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served the working of the Spanish system of centralization in South America and the degradation and misery which it produced. In South America there was plenty of nominal responsibility ; hut the real responsibility was only at Madrid; and what was the consequence ? Why, that all were dissatisfied, and that, on the first favourable moment, the whole dominion of Spain cr umbled aw a y, an d not a trace of kindly feeling remained t OlNards the mother country. Ile trusted that this never would ~he the case with Great Britain and her colonies, and there lose it was that he entreated the Government to pause before theythe pr esse d resolutions which were contrary to the wishes of country. Mr. ROB INSON expressed his regret that the whole of the... 'resoluti ons h a d not been passed on the former occasion. lie was opposed to the delay, and he was convinced that no divisio n in a House so thin as that would be satisfactory to the Canadian people. With respect to the course taken by the 'lon. Me m b er f or Bath, he hoped he would be permitted to !ay 4 few words. That Hon. Gentleman, instead of consider l°g the reso l utions, thought fit to come down with a project of Own. He ass ume d to spea k t h e sent i ments o f t h e w h o l e of athe people of North America, but lie (Mr. Robinson) must enY that h e was justified in the tone which he had assumed, that he did speak the sentiments of the great bulk of the People of that country. The Hon. Member said that the People of North Americ.a we democratic, or favourably dis_ Posed to democratic institutions: but this he (Mr. Robinson) thereutterly denied.—( Hear.) It was true that a party existed that who were strongly imbued with democratic feelings, but his Majesty's subjects in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, t -1/ " P rince Edwa r d' s I s l an d, part i c ip a t e d in su c h f ee li ngs , h e ,00k upon hi mself flatly to contradict.—( Hear.) His Majes ty's subjects in North America, lie had every reason to believe, here perfectly satisfied with the Constitution under which they m s fel. and although there might be minor points of dif•- • e ace. they would not consent to alter that Con- Z t , ut i°n, or imitate the example of the Lower Canadians. sa hat authority had the Hon, and Learned Gentleman for s jing that his Majesty's subjects in New Brunswick, in ‘ c)s a• Scotia, and in Prince Edward's Island, were discon- A nte d ? So far from this being the case, he could assure the t a : and Learned Gentleman that they had no desire to be o rte s e to any such arrangements. In answer to the observe e' of the Hon. Member for St. Alban's, with respect to the e 9nse q ue nees of misgovernment in the South American colo hi•es of Spain, he could tell him that there was no instance in i n i ' t erY of so rapid an advance in wealth, in p . opulation, and was as in the British provinces of America. After all, Pose ties,ne in Lower Canada such as to form a suffi- P:let,,ground to make such important alterations as those pro sp`', hY the Member for Bath ? It was a great error to p s- s y r i ` that discontent was general throughout the American ss r o °. i ne es. What was passing in Upper Canada ? That du a t l ici l a PPear, not from the Assembly. opinion of an indivi o, , est from the House of itself. In their address 6eY used th ese words :—" Y our ',Majesty's subjects fu Upper thn'a recognize no protection but that of the laws and Qrf Co nstitution, and no superiority but that of the pow attsuisen"pire to which they are proud to bFlong. They are stit' a e t u jo e d to the mother country, to the n King and the Con e, ,„ n, and cannot allow a doubt to enter their minds as to to e ,si' er rnanence of the Union." He had lately read an address nu a s i": 4 s ame purpose from Nova Scotia, and he was well ac th,„ `,_ed with Prince Edward's Island. In these provinces, tie' some minor differences might exist, they had no desire er t o , State alter the Government, or to separate from tl:e parent ei th `l, The Hon. Member for Bath was at least consistent I.e s ; s " i ir ciself, for while Lower Canada desired an elective it " La tive Council, the Hon. and Learned Genticm in thought five ma Council, little importance whether there was any Legisla po:,‘-ouncil at a ll, an d desired only one A ssem bly. He pro sst;s' O nly a Governor and Council, to which Bills should be s h;rred from the House of Assembly. He saw, however, the key that must arise from this state of things, and, by A s ) : et. remedy, said, let the Bills be sent from the House of h e : 114 Y to the Governor in Council, and nothing more would th e rssary but the consent of the Sovereign. To this Council . to, but riot and Learned Gentleman gave the power of assenting h tiot of rejecting the Bills of the Assembly. They Asg t dissent, i n d ee d , an d sen d t h em b ac k to t h e House of ei t h s : 1 : 1111 Y, after which the Governor would have the power tofar to reject or to accept them. This was somewhat s_imi iturte proposition so often made of late, to a;ter t e C d on- Po s - s t " of the Ilouse of Lords, by giving to it a mere . is- C o -n .g Power. This was a miserable tampering with the t)t, itstitution, either at home or abroad. He had no means Nd a n Ting how far the Legislative Council of Lower Ca in or not from the views entertained by a party ethat colon • but when the Hon. Member for Bath called th ere a set 3 of hungry officials, he could tell him that r ' r e were son shat Council who, so far as regarded heosPeetability and property, would not consider themselves 14 °4 red by a comparison with some Members of that p:, t s a e• It was impossible to deny the great im uo s Pee of the question now before the House. Th ere was e llectio n , so f ar as h e cou ld di scover, to g i ve an indecen t " eo ntroul over the Council ; but it was quite another thing I, ° , l l . ll ake the m t h e mere i nstruments o f t h e popu l ar w ill . H e sVed that L or d G os f or d an d the present Council were sin e, er ; el Y desi rous to remedy every practical grievance ; but what 11;, 4 ''e Could they pursu e t o e ff ec t so d es i ra bl e a n o bj ec t w h en srninse of As sem bl y d ec l are d that t h ey Dever would meet on until such ti me as w h at t h ey ca ll e d their grievances Liald be redressed ? He had no hesitation in saying that, in ° Pinion, the House of Assembly ought to have controls' e , the revenues of the waste lands. But they did not limit t}: e c r4 selves to this. They cl a imed th e r i g ht o f di spos i ng o f , It ,„,', an dss and denied the right of the Crown to alie na t e th em . ti ) '' only now, f or th e fi rst t i me , a f ter a l apse o f fif ty years w ept this claim was set up. In the year 1796, the 'King G roh s message to Parliament, claiming the right of the tN it ll to dispose of th e was t e l an d, w hi c h c l a i m was as 'l'll,'" to. Why did not the Canadians remonstrate then ? pit re ason was that the demands they now set up had eeeurred to them. The French Canadians now re tie, atrated, because they saw that a large British copula teir '''as daily thrown upon the country, and this excited s t be I s j s e s 4 , l°llB Y. They saw that, under the happy influence of 'ista s ' 4 Company, British settlers were likely, at no very to t i;' Period, to outnumber themselves. He would put it A lei n e i, 11 ° 11 . Memb e r f o r London (Mr. Grote), or the Hon. the Firer for B at h , w h et h er t h at was no t th e f ac t ? Did not they r „ en eh Party d o a ll i n t h e i r power to prevent it ? Did throw, of imp ose a tax on t h ese em igrants ? Did th ey not th e H a'l possible obstacles in their way ? He admitted, with 'xtr em ,". Member for St. Alban's, that nothing short of an r ev me necessity could justify that House in disposing of the 'sti e ' s -4 1 , ea of Lower Canada The Hon. Member for St. Al °4ly ,:ad said that the refu . sal to grant the supplies was the the mea ns of resistance left them. This he admitted, but not Porve l ;' er enee the Member would draw from it. This t iq a - was certain] given to them for defensive purposes, but th war s • a means of making Y war upon the mother country, and w hat t e ll :g h till her measures for the good of the colony. Under i t ade 4 s - "' :)r itY did the House of Assembly stop the supplies ? cad, a a a uthority given to them by the Government of Eng_s ßisl a l. ' under the mother country, France, they bad no Ning prisilees whatever. This power they were now 1441 11 .