there were 22 French and 15 English members, makieg 37 in all in Lower Canada. In Upper Canada there were 11 fcr and 14 against it, That was for the bill generally. But, upon Mr. Wilson's amendment, there were 27 English (22 from the upper province and 5 from the lower) against paying rebels, and 15 English (13 from the upper and 2 from the lower province) for paying them. But he deducted sof Mr. Lafontaine-'s and his ministerisl party from these 16, and then he found that there were 27 English against paying rebels to 10 who were in favour of paying them. This was nearly three to one—a very large majority against paying rebels. He had no official uespech to communicate, but be had re ceived a let:er, dated the Gth of June, from •person who had left Montreal on the sth. lie stated that he had left the latter place in a state of the greatest possible excitement — that the British population would prefer to jein the United States rather than pay the losses the rebels had sustained by their own misconduct, and that, should the bill be sane Cloned, Canada would he lost to the triiish crown. This wss the writer's opinion ; but it was not the opinion of him (Lord liroughem). The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—Hi ar, hear. Lord BROUGHAM could assure the noble marquis that the writer was as loyal a man as any upon the treasury tenches, and that when he said the excitement was great at Montreal be was entitled to credence. (Hear.) Was it very much to be wondered at that such excitement should exist? Us (Lord Brougham) believed that a more fatal mis:ske could not be committ d than in came 'lag out the doctrine and pre ice of responsibb government. If such a government were good tor tee med', it must also be good for Jamaica, Trinidad, and the Cape; but where should we have been if we had held the ductilee of responsible government in questions relating to slavery, when Mr. Conning said, " Never, never trust slave-holders or their representatives to make laws reepect log slavery." He did not call upon the house ahsolutely to refuse their assent to the present bill, or to petition the crown to withhold its assent, but he asked them to take care that the b-11 be made clear and intelligible—that if there were errors and t hinders in it they should be corrected — that if exceptions were not made with reference to rebels claiming amp sesation for their losses, those exceptions should sow be added, and that until these exceptions were added anent to the measure might be suspended, bas' not refused, in order that due time might he given to have the amendments made. (Hear.) He believed that America tountad every day an age until she heard that this bill re ceived the royal assent—that she counted every day an age until hog] end punged her fellow-subjects into the gulf now yawning to receive them. (Hear, hear.) Besides the lust of power, which increased in proportion to its gratification, there was a positive, direct and prevailing 'interest which no American doubted. There might perhaps be some doubt as to the interest of the seuthern states in the annexation of Canada, because it would tend to increase the preponderance of the northern or antialave states, but even these southern states were anxious that Canada should be absorbed in the union, for this region, that it was now the grt at refuge for runaway slaves—and at this moment there were 15,000 familia of runaway slaves in Upper Canada, an that besides the general love of American rule and American fame by which all American citizens were more or less ie if uenced, there was in the slaveholding Ltates of the sulk this strong motive also. We had withdrawn protection from our manufactures, not se the American,. They desired to increase the protection on theirs. What new prevented it t Upper Canada, a frontier of 1,400 or 1,600 miles, which it was utterly and absolutely impossible to protect. No amount of American police or of American militia, much less of custom-house or excise officer, could prevent a bele of goads crossing that extensive frontier into America. A friend of his sometime sines saw • number of hatchets in Illinois. He said, " These look like our manufAture," " No," replied tee American with whom he was speaking, "you cannot make them." S.,metime afterwards he re turned, and found that they were supplied with the same des:ription of tolls from Birmingham. It appeared that uather party went there, and seeing the American hatchets, inquired what the y were sold at he was told 1 dol. 25 cents. etch. He undertrek to send them a consignment from Bite mingham, and he did send 25 ; 000 hatchets, which were sold at half • dollar each. Notice was given to the government and the excise, and down came the custom-house officers and militia to seize them ; but the attempt was futile, for ' when they arrived, they found them all sold. Every man tad bought his hatchet for his h alf a dollar, and carried it off on his shoulder. And thus it was with all other articles of manufacture : the difference et the price was such ! that no men cut-tom-house regulation would pr event their intro duction. All we required to ensure the introduction of our goods into America was a frontier; that frontier we had while we peuseeed Canada, and that the Americans knew well. (Hear, hear.) He had long thought, and he had more than once expressed that thought in that h•use, that it was a very great error in the teaee of 1782, as Lord St. Vincent told Lord Shelbornee to keep the Canadas, and not leave them to the United State!, and there were many others he believed who thought so too; but he could not forget the reply which L rl Shelburne made to that objec tion :—" Show me the instance," said he, " of a great state consenting to give up a great colony like Canada without injuring her character, and trenching on her renown. If lit be tale n from you by force, that is another question ; but you cannot, without a sacrifice of character and power, make a voluntary surrender." He fairly confessed that the inclination of his opinion since 1838, what the subject was last broached, and when he held to the op inion of Lord St. Vincent bad suffered a material change. He had bed mere intercourse with them since that time, acd tho consequeecethat lie entertained greater respect for, and stronger sympathy with his Canada fellow-subjects. (Hear, hear.) It was impossible to be aware of the strong !Mines of loyalty which pervaded the great mass of our fellow-subjects in Canada, and not feel that it would be a cruel policy to take any steps to throw them into the bands of the Americans. He called upon their lordships to sive their Canadian fellow-subjects from the effects of this whim of responsible government cirri to an absurd and reckless exert ; he implored them to adopt the resolutions which he was about to submit, acd which, ' he believed, would act as oil on the troubled waters—(a laugh)—and restore peace and contentment to the colony.' The noble lord coat ended by moving the following rens lotions : That by an act passed in the parliament of Canada, Intituhed "An Act to provide for the Indemnification of Parties in Lower Canada whose Prqrerty was d e stroyed during the Rebellion in the Tears 1837 and 15438," no security is afforded afraind. compensation for ices sus. Dined in the rebellion in Canada in 1537 and 15438 being given to persons engaged I. the said rebellion. That it is just and necessary, either by recommending a further and amending bi Ito the legialature of Canada, orb' such other means as may be effectual, to provide se. co rny against any compeneation for tomes snstained la the said rebel. lion being given to persons engaged is or basing aided or abetted the same. Earl GREY had listened most attentively to the speech of the noble and leveled lord, but lieut.-seed that at its close he found himself as little able to comprehend as at the begin ning of it, what was the great public object he had in vow, or what the great public interests the noble and learned lord thought would be answered by the passing of his resolutions. (Hear, bear.) He had heard from the noble and learned lord a reproduction of all the party arguments which had been urged in Canada on the question, on which t: at province had unfortunately been so much divided ; he had heard from him remarks calculated to please one party and aliena'e the otheffle'had heard the noble and learned lord give at very great length his opinions on certain abstract qui atiffis of colonial government, and many other matters but little con nected with the subject before their lordships ; but he had not heard one word of explanation how the aeoption of these resolutions woutd h nd to promote the secomplishmtnt of the all important object of facilitating the hermot.ious and prosperous government of Canada by: the authority of the English crown. (Hear, hear.) No explanation of how the noble and learned lure considered the government of the province could be advantageously carried out after the wishes of the great majority of the representatives of the people had been set at nought by the decision of that bcuse—(heir, hear)—or hew the interference of the House of Lords in the way proposed could tend to facilitate that most difficult task —a task, however, no lees difficult than important to accom plish—the Retain!: to this great colony that enjsyment of practical self government and management of her own all lairs to which she was entitled, and on the other hand, the msiotenanoe of the authority cf the crown and the mother country. (Hear, hear.) At all times this was a difficult problem, when a colony had reached that stage of progress at which Canada had now arrived—numbering, as it did, a population of one and a ball millions, and baying increased in wealth in proportion—it was at all times a d lhcult pro blem to reconcile self-government in such a colony with tho maintenance of the authority of the crown and the mother country, especially under such circumstances of excitement as now existed ; and when the soble and learned lord celled en the house to interfere by passing these resolutions, he at leant expected to bear from him some explanation of bow he thought that object would be faelitated by such a step. (Hear, hear.) The noble and learned lord began by stating that from the day that Lower Canada was cffiquercd, she bad remained in heart and spirit alienated from the Bri' ith Crown, and had been kept down only by force. (Lord Brougham here intcrpcsed an expression of dissent.) The noble and learned lord said that was not what he stated. It might not be the exact words, but be would appeal to those who had listened to the noble and learned lord's speech, whether he was in any degree misrepresenting their spirit and purport. The noble and learned lord, following the history of Canada from the date of its con quest from France, said that with respect to Lower Canada, it was the power of England, not the affections of the Canadian people, that had preserved the connexion. Those