°r the purpose of effecting political changes. They fh ° htai, l ' e Y would „ , not grant the supplies until such time as they 11 4 " ele C When this subject was last before et, c iv e ounci . 5 "a3 . 11 0 - ", l 3 e,he asked an Hon. Member how he could vote in the sst upon the question. " Because," said he, " I could 11 ths so ' ° n ye! the difficulty of voting away the people's money •kt • lets consent." He (Mr. Robinson) said in answer forth i n tlhat case, they • Pada ase, tney did not impose a tax upon the people, the Inone they disposed of had been already raised, G„„ nh s _ ent of salariesOilynot°f the s a l ar liana should have kept her public officers without . th e Y for four years ? He could not envy the feelings Told d e r s !'_aa who, under such embarrassing circumstances, L ae li on gnats these officers as hungry and howling officials. l and C° Member for Bath said the shares of the Canada s e vets Company were now at a discount, and that they would ; cl , le ntoi l4 ,: i . i.. to get rid of them. That Company had no oc st , sod ; it rested on an Act of Parliament and a char aals ' e h' title stood on the same basis as others did. If or;ai'iti ou'd sh a k e th e f oun d a ti on o f a ll s i m i lar colonial cla and es the It had conferred more advantages, both on Ca ed no mother country, than any that ever' was este '. u le Lo r d s uPPorted all the resolutions proposed by the (a tiee had. Russell), because all other means of conci tTneiliation, o e o rl , ex hausted—because Canada did riot desire Rr ''r co untry. lh et effect, declared war agair.stt iermbon liZea,,,i, and they who Member fore the concessions they now sought . n fo ' e o was at once an end to the connectio • The NS7C, 4 every colon r "It• Alban's observed that a time must come Di a •:n th at tin ; e. Would separate from the mother country. ajt least with rived, he hoped the separation would take . that ° • • mutual feelings of kindness and good will. ti0 1 : 1 14 ' 14 of , the good sense of the people of Lower s r each , mauced him to hope that when these resolu the List eo the esult I' the n n l s t would perceive the . advantages tha . t A . 4 )riti s t, p_,. from submission to the British Crown and Jr. GR&iir,liament. Bs aatlhi. lE— The Hon. Gentleman who spoke last ex ons regret that Government had delayed these resolu tht 8° l ong as they had. He took quite a different view of thiase.iretimstaLiee c.f r 41 Pg that and, on the contrary, rejoiced at the delay, ititioere,ewio, some ki overnment would there6y have an opportunity ss ak 's, regretted of the most prominent points in these reso i,: greater alteegrraettitoends. much that they were not induced to One would suppose, from the lan- Per' e °f the . N e ob . le Lord (Lord J. Russell), that be did not Pe o ce l iv e the too r: r of Canada, and went to deprive them of all chance of Thi s to himself for for the time to come. The Noble Lord took Aresolution did more, not repealing the Act of William IV. witholutmzre e , n for it disposed of the whole revenue d na %Nitre Maxims on which consent of of the people, and subverted Government had beers always t ,,hat h e : e , 4 to rest. The lion. Member who spoke last said . "Is a t t i e j e - s A e lo .e n ;o .l . le t. mbe r for Bat proposed an entirely new plan. 4 hada, and r lu one embraced new system of government for ',,,preer pcsin the Hon. Member for Bath was therefore justified hl eLe g 1 . 1 substitute. .1 -le proposed a means of controul Cou . ncil, and gave the House of Assem 11,krote,, vote and dispose of the revenue. In his (Mr. ,) e opinion the proposal of the House of Assembly itsi!,:ha'a,°6,,..c,ceded to. First, as to the Legislativ e Council, Cleet the much less of argument upon that branch of the cid ware his 't whp the Hon. Member for Bridgewater brought The Noble Lord did not show any de tihn t e e ed ii ° o l ll l . e e i‘ t i lleount:°tona change in the Council, as proposed by pi e r ested m t e i rer fstr Bath. There were only two parties t,f f' t h is co e subject—the people of Canada and the peo th4l. arqd oo . lln trY• The Hon. Member who spoke last spoke by to the House of Lords. He did not entertain ti aasVetlioptiinion of that Assembly ; but he would not de ay.e Cou ncil _ s se of Lords by a ccmparison with the Legisla tromse_ Ur Canada. The Members of the Council bore 's; an Canada. to Aldermen for life in the old corporations 4t tern wn p u t .wass abandoned two years back without an defers" regard to what had been said in relation to the question of the separate nationality of the p-o -ple of Canada, in alluding to which an Hon. Member had urged that a Legislative Council was necessary for the pro tection of the minority, lie (Mr. Grote) would reply to such an argument that that Assembly was not the representative of a part of the people of Canada, but of the whole population. The Lords Commissioners said that the Legislative Council was necessary because the population was not homogeneous. Now he ( Mr. Grote) had been unable to discover any satisfactory evidence of the mutual antipathy and repugnance which was stated to exist between the English and French portions of the Canadian population.—( Hear.) He did not believe that it existed on either side, and when he consulted the report of the Commissioners, he not only found no evidence of it, but, he was happy to say, he found the contrary.—( Hear.) He could not see why the same principle as was now applied to Ireland should not be applied to Canada. Why should not the English and French flourish together under the common guardianship of the same Government in Canada, when they had the power ful example of the English, Irish, and Scotch portions of the British population doing so at home ?—( Hear.) For his own part, he agreed with his Hon. Friend (the Member for Bath) in considering that what he proposed was an improvement on the demand made by the Canadian people. The lion. Member for Worcester had stated that the Canadian people were demo cratically inclined, but he would say his statement was not at all borne out, if he applied to it the test of their votes upon the question of the law of primogeniture. With respect to the point relating to the proposal of vesting the full amount of the Cana dian revenue in the House of Assembly, he considered it one which the security of the colony demanded should be com plied with.