who attended to the noble and learned lord's speech would also remember en allusion (which he did not think altogether decorous) as to what were the circum stances which were conside red by Lower Caned', and that amongst them was the =liter, power of England, which the noble and learned lord represented as that which bad the principal influence with the colony in preserving its all. glance. Now he (Lord Grey) must say that this was altogether an erroneous view of the matter. (Cheers.) For many years Lower Canada was greatly attached to the British government. At a very early pitied after the revo lution the justice and fairness with which Canada was go verned produced their natural results. The people became reconciled to British rule, and they were happy . . pees perou, and contented. He did not deny that in 1837 and 1838 it was too true that disaffection was widely spread in certain parts of Lower Canada, still further was it from his intention to palliate the guilt of the rebellion which er sued. Whatever causes might have occa sioned that discontent—and that there were causes subse quent inquiry had proved—but whatever cause of discern' ent then existed; would have been remi ved sooner and mere eflectua.ly, no doubt, and without the price of the suffering and calamity which had been endured, if the complaints of the colonists had been investigated at an earlier pale d. But though it was true that there was disaffection at that period in Lower Canada, did it follow that we were for ever to regard the people of that co lony as aliena'ed from us because they were then be trayed into rebellion ? He wondered at such a doctrine coming from a man of the noble and learned lard's experience in political life. And to draw such distinctions as the noble and learned lord drew when he spoke of the French Canadians not as the disloyal party, but as the petty not loyal, was calculated to shake the foundations of British power in Canada, and was in direct opposition to the policy of the wisest and greatest sovereigns and statesmen of the world. It should not be forgotten the circumstances under which Canada was added to the British Crown. The conquest of Canada was achieved during one of the most successful wars in which England was ever engaged, and in which the success and glory were in no slight degree owlet; to the fact chat the great minister who conducted it hadadopted the generous policy of burying in oblivion past rebe.lion mud past treason. He need scarcely remind their lordships that there was an interval between the suppression of the rebellion of 1745 and the war the resold of which was the ceding of Canada, eciircele nger than that which had elapsed since the last Canadian 7tbelllon. It was scarcely more than 11 or 12 years alter the highland army had penetrated almost to the centre ef Eaglan 1 , end that the house of Brunswick was almost stilton t r its fall, that the war broke out; and what was the language of the noble lord, the statesman of whom he spoke, in reference to the prejudice which then existed against Scotchmen ? Ile said, ' I have no kcal attachments when the serve e of my country is cancer. ed. I sought for merit where it was to be found; and it will always be my beast that I was the first minister who lotted for it in the highlands of Scotland. Titers men, who had been fighting Rimiest you, were in the I ist war brotteht to fight r n your vine and to conquer for you in every part of the world." In France, when 11- nry IV. was restored to the throne ol his ancestors, did that monarch look wish the un forgiving spirit in which the noble and learned lord regarded rho Canadians—upon those who had oppeeed him ? Bid he remember their effences after all cause of oftnace and host lity had passed away ? No. Henry the F.urth's maxim was, that no distinction should be made between those who had been for and those who had been against him in the civil war that had pre ceded h s accession. And what happened ? It was true that those who called themselves loyalists were as ells centented sa certain parties in Canada were now—that they had not the monopoly of power and of royal favour. But Henry the Fourth listened to no such pretensions—he ex tended the same fairness and the sine favour to all his sub jects; and the result wall, that that great and wise king died idolised by his subjects of every class and of s very rciieion, and to the latest day his name retneintd the tower of strength of the houses of Valois and Bourbon. The whole spirit of the noble and learned lord's speech went to recom mend the adnptien of precis ly the opposite poticy. (Hear, hear) The noble and learned 101 l had referred to Nr. Le fmtaine, whom he charged with having been amongst the disaffected ; and his speech was full of complaints that he should have risen to power and pc 'Won— On the principle he (Lord Grey) had put forwaed, even if Mr. Lafontaine had been implicated in the rebellion, when that rebellion was over, and punishment had }teen carried as far as government thought it right to carry it, it would have been unwise to exclude a man of his talent and influence from his fair chance of rising to distinction in the public aflairs of the province. (Hear, hear) But he must beg leave to inform the noble and learned lord th it it was utterly untrue to say that Mr. Lafontaine had ever been implicated in the rebellion, or that he had ever acknowledged an such implication. (II•ar, hear.) Mr. Lafontaine, on Ma return to Canada, challenged