—( Hear.) It was necessary to do something to protect the local enactments of the colony ; but in these reso lutions he could foresee nothing but what would reduce them to the necessity of resorting to a mere superiority of force to govern Canada. —( H e ar.) He wished to see the dispute be tween the two parties brought to a conclusion. He wished to see it brought to an amicable conclusion.—( Ilear.) To such conclusions of the dispute these resolutions, he was convinced, were strongly opposed. The Hon. Member for Worcester said that if concession to the demands of the Canadians were granted, there would at once be an end of the colony. His (Mr. Grote's) opinion was that quite the reverse would be the result, and that the consequences apprehended by the Hon. Gentleman would be much more likely to follow the adoption of the course which he he ( Mr. Robinson) advocated.—(Hear and cheers.) It was not prudent of the Hon. Gentleman to put such ideas into the minds of the people of Canada.— ( Hear.) It was dangerous in the extreme to do so. With respect to the question of waste lands he must frankly say that on that point he disagreed with his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Bath, as well as with the Hon. Member for Worcester.—( Cheers. ) Mr. P. M. STE WA RT, after expressing his approbation of the resolutions as far as they went, said that if, after the decision which, on a former occasion, the House had come to on the fourth of these resolutions, his Majesty's Government had any doubt remaining on their minds as to the policy of them, they might gather some comfort from the manner in which they were met by those who were opposed to them.— ( Hear.) The Hon. and Learned Member for Bath opposed them because, as he said, they went beyond the spirit of the Constitution. Now he (Mr. Stewart) agreed with the Noble Lord opposite (Stanley), who the other night expressed his opinion that they did not go far enough.—( H. a.-.) It was said that they had no right to meddle Is ith the privileges of the Canadian people. But against such arguments the opinions of Lord Brougham and Sir James Macintosh, as well as of Ed mund Burke, were arrayed. As to there being any analogy, as had been attempted to be drawn, between the case of Ca- nada and that of our dispute with America, he denied alto gether the similarity of the two cases. In the dispute with America the mother country had almost the unanimous voice of the American population against her, while here she had only a fraction of a colony demanding a change in the local system of Government contrary to the spirit of any thing that existed in the B r iti s h C ons ti tu ti on .--( H ear, hear.) He was surprised, from the general tenor of the evidence, that the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath should have considered it necessary to have the report of the Com missioners printed, which consisted chiefly of the evidence given by Monsieur Morin. It was said they wished to enlist with America, but every one knew the terms on which Ame rica enlisted any of the countries that had been incorporated with her. Let them only look to Louisana.—( Hear, hear.) Language, laws, privileges, everything must give way to what was American. The Hon. Gentleman, who was very imper fectly heard during his last observations, then said that he could not do better than conclude them by reading to the House an extract from Mr. Burke's address to the American colonists, as that great man, so much the enemy of American taxation, had been so frequently alluded to in the course of the debate. Mr. Burke in that address said—" We view the establishments of the English colonies on principles oili berty as that which is to render this kingdom venerable to future ages. We hope and trust that no flattering and no alarming circumstances shall permit you to listen to the se ductions of those who could alienate you from your de pendence on the Crown and Parliament of this kingdom. That very liberty which you so justly prize above all things originated here ; and it may be very doubtful whether without being constantly fed from the original fountain, it can he at all perpetuated or preserved in its native purity, and per fection, untried forms of Government, may, to unstable minds, recommend themselves even by their novelty. But you will do well to remember that England has been great and happy under the present limited Monarchy (subsisting in more or less vigour and purity) for several hundred years. None hut Eng land can communicate to you the benefits of such a Constitu tion. Those who have and who hold to that foundation of common liberty, whether on this or on your side of the ocean, we consider as the true, and the only true Englishmen. Those who depart from it, whether here or there, are attainted, cor rupted in blood, and wholly fallen from their original rank and value. They are the real rebels to the fair Constitution and just supremacy of England." Mr. LE ADE R reminded the Noble Lord who so much desired to see an overwhelming majority in support of these resolutions, and who expected that they would meet with that degree of support from the House that all the Bills of Lord North—all the measures which succeeded in exasperating the American people in the last age—were equally carried by overwhelming majorities. He maintained that the present position of Canada tallied exactly with the former state of the North American colonies under parallel circumstances, with the most important addition, that the Canadians had at their doors a very powerful enemy, well disposed to afford them aid should they commence an active struggle to maintain their independence. This was no more a party question. It was a question whether or not the Canadas should be retained under the dominion of the British Crown by such an admini stration of their affairs as would temper indulgence with firm ness. The propesition of the Hon. and Learned Member foi Bath did seem to him (Mr. Leader) to be in an extraordinary degree conciliatory, when the circumstances of aggravation were considered. It seemed to him to be an excellent plan for the pacification of Canada, in answer to which the Govern ment had nothing to offer but their resolutions, which were alike objected to by their supporters and their opponents. Too strong for conciliation, they were too weak for coercion ; and, feeling as he (lid that it was useless to ask the Govern mevt to reconsider them, all that he could do was solemnly to enter his protest against them. Colonel L. PARRY could not agree in the condemnation which the Hon. Member who had just sat down had passed on these resolutions ; on the contrary, he hoped that• the people of Canada would see that they were really adapted to the exigencies of the case, and would receive them, accord ingly, in the spirit of thankfulness. He confessed that he ex peefted this result, fur his long and intimate knowledge of the people led him to• believe that there were not in the whole range of the dominions of Great Britain a more loyal and at tached people than the people of Canada, when allowed to think for themselves. That they had had grievances was true; but it was also true that the greater part of those grievances had met with redress ; and as for any that might remain it was quite evident, from the tenour of the fourth of these resolu tions, that it was the determination of the Government to afford them every rational and safe means of alleviation. Mr. C. BU LLER felt regret at prolonging the discussion, because it seemed to him that the longer it was protracted it was conducted with the worse temper.—( Hear, hear.) By temper lie meant the spirit in which the House approached the question, and he certainly thought that they were legis lating upon this question in ignorance, in passion, and in in difference—( Hear, hear)—in a national and perfectly excusa ble indifference, arising from ignorance, and in ignorance that very naturally fomented arid excited passion.—( Hear, hear. ) To this he himself pleaded to be as guilty as any Member in that House could be, fur it was but within the last three or four days that he had seriously and sedulously applied himself to the consideration of this question, and he now felt that he would be incurring a very heavy responsibility if he gave the assent of silence to these resolutions, as he had already given the silent assent of absence. Upon his Majesty's Ministers would rest all the awful responsibility of precipitate mea sures; for they were, or ought to be, in full possession of the necessary details. They were morally responsible for the present resolutions and their results ; but he was glad that he was addressing himself to Ministers who had a character to maintain in the country—who had already shown themselves amenable to the opinions of the people, and had had the mag nanimity, on more than one occasion, to retract their errors.— ( Hear, bear.) It appeared to him, however, that the conduct now proposed to be pursued by Ministers was not merely a re petition, but a servile imitation, of the blunders of a former age ; and he was bound to say that principle, which came with consistency from the Grenvilles and the Norths, came with a very bad grace from the political successors of those whose whole senatorial career had been a defence of the rights of the colonists of North America. The " gagging" Acts and the Irish Coercion Bill were nothing to the present proposition.----( Hear.) Here a blow was aimed at the consti tutional rights of a whole population—at the very root of the principle of a representative Government ; and the result would be that confidence would no longer be placed in those who could inflict that blow. The present proposition, in fact, was the first instance since the American war of a❑ excep tional measure against the rights of a whole country. And these resolutions were useless to effect what would seem to be their ultimate object—the utter abrogation of the repre sentative rights of the Canadians. Why leave the Canadians the form of representatio n if you coerce their representatives in the exercise of their functions? All would at least agree that before coercive measures were resorted to, conciliation should first be tried. But this had not been done. The ground of dispute was really very simple. It rested entirely on what should be the Constitution of the Legislative Assem bly, for the question that had been passed as to the Executive Council was entirely dependent on the other. Now, with re spect to this Legislative Council, it seemed quite clear that the colony did not afford materials for an aristocracy, and, there , fore, not for a Legislative Council. The very Constitution of the Legislative Council showed this, besides their admitting the Judges as Members—a practice itself contrary to the principle of our Constitution. The real aristocracy of Ca nada consisted in the transient Scotch and English mer chants. One of the most distinguished members of the class of which the Horvards and the Russells were here the repre sentatives was an ironmonger—an individual eminent in ten penny nails ; another was a substantial pig merchant, eminent in sausages, and great in curing hams.—( A laugh.) This being so, it did seem to him (Mr. C. Buller) that the Legis lative Council might be altered without affecting the dignity, or shaking the foundation of the House of Lords in this coun try..—(Hear.) It seemed to him (Mr. C. Buller) that the proposition of the Noble Lord was an act of violence to the Constitution!of the country. He called on the House, in the absence of any explanation of the motives of the Noble Lord for refusing to state his reasons for opposing the proposition of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, not rashly to enter into a course of violence, of which they could not know the end.—( Hear. ) Mr. 'ROEBUCK must admit that, as far as the language and manner of the Noble Lord—as far as blandness of tone and conciliatory outward bearing—could go, the Canadian people could have no reason to complain. But there was in reality the same deep-seated motive of injury to the Canadian people of which they had so long complained. It had been said by an Honourable Member opposite, that all the pre sent flame in Canada had been caused by firebrands in this country. What could he (Mr. Roebuck) gain by raising a flame in Canada ?—( Hear, hear.) All his interests lay in the opposite direction—in maintaining amicable relations between this country and the Canadians.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord was supported in the present resolutions by the opponents of the Government, but they will leave to him all the shame while they step into office upon his disgrace as a Minister. Such resolutions as those proposed by the Noble Lord had never been sanctioned since the days of Lord North, a worthy precursor of the Noble Lord. Now, he would ask the Noble Lord what benefit he expected to derive from carrying such resolutions ? He might succeed in paying the Judges and other official persons their salaries for 12 months, but this would only tend to make the evil more lasting. It would destroy the character of the Administration, and create in the colonists a fixed determination to separate from the mo ther country. When those resolutions should be received in Canada there would be meetings throughout the whole country, and a determination come to to establish a non-inter course system with this country. The standard of revolt would be raised, and in one day ten thousand American rifles would join the Canadians. If the Noble Lord would insult and vilify the people of Canada, supported in such; course by the Honourable Gentleman opposite, how could he hope or call for the support of the Radicals ? He did not know what the exact feelings of the Right Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir IL Peel) were, with reference to this question, but he did think that the Right Honourable Baronet had too much prudence to carry out or propose such resolutions as those now before the House. No, the Right Hon. Baronet and his party wished to come into office with clean hands. —( Cheers.) He really thought that the Radicals could get more from the opposite party than they could from the present Administration. They certainly could not get less. It was very strange that the Noble Lord could carry nothing for Ire land with the aid of the Opposition benches, but he could carry everything against Canada. For his own part, he felt that the sooner they gave up the support of the Government the better.—( Cheers.) He did not mean to give up the Govern ment until they gave themselves up.