investigation : into his past conduct, but without success. (Hear, hest.) Ho come new to the noble arid learned lord's objections to the act of the Canadian parliament ; and first he would advert to what had fallen from the noble and learned lord at the close of his speech, explanatory of the object of his motion. The noble and learned lard had said that his object war, not that the crown shoed be ad vised to disallow the act, but that opportunity should be given by its suspenti in for the colonial legislature to re consider its decision. He (Earl Grey) confesicd that it ap peared to him that the interference of teat hove in matters of colonial government, and especially interference with a view of calling on the crown to control the representative legislasion of our great North American mimics, should be confined to very extreme cues indeed. (Hear, hear.) He ales thought that it they interh red at all they should do it in a clear and COT sti•utional way. If the noble and learned lord's object was that the crown should take a certein course, he apprehended that the proper and constitutional way in which that house could make known its opinion would be by address to her Majesty. Let their lordships permit him to call their attention to the actual facts of the case. It was true, that in 1837.8 disaffection existed to a lamentable extent iu Canada, and that in the course of the measures necessary for its suppression much destruction of private property took place, and he believed belonging to persons on both s'dee of the question. Very soon atter the suppression of the rebellion immures were taken giving compensation to soma of the principal sufferers. The special council of Lower Canada passed an ordinance, by which at different times compensation was given to certain clamp. The sum of 61,000/. was distributed in Upper Canada. The first act for extending the relief to the sufferers was disallowed by the crown, on the ground that the preamble content plated the drawing the money from the imperial treasury ; but in 1840 an act was passed free from that objection, and allowing relief to be given to parties in Upper Canada. By that net it was contempleted, undoubtedly, that relief should be given only to those who had incurred losses in support of the crown ; but in 1841 another act was passed by the legis lature of Upper Canada, in which advisedly, and on purpose, the terms on which relief was to be granted were extended to losses sustained in consequence of violence on the p art persons is her Majesty's service, or of pi none assuming to act on her Majesty's behalf in the suppse sion of the disturbances. Their lordships would observe that by those words compensation was extended for acts done by her Ma jesty's troops, reseed er and irregular—end here, allow him to say that the noble and learned lord had been very s vete on hi-a for appearing to be ignorant that the meaning of an act of parliament could not be gathered from the explanation of a governor, but from it, own text and context. I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word. - He called upon their lordships to read again the words 01 the statute, which they would find in page 31 of the papers which had lately been laid on the table of their lordships' house, and to say whether it confinedcompenaation for b s'es to persons who had taken one side or the other in the rebel lion. But, more than that, he averred that comporsation was extended to persona who had actually taken part in tkc rebellion. But again, it was said that none of these gentle ' men received compensation for property destroyed during the rebellion, but merely for property taken for the use of the troops, and for which they had :mired notes of hand. Here was the answer to that assertion. He held in his band an extract from the Canedian debates, and from it he would read the reply of Sir Alan MeNab. By the way, th' noble and learned lord had been quite romantic about that gentle man's exploits. No doubt that gentleman had done good terries, but the noble and learned lord was a little in fault when he talked of the great actions in which Sir Allan had fought and bled. Ho believed that in point of fact the 2 11 20 ! 141 1 r •ift ti %V. tol i 3•4 St 4 been pa id , that tnlit whadas militia were never engaged with the rebels in Upper C ea& although the noble and learned lord bad talked l e d e n ' achievements of Sir Alen McNab as tattles o N a to Vittoria, Silures -4s, or Waterloo. (Laughter ) - re e plain Ler, he believed, was, that Bar Alan Mai ' - had never been actually engaged. But this trig Sir Alan's reply on the °teethes alluded to, yen Alan said that "he could not understand why the honeral member could not bring forwarl his motion until th had been read a third time. He (Sir A. l'el`Nsb e had heard must s t a l y ll f t u r n ebe he l: e b n ai thi be s alai s heard i< with the greatest eissiatiefactiun." Now he (Earl °ra) realty' site im possible that all the sums paid could have teen in liquid,, Lion of notes of band. It was rather important es he should here mention a circumstance he heel m„ vicuely omitted. When the act of 1545 erovided f ß - the fnyment of compensation to Upper ennee bp alienating certain taxed that had previouly been pal to the consolidated fund, it was objected to by the par ties who had opposed the Let lately passed, that the bjsst would be ut just until the same course was taken with regard to Lower Canada. They disapproved of compeesation ' either case, but thought Out, it given in one, it should alai be given in the other. Consequently an address was uaa n i, erously voted to the Governor-General, praying for inquiry, with a view to compensating the lower province. Ttat in quiry took place, and was managed by a cemecislion pointed on the advice of the very gentlemen wit objected to the present act, and their lordships were probse4 aware that, although eo much was now said about die exclusion et rebels at the time when a classification woe e e , quilted for their instruction, the ar ewer received to rho, plication from Lord Cathcart, acting on the advice of Rs I executive council, was that they were to take the p in the courts of law as their guides. (Hear, hear.)4 in the present year a bill was submitted to the united pane. , moot for the purpose of granting compensation to hews Clement, on precisely the same principle that hail has adopted in the case of the upper province. Various amen 4 ments were moved in the course of the discussion tilt ensued ; but on the bringing up of the report men of them were negatived, seer were any of any la. ' portance adopted. It had been stated from the es by the authors of the measure that it was me their object to give compensation for losses sustained be the rebels, and an amendment wee introduced excluding persons who bad been convicted by . court martial, eon eis thole who had submitted to her Majesty's pleasure ate bas sent to Bermuda. The noble arid learned lord hoe he ft very n the manner in which this amendment nee drawn up, as being calculated to defeat itaown par e se. Th e noble and learned lord had said tint in several emuegea t e a it would be an absurdity. There might have N at persons who had submitted and not teen sae to Bermuda, and the noble and learned lord hag gone on supposing cages in which the act might have bee evaded. No doubt, it such cases existed. (Hear, hear.) Bum he (Earl Grey) was pretty certain that there were only sue persons en the list who, having submitted themselves to lee Queen's mercy, were sent to B.rmuda. So that those wile n theirgeer g r e at a h r Y o i m u d s a s :4 ;i t h bad confessed their guilt could not by this act obtain rentation. Bat, Luddite that, the noble and learned lad looked u objected to the words in the preamble, esbnli Ise those words, the cases for compen s atio n are stied, hadw wanton defendedo n being a nd o o f cieirneapenedrsotne up on :we c ases o oafs Queen's troops were at once excluded from comprnutiel. (Hear, hear.) But they were toad that they taught ti hap gone further, and the noble and learned lord bed tied that Mr. Wilson's amendment was improperly rejected. Nov le (Earl Grey) thought it exceedingl, inconvenient that then lordships should attempt to die uss the details of a bill which had passed the colonial legislates. The noble and learned lord next complained of a very large addition which was made to tee emcees of those who were of French descent in the legislative easel He tell in his hand a statement which their leek* would find to bo correct if they investigated tie mater. This statement coetsined the fact, dm of the 46 members who composed the mod, 31 were of English origin, and 13 of French. In Canada the Freres!' population greatly exceeded the English popes tion in both provigges; and, notwithstanding th.t, tie French repremetatille in the Assembly were eometbieg than halt tee number of the Eneltsh. Ten statement Met was a sufficient answer to any argument that them was an abuse in this matter. Ile would eel ape the it lordships to reject this resolution, and thereby rem to affirm the opinion that teat house was called apes te interfere with the Canadian legislature. What was its opt. ninn of the people in Canada esti u nod nt allowed party feeling to run away with them on this subject? Mays( them raid that they did not like the act, but at the a me ties they sail they wcuel not opeose tke government. Re could prove that that was the view of many p roes is Collide. He held in his band a letter from a evalemea is Canada [we understood the name to be Pettus], *hell sg. peared in one of the Geebec newspapers, and in e tech the wit et stated that no one more than himself rterstted the pasting of the Indemnity Act, but did nut hesitate to say that had Lis Excellency refused his sanction to the bill, ha would have acted uncoestitutionally, and would hue brought their present system of legislate into contempt The question now was not whether the bill was right et wrong, but whether it was wise or politic to eactorsge tle minority of the parliament of Canada to appeal to the crown to tit aside the decision of the majority. Lord LYNDHURST said that he would claim the is duie. nee f Llatla IvlllStlpS Willie he Siicircuoti allele. He had wet been in the habit of addressing their lordships fora considerable period, for reasons which were penonal to hiss self, and which were probally known to their loedship; but, consieerieg the offices which he had held during the hat few years, he felt himself imperatively called ce te express his opinion on this subject, sod to state his entire disapprobation of the measure to which the resolution of hie noble and learned friend related With respect to the noble lord (Elgin), who acted as goesreer of Canada, he must say . that he believed him to b: a met honourable and conscientious man, and that nobody meld possibly regret mere strongly than be did the seta of and intemperance to which he had been subjt end. h Ins nut his inteution to go into the