—( Cheers.) It would be better to take away the Constitution of Canada altogether, than insult them by the present resolutions. The Hon. and Learned Member here read an extract from Burke, which re commended a mild system of Government towards Canada. The Noble Lord would not accept the plan which he (Mr. Roebuck) had recommended, because it would wound his vanity to do so; but the Noble Lord should recollect that lie (Mr. Roebuck) represented the people of Canada, and he would tell that House, that the great body of the people of Canada were opposed to the Legislative Council. Lord J. RUSSELL said that it was his disposition and wish to speak of the people of Canada with moderation, and he should not be diverted from that course by the threat of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman. The case of Ca nada was this :—The Assembly of Lower Canada asked for a Legislative Council, responsible to them, and not to the Crown of Great Britain as at present. We say it would be better to separate at once than to admit this, and many of the colonists think the same. But the Hoe. and Learned Gentle man had held out two threats ; the first was, that if the pre sent resolutions were passed a revolt in Canada would be the consequence ; and the second threat was, that the Hon. Gentleman, and those who acted with him, would with draw their support from the Government. Now he (Lord J. Russell) did not fear either of those threats.—(Cheers.) He did not fear any revolt in Canada, and his duty to his Sove reign would not permit him fur one moment to hesitate about proposing any measure which he thought would be for the advantage of the country, because of any fear of losing the support of the Hon. Gentleman or his party.—( Cheers.) As to the propositions of the Hon. and Learned Gentle man, it would be quite out of his (Lord J. Russell's) power, if he even approved of them, to adopt those propositions, after the House had already conic to a vote in favour of the resolutions now under discussion. When the present resolu tions, and the Bill founded upon them, should reach Canada, he had no doubt that the House of Assembly would not per sist in the course they had at first adopted; and if there was any matter open to accommodation he was quite sure that Par liament would not refuse to considar it ; but the Hon. and Learned Gentleman greatly deceived himself if he supposed that any threat or menace would induce the Government to withhold its support to those measures which they deemed ne cessary for the good government of any portion of the British empire. Sir R. PEEL said that he was very desirous of explaining the view which he took of the present question and the vote which he intended to give upon it. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite never was more mistaken than when he attributed his (Sir R. Peel's) observations on the present re solutions to a wish to embarrass the Government. It was not because lie concurred in the views of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman that he disapproved in sonic degree of the resolu tions before the House, but because he agreed with his Noble Friend near him (Lord Stanley), that those resolutions might not be sufficiently effective. He should, however, vote for ' them, although he dissented from their sufficiency, because he thought that upon an occasion like this unanimity counter , balanced any evils that might be expected to arise from the resolutions themselves.—( Cheers.) The lion. and Learned Gentleman had proposed a plan of his own, but he (Sir R. Peel) had two reasons for dissenting from that plan. The first reason was, that the plan of the lion. Member was to tally at variance with the view of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada; and the second reason was, that the proposi tion was a most absurd scheme of Government. The lion. i and Learned Gentleman wished to have it established that the Governor should have no veto upon Bills passed by the House of Assembly. But would not this be establishing a sort of democracy, mixed with a monarchical form of Government ? This was inconsistent with the views of the colonists them selves. He contended that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was no authority as representing the real feelings and opinions of the people of Canada, expressed through the House of As sembly. In the second instance, lie contended that it was ab surd to suppose that a simple veto could give satisfaction. Now, with respect to the resolutions themselves, let the state of Canada be looked at for the last five years, when it would be seen that the Judges and other public servants were unpaid for a great portion of that time.—( Hear, hear.) He (Sir Robert Peel) believed that the Canadian people were, as Mr. James Tent had in his work described them, an excellent and loyal people. He believed, however, that they were also easily deceived and ltd away by false representations, and if the Canadian people, living as they did on the confines of the United States, wished to be a separate community, uncon nected with any other country—if no other interests were in. volved in the question, and if there were no considerations connected with their local position—lie should not hesitate to say to them—if British connection is not palatable to you, God forbid that we should force it upon you. —( Hear.) Seek a con nection with the United States, or some other country, and if you do not form that connection, then be prepared to defend yourselves.—( Hear.) But he greatly doubted whether, if it came to that point, the Canadians would be anxious for separa tion. But, as he said before, the question could not be raised with reference to the French Canadians. There was a British population in that country which had a right to look to British connection, and if these demands were conceded, upon what pretext could they refuse the application of the same principle to Upper Canada, New Brunswick, or any other of their colo nies ?—( Hear.) They were bound to regard this question, not as a French Canadian question, but as one affecting the peace and security of all their colonial possessions. The question was, whether judges and other public functionaries in the service of his Majesty should be deprived of remuneration for their ser vices ? In his (Sir R. Peel's) opinion, there was nothing more calculated to bring those offices into contempt, or nothing more disgraceful to England, than that the Judges and other persons in the employ of the King of England should be re duced to a state of poverty, and for the space of four years deprived of the emoluments to which they were justly entitled. No one could deny but they were entitled to remuneration. The only alternative then was that England should provide that remuneration.—( Hear, hear.) At the same time he must say that this country would never consent to make a perma nent provision for the payment of persons whose services were given for the benefit of the people of Canada. The only al ternative then was for Parliament to declare that this provision must be made from Colonial revenues, and in furtherance of that view to suspend the Acts of 1 and 2W. IV. He agreed with the Noble Lord that they should not be betrayed into any act which would place the superior power in the wrong ; but as these Acts had heel so recently passed, and as such a strong necessity existed for their suspension, it could not be said that such a step was an invasion of the ancient Constitutional pri vileges of the Canadians. He suggested as an amicable com promise the suspension, instead of the temporary repeal, of those Acts. The other amendment had reference to the Le gislative Council. The resolution stated that in the present excited state of Lower Canada it was inexpedient to make the Legislative Council elective. Now he (Sir Robert Peel) thought an elective Council a bad system of Colonial govern ment. He voted for the resolutions because he thought Par liament had a right to interpose its authority to provide pay ment for the King's servants in that Colony.--( Loud cheers.) Mr. ROEBUCK, in explanation, begged to say that the Canadians entertained a strong feeling of gratitude towards England, and there was every desire on their part to preserve the connection between the two countries.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. L A BOUCH ER E had never advocated the principle of an elective Legislative Council. He thought it a bad and dangerous form of Government.—( Hear, hear.) The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For the resolution Against it Majority On cur return to the gallery we found Mr. Roebuck op posing another resolution ; but the few words he uttered were THE SUN, LONDON, SATU RDA Y. 15, 1837. inaudible through the noise created by Members in taking their places. The House was again cleared for a division, but none took place. The Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit a:Tajo—we did not catch the day. SURVEYS OF CHURCH LANDS—ADJOURNED DEBATE. Sir R. INGLIS wished to know from the lion. Member for Finsbury whether he was aware of the expense of making the copies for which he moved? The lion. Gentleman ap peared to think that it could be done for about 401., but he (Sir R. Inglis) bad made some inquiries on the subject, and found that the expense would amount to 300/. or 4001. Would it not be better, rather than to incur this expense, that the documents should be sent to some place of easy ac cess, such as the British Museum? Mr. T. DUNCO MBE merely moved for copies as the documents were Parliamentary property. If the Howe agreed to that, why it could decide the question as to print ing. He could get a person to make the copies for 501. No fees ought to be charged for having access to documents which were public property ; and if his motion were objected to he would press it to a division. Let the copies be given, and the originals might remain in the hands of the Archbi shop's secretary, to bring him in fees, if any one would then be curious or weak enough to go for that purpose. It was an exceedingly hard thing that the Archbishop of Canterbury, with all the emoluments which he drew from the public, could not see that he was bound to pay his own secretary. Mr. BORTH WICK would support the motion. After a few words from Dr. Nicholl, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Hawes, Mr. T. Duncombe, and Lord J. Russell, the motion wa sigreed to. The Dublin Police Bill then went through a Committee, and was reported, with amendments. Mr. HAWES moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the provisions of the .3d and 4th of William IV., c. 19 (Metropolis Police Offices), with a view to the further im prevenient of the same.—Agreed to. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'Clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. CANADA. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, APRII, 14. Para g raph in Lords Commissioners Speech,—Committee ; Mo tion made, and Question proposed,—" That, while it is expedient to improve the composition of the Executive Council in Lower Canada, it is unadvisable to subject it to the responsibility demanded by the House of Assembly of that Province : "—Amendment proposed, to leave out all the words after the word " That" and add the words " it is expedient to abolish the Legislative Council of the Provinces of Lower Canada :"—Question put : —The Committee divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 269. Acheson, Lord—Co of Armagh Ilrton, Samuel—Cumberland Adam, Sir C.—Clackmannatishire iJame;, William—Cumberland , . Ainsworth, P.—Bolton Alston, Howland—Hertfordshire Anson, Colonel—Stoke-upon-Trent Arbuthnot, Gen.—Kincardineshire A rclidall, Gen. M.—Fermanagh Ashley, Lord—Dorsetshire Joseph—Worcester !Saline, It I).—Honiton Bainbridge, E. T.—Taunton Jennyi, Earl—Bury, Suffolk Johnstone, Sir J. V.—Scarborough Johnston, Andrew—Cupar Jones, T.—l, ndonderry Co, 'ones, Nilson—Denbigh Kerrison, Sir Edward—Eye King, E. B.—Warwick Knatchbull, lit. lion. Sir E.—Kent Knight, H. G.—Nottinghamshire Baines, Edward—Leeds Balfour, Thomas—Orkney Bannerman, A.—Aberdeen Barclay, David—Sunderland Barclay, Charles—Surrey Baring, F. Thornhill—Portsmouth Baring, F.—Thetford Baring, 11. B.—Marlborough Baring, W. B.—Winchester Baring, Thomas—Yarmouth Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich Barron, 11. \V.—Waterford City Beckett, Rght Hon. Sir J.—Leeds Belfast, Earl of—Antrim Co. Bell, M.—South Northumberland Bentitick, Lord \V,—Glasgow Berkeley, lion. C.—Cheltenham Bethel!, It Yorkshire ((ewes ' T —Plymouth Iliddulph, R.—Hereford Illackburne, .I.—Warrington Blackstone, \V. S.—Wallingford Bonham, R. F —Harwich llorthwiek, Peter— Evesham Bramston, T. W.—South Essex Brodie, W. B.—Salisbury Brownrigg, S. J.—Boston Bruce, C. L. C —lnverness, Sze. Bruen, Colonel—Carlow County Bruen, F.—Carlow Buller, E.—North Stattbrdshire Buller, Sir J. Yarde—Devonshire Bulwer, E. L.—Lincoln Burrell, Sir C.—Shoreham Byne. George—Middlesex (latnpliell, Sir John—Edinburgh Campbell, NV. F.—Argyleshire Castlereagh, Vise.—Down Cavendish, Hon. C.—East Sussex Cavendish, Hon. G. H.—Derbyshire Chandos ' Marquis of—Bucks Chetwynd, Capt. W.—Stafford Chichester, Arthur-1 loniton Clive, Viscount—Ludlow Cline, It. H. South Shropshire flodrington, C. W.—Gloucestershire Culhorne, Ridley—Wells Cole, Lord—Fennanagh Compton, H. Combe—Hampshire Cooper, E. J.—Sligo Co. Coote, Sir C.—Queen's County Corry, Hon. H. L.—Tyrone Co. Cowper, Hon. W. F.—Hertford Crawford, W.—London Curteis, H. B.—East Sussex Dalmeny, Lord—Stirling ()Alwyn, I. W.—Gl.anorganshire Ihvett, Edward—Exeter Donkin, Sir it. S.—Berwick Dowdeswell, W.—Tewkesbury Duffield, T.—Abingdon ()unbar, George—Belfast Dunlop, John—Ayrshire East, James B.—Winchester Liquor, Viscount—Reigate Eaton, R. .I. 7 Cambridgeshite Ebrington, Vise.—North Devon Egerton, Sir P.—Cheshire Elley, Sir John—Windsor Ellice, Bight lion. E.—Coventry El wes, John Pavne—Essex Litcourt, T G. 11.—Ox ford Univ. Farrand, Robert, (Stafford) Feetor, John Mina —Dover Feilden, \V. J.—Blackburn Ferguson, Sir R—Londondory Fergusson, Right Hon. R. C.—Kirk cudbright Finch, (l.—Stamford Fitzroy, Lord C.—Bury St. Edm. Fleetwood, P. FL—Preston Folkes, Sir William—Norfolk Forster, C. S.—Walsall Forb,s, —Stirlingshire Fort, J.—Clitheroe Geary, Sir William—Kent f;ladstone, T.—Leicester. Gladstone,NV. E.—Newark-on-Trent Gordon, It obert —Crieklade Gordon, Hon. W.—Aberdeenshire Goring, H. D.—New Shoreham Goulburn, Right lion. H.—Cain briAge University Goulburn, Mr. Serjeant —Leicester Graham, Sir J R. —Cumberland Grey, Sir George—Devonport Guest, J. J —Mert , :yr Tydvil Hale, B. R.—Gloucestershire I fall yburlon, MILD. G.—Forfarsh. Hamilton, George A.—Dublin Ilmnilton, Lord C.—Tyrone Co. I landley, Henry—Lincolnshire fianmer, Sir J.—Shrewsbury Harcourt, Geo. Simon—Bucks Ilardinge, Right Hon. Sir H.—Laun ceston I lardy, John—Bradford Harland, W. C.—Durham iastie, Archibald—Paisley Hawkes, Thomas—Dudley Hawkins, J. IL—Newport, I. Wight ILiy, Sir A. L.—Elgin ([ayes, Sir E.—Donegal Henniker, Lord—East Suffolk (Terries, Right Hon. J. C.—Harwich ilinde, John Hodgson—Newcastle upon-Tyne Elobhouse, Right lion. Sir J. Cam Nottingham Hodges, T. L.—West Kent llogg, James Weir—Beverley I lope, James—Linlithgowshire Hotham, Lord—Leominster llnnstoun, George—Rentrewshire Howard, 11—Wicklow Co. Howard, P. H.—Carlisle Howielc, Vi-c.