question of uspars'ble goe vemment, which was so much discussed by his nulls gad learned friend near bins, and by the noble earl opposite, to inquire what was its nature, and how it could be applied te colonel legislation, but he would say, that unless tee effen of comfit utional government was that it established se min and independent state in tee shape of a colony, there wen cases iu which the government and parliament of nit country were called upon to interfere for the sake al the honour and dinsity of the crown. (Hear, bear.) The question is this case turned upon the construction of se act ' .1 parliament. The grooms on which the Indemnity Ili lea objected to was, that it rewarded retools, and that the tore; loyal, enterprising, and active people of Canada, who son' bced so much of tneir property and blood on the cm/snare leered to, were to be taxed for compensation forth:ea pew who were concerned in the rebellion which they sacceinsi in crushing. He saw no objection to the manner in die the noble earl (Grey) stated the case. It appear , d chats amnesty in moth( r case had been passed, teed it wee thceek fit that some of those who had Nene gaged in rebellion might be employed iu the service of the crown ; but he knee of no instance in which they were afterwards rewarled received compensation for any losses which tiny gni •he ban sustair el. Having made these two or three prelim leery it Alan Ar marks, heN ab. must sa Th y e noble a word earl in favourhod ender/ of cured the emen'uto shoe ct of 3e that Sir Alen MNab was not eutitled to any thanks for di exertions which he bad made in the suppression ci the reed. lion. Sir Alan ld•Nab had performed very g r e at nevem And the rebels disappeared when they saw slim at the bead of his troops. It was true there was eo contest. The moment the troops under Sir A. M'Nab appeared the rebus decamped, and left the ti :Id to the loyalists. Sir A Meith received the distinct thanks of the governor-green! ef Canada, Lord Seaton, for the activity, exertion, and sire? which he displayed on several occasion', and he attain:ft received the thick' of the crown, and obtained ths title which he at present possesses as a testimony of la valuable services. He thought that he lei net been justly treated by the noble earl. The question forting tear lordships appeared to him to resolve itself in'o a very Lyrae compass. le. depended upon the construction of so Set of parliament. The indemnity lit applied to all the penes who were engaged in the rebellion, except those she Well mentioned in the proviso. What, then, was the applicitiea of the act? There were two cr three last nee to slew that the effect of it was to reward and compensate the pen eons who were actively engaged in the rebellion. Mr. Pr pineau was one; he was riot tried and condemned; but be absconded, and went to the United States, and Irene that he afterwards passed to France, and did not return till aft* the Queen's pardon was granted. Taking advantage tha t part n, he returned for the first time to Canada, and it is now clear that he who was one of the most prominent leaders of the rebellion, will be entitled to compensation, as he diden come vs iv hie the proviso of the bill, ter any losses that he eas have sustained in consequence of the rebellion. el I was a direct insult to common sense to say that ha was entitled to claim compensation. Coesopecisua from whom r From the public purse of this c. untn • —No, but from the taxation of the persona who I v helf , exertions, energy, and vigour Co euccessfully succe Ckda crashing this rebellion. Wee the re a person in that Man who would sanction such an act ? He would sumo se analegous case nearer home. There was a rebellion islet land last year. The leaders were tried, convicted, ma sentenced, and were to be transported. Let them mje pose that her Majesty in a few years would be am : duced to pant them a pardon, and that they r e turn to Ireland, and that one of them by ow very great change in circumstances got into the g ov e rnment cf this country, and proposed to tax ti e pea Ple of this country to compeosnte his associates ft r the lat e which they sustained in consequence of the rehelion W he and a tingle individual to support him ? Yet this we the tee In the meter which wss now before doter Liedtke" The leader of the government brought in this bill for ehae purrs. of compensating and rewarding those who were!! emendates in a criminal enterprise. That much be wo o ; my with respect to hi. Pimineau. It was that Mr. Lafontaine was not engaged in this hellion. The noble earl was wholly misinformed wiz respect to that; the statement he made was whe'q incorrect, and there were persons in that house who se,e,7, on the spot, and knew every matter conn ec ted wi th tole affair, and who would be able to prove it. The rell ab!! took place in 1837 and 1838; and Mr. Lafontaine, (mini tir. danger of his remaining in Canada, left and mere over le this country, to avoid his apprehension. He heart that there was a warrant here for hie apprehension. andnae, immediately left this country. The noble In said that Mr. Lafontaine challenged inquiry; ."1 he never returned till the pardon was grantee.S !, no inquiry could be instituted. It was imPeeen: to conceal the fact that the bill provided compeassuennt for rebels, and for, perhaps, the imprisonea.eeel permits for rebellious:acts. Th. se were the ground s e w° "' s ; indaCed him to take part in the debate upon t h e Ili dle. 401 iii no 79 $2 6i' «I 12,4 f o