—Northumberland Hurst, R. ll.—Horsham Inglis, Sir R. H.—Oxford University Labouchere, Right lion. Henry— Taunton Landiton, H.—North Durham . Lee, J. Lee—Wells Lefevre, C. Shaw—North Hants Lefroy, A.—Longford Lemon, Sir Charles—West Cornwall Leonard, T. B.—Maldon Lennox, Lord A.—Chichester Leveson, Lord—Morpeth Lister, E. I .anliffe—Bradford Long, W.—North Wiltshire Lowther, J. H.—York Lucas, E.—Monaghan Lushington, Dr.—Tower Haml. Lushington, Charles—Ashburton Maclean, Donald—Oxford M‘Taggart, John—Wigton Mahon, Viscount— Hertford Manners, Lord C. S.—Leicestershire Marjoribanks, S.—Hythe Marshall, W,—Carlisle Martin, John—Sligo Nlartin ' Thomas—Galway Co. Maxwell, Henrv—Cavan Methuen, P.—North Wilts Milton, Lord—Mallon Moreton, Hon. A.—Gloucestershire iNlorpeth. Lord—Yorkshire Alosley, .Sri o.—North Staffordshire Mostyn, Hon. E.—Flintshire Niorray, Right lion. J. A.—Leith Neck', John—Cricklade Nicholl, J —Cardiff' PEerrall, Richard M.—Kildare Ossuiston, Lord—N. Northuniber. land Palmer, R.—Berkshire Palmer, George—Essex Palmerston, Viscount—Tiverton Parker, John —Sheffield Parnell, Sir 11.—Dundee Parry, Sir L. P. J.—Carnarvon Patten, J. Wilson—Lancashire Pease, Joseph—South Durham Pechell, Captain—Brighton Peel, Right lion. Sir it.—Tamwortn Pemberton, Thomas—Rii[on Pendarves, E. W. \V.—Cornwall Perceval, Colonel—Sligo Co. Philips, G. IL—liielderminster l'igot, Itobert—Bridgenorth Huraptte, John P —East Kent Ponsimby, lion. W.—Dorsetshire Ponsonby, Hon. John—Derbyshire Poulter, J. C.—Shaftesbury Pri,, Samuel Grove—Sandwich Pringle, Alexander—Selkirkihire Rae, Right lion. Sir Wm.—Bute Reid, Sir J. Rae—Dover Rice, Right I ion. T. S. —Camb idge Richards, J.—Knaresborough Richards, Richard—MerionethshiL e Robinson, G. R.—Worcester Rolfe, Sir It M.—Penrhyn Ross, Charles—Northampton Russell, Lord John —Stroud Russell, Lord (7.—Bedfordshire Sandon, laird—Liverpool Sanford, E. A.—West Somersetsleire Scarlett, lion. Robert—Norwich Scott, Sir E Scott, J. W.—North Hampshire Scale, Colonel—Daetnaouth Seymour, Lord—'l'otncss Shaw, lit. lion. F.—Dublin Univer. Shirley, E. S —Warwickshire Sibthorp, Colonel—Lincoln Sinclair, Sir G.—Caithness-shire Smith, J. A.—Chichester Smith, R. Vernon—Northampton Stanley, Edward—Cumberland stanley, Lord—North Lancashire Stanley, W. o.—Anglesea Stewart, John—Lymington Stewart, I'. M.—Lancashire Srrangways, Hon. John—Caine Stuart, Lord J.—Ayr Stuart, Villiers—Waterford Co. Stunt, Henry Charles—Horsetshire Surrey, Earl of—West Sussex Talbot, C. R. M.—Glamorganshire Talfourd, Mr. Serjeant —Reading 'ferment, .1 Emerson—Belfast Thomas, Colonel—Kinsale Thompson, P. B.—East Yorkshire Thompson, Ald.—Sunderland Thomson, Right Hon. C. P.—Man. chester Trevor, lion. Arthur—Durham Trevor,-lion. G. It.—Caermarthensh Proubridge, Sir I'. B.—Sandwich Turner, W.—Blackburn Twiss, Horace—Bridport Vere, Sir Charles B.—Suffolk Verney, Sir El.—Buckingham Vesey, Hon. Thomas—Queen's Co. Vivian, John Henry—Swansea Vvvyan, Sir R. R.—Bristol Walker, 12.—Bury, Lancashire Wason, Rigby— pswich Westenra, Hon. H. R.—Monaghan Wetland, Major—Oxfordshire White, Samuel—Leitrim Co. Whitmore, T. C.—llridgenorth Wigney, J. N.—Brigh ton Wilbraham, George --Cheshire Williams, W. A.—Monmouthshire Wilson, Henrv—Sutlblk innington, H. J.—Worcestershire Wodehouse, Edmund—Norfolk Wood, Charles—Halitax Worsley, Lord—Lincolnshire Woulfe, Mr. Serjeant—Cashel Young, Geo. Fred.—Tyncmouth Young, John—Cavan TELLsnts. Lennox, Lord J. G.—West Sussex Stanley, E. John—North Cheshire MINORITY- Aglionlby, 11. A.—Cockennouth Beauelerk, Major—East Surrey Blake, M J.—Galway Brady, Denis Caulfield—Newry Bridgeman, Hewitt—Ennis Brocklehurst, J.7—‘lacelesfield -NOES, 45. Jervis, J.—Chester Marsland, Henry—Stockport \lolesworth, Sir William—Cornwall O'Connell, Daniel—Kilkenny O'Connell, John—Youghall O'Connell, N. J.—Kerry O'Connell, Morgan—Meath Palmer, General—Bath Ripon, C.—Gateshead Roche, David—Limerick Rundle, John—Tavisteek Thompson, Col.—Kingston-on-Hull Trelawney, Sir W.—East Cornwall Tulk, C. A.—Poole Villiers, i . P.—Wolverhampton \Vakley, Thomas—Finsbury Wallace, Robert—Greenock NVarburton, idport Ward, H. G.—St. Alb ins Whalley, Sir S.—Marylebone Williams, William—Coventry Brotherton, Browne, It. D.—Mayo Buller, Charles —Liskeard Chapman, M. L.—Westmeath Clay, W.—Tower Hamlets Crawford, W. S.—Dundalk Elphinstone, Howard—Hastings Ewart, ‘Vtn.—Liverpool Fitzgibbon, Hon. 11.—Limerick Co Ulllon, Win. D.—Linlithgow ((rote, ('.eorge—London Hall, Benjamin—Monmouth Harvey, I). W.—Southwark Hawes, Benjamin—Lambeth I findley, Charles—Ashton Holland, Edward—Worcestershire IlLime, Joseph—Middlesex TELLERS. Ifuniphery, John—Southwark Roebuck, 1. A.—Bath Hutt, W.—Kingston -upon-Hull Leader, John T.—Bridgwater METRopous POLICE OFFICES.—A Select Com mittee was appointed last night in the House of Commons " to inquire into the provisions of the 3d and 4th Will. 4, c. 19 (Metropolis Police Offices), with a view to the further im provement of the same," consisting of the following Members : —Mr. Hawes, Mr. Fox Maule, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. flume, Mr. Ross, Lord Hotham, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Howard Elphinstone, Mr. Poulett Scrope, Mr. Clay, Mr. Marshall, Lord Viscount Howick, Mr. Robert Clive, and Mr. Alderman Wood. The petition from Shepton Mallet, Somersetshire, presented by Lord Brougham on Monday night in the House of Lords, was from the Wesleyan Methodists of Shepton Mal let, in favour of the Government plan for the abolition of Church-rates. It was signed by all the official members of the society and congregation. THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL FOR APRIL.— This periodical contrives to " enlist " a larger number of rea ders than perhaps any other in the empire can boast. The contents would seem, from their title, to interest only the red coats and blue- jackets of the two services ; but when they come to be examined, they amuse, instruct, delight, and improve not only the " man of war," but the pacific and fire-side civilian— " That never set a squadron i' the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster I " Nothing can be more spirit-stirring than the narrative of ad venture ; and here there is a perpetual feast of that most palat able diet—in the " Drumstick Club," in the " Malay Pirates," in the " Kaffir War ; " while in the " Peep into Regimental Society," and " The Inland Cruise of a Naval Officer," there is a boundless diversity of anecdote, merry incident, and hu morous dcscrietion..—Badi FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, APRIL 12, 1837. The King has been pleased to nominate, constitute, and appoint Alacvey Napier, Esq. Writer to the Signet, to be one of the Or dinary Clerks of Session in Scotland, in th e room o f Ad am liel land, Esq., deceased. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 14. Notice is hereby given, that the Queen will hold 2. Drawing:, Room on Thursday, April the 20th. WAR-OFFICE, April 14. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards.—Brevet Major D. Hay to be Major, by purchase, vice Stephenson, who retires; Lieut. Inigo Jones to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hay ; Cornet J. Brett to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Jones ; L. - Z. Cox, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Brett, April 14. 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons.—Cornet F. T. Farquharson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lumley, who retires ; G. F. W. Miles, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Farquharson, April 14. 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons.—Cornet F. Burdett to le Lieut., by purchase, vice Welby, who retires ; C. Deacon, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Burdett, April 14. 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. Col. John Earl of Wiltshire, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice George Lord Bingham, who ex c ha n g e s, ' April 14 ; Major 11. Pratt to be Lieut.-Colonel, by purchuse, vice the Earl of Wiltshire, who retires; Captain M. C. 1). St. Quintin to be Major, by purchase,. vice Pratt ; Lieut. W. H. Fielden to be Captain, by purchase, vice St. Quintin, April 15 ; Cornet J. Bourryan Broadley to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Fielden, March 15 ; A. Wanchope, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Broadley, April 15. Scots Fusilier Guards—Captain D. S. Davies to be Adjutant, vice Taubman, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, April 14. Ist Regiment of Foot.—Lieut. F. G. Urquhart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hoskins, who retires ; Ensi g n F. R. Mein to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Urquhart; F. Moor, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mein, April 14. 15th Foot.—Lieutenant W. H. Mounsey to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Gage, who retires ; Ensign F. C. H. Coventry to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mounsey ; Ensign J. A. Wilkinson, from the 16th Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Coventry. April 14. _ _ 16th Foot.---.T. Caulfield, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilkinson, appointed to the 15th Regiment of Foot. April 14. 23d Foot.—Lieutenant G. W. Rice, from the 20th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice J. 0. E. Tucker, who retires upcn half-pay of the 20th Regiment of Foot. April 14. 64th Foot—Ensign T. J. W. Bowen to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Spread, who retires ; W. W. Lyttleton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bowen, April 14. 69th Foot—Lieut. C. J. Coote to be Captain, by purchase, vice Parker, who retires ; Ensign J. Campbell, to be Lieutenart, by purchase, vice Coote ; Gentleman Cadet C. Sawers, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Campbell, April 14. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 13. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Second Lieut. J. F. Cator to La First Lieutenant, vice Aleock, retired on half-pay, April 5. Commissions signed by Lords-Lieutenant. The Hon. Charles Douglas Compton, commonly called Earl Compton, to be Deputy Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. Northampton Regiment of V. Isham, Esq., to le Captain. Wellenborough Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry—Quintus Vivian, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Rose. Renfrewshire 11Llitia.—Archibald Smith, Esq., to be Captain, vice William M. Taylor deceased. Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia—Charles Allix Wilkinson, Gent., to be Lieutenant. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. DAVID RIDDICK, tea-dealer, Cirencester. JOHN HAWORTH, plumber, Rawtenstall, Lancashire. BANKRUPTS. PETER SA NGROUBER, victualler, Old Compton-street, Soho, to surrender April 21, at one, and May 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Allen, Gylby, and Allen, Carlisle-street, Soho. JOHN LEE STEVENS, printer, Fleet-street, April 21 and May 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ch":rke, official assignee, St. Swithin's-lane ; Parkes, South-square, Gray's Inn. JAMES CHAPAIAN, groser, Tonbridge, Kent, April 25, at two, and May 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street, official assignee; Templer, Shearman, and Slater, Great Tower-street. SAMUEL HODdES, veterinary-surg;on;tirencester, May 2, at three, and 26, at eleven, at the Old Crown Inn, Cirencester. Hurley, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Lediard, Cirencester. CHARLES WYNNE DAVIES, mercer, Bishopscastle, Salop, April 24, and May 26, at twelve, at the Shire-Hall, Shrewsbury. Blackstock, Bunco, Vincent, and Sherwood, Paper-buildings, Temple, London ; Watson, Shrewsbury. ROBERT LYNHAM COURTNEY, ironmonger, Walsall, Stafford, May 9 and 26, at one, at the Swan Inn, Wolverhamp ton. Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London; Thomas, jun . , Walsall. JAMES RAMSAY, spirit-dealer, Penrith, Cumberland„April 24, and May 26, at ten, at the George Inn, Penrith. Helder, Clement's Inn, London; Jameson, Penrith. NATHAN GOU GH, cotton-spinner, Salford, Lancashire, April 28, and May 26, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Man chester. Heron, Manchester ; Wahnsley, Keightley, and Parkin, Chancery-lane London. _ _ WILLIAM PAGETT, hosier, Birmingham, April 22, and May 26, at eleven, at Radenhurst's New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Burfoot, Inner-Temple, London ; Page, Birmingham. JAMES THRELFALL, stuff-merchant, Leeds, April 27, at one, at the Court-house, Bradford, and May 26, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. Jaques, Battyc, and Edwards, Ely-place, London ; Hitchin and Lonsdale, Halifax. JACOB BENJAMIN, watch manufacturer, Jewry-street, Ald gate, April 21, and May 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Yates, Bury -court, St. Mary Axe. SAMUEL SAVAKER, linendraper, Great Ealing, Middlesex, April 25, and May 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed wards, official assignee, Pancras-lane ; Sanford, Adelphi-terrace. JOHN ARTHUR, paper manufacturer, Colyton, Devonshire, April 25, at twelve, and May 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Stevens, Wilkin son, and Satchel!, Queen-street, City. WILLIAM BENTLEY the elder, of Glasgow, and WILLIAM BENTLEY the younger, of Liverpool, merchants, April 26, and May 26, at eleven, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Shackle ton, Wright, and Hunter, Liverpool ; Mawdsley, Liverpool ; Bax endale, Tatham, Upton, and Johnson, Great Winchester-street, London. MARTHA MIFLIN, innkeeper, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, May '2, at three, and May 26, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, Cirencester. Mullings, Cirencester ; Trinder, Lincoln's-inn fields, London. GEORGE WOOD, linen-draper, Lyme Regis, Dorset►hire, April 28 and May 26, at two, at the Bull Inn, 13ridport. Flight, Bridport ; Church, Great James-street, Bedford-row, London. WALTER CONSTABLE, grocer, Dowlais, Glamonganshire, April 24 and May 26, at two, at the Commercial-Rooms, Bristol. White and Whitmore, Bedford-row, London; Pugh, Hay, Brecon; Bevan and Brittan, Bristol. ROBERT PERRY, dealer, Birmingham, April 26 and May 26, atone, at Radenhurst's New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Adling ton, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London; Wills, Birmingham. JOHN GILLOTT, timber-merchant, Masbrough, Rotherham, Yorkshire, April 20, at ten, and May 26, at eleven, at the Town hall, Sheffield. Taylor and Son, John-street, Bedford-row, London ; Badger, Rotherham. DIVIDENDS. - At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Sanders, licensed victualler, Fleet-street, May 5, at eleven— 11. W. Rich, wine merchant, Joiners' Hall buildings, London, May 5, at half-past twelve—W. Scruton, licensed victualler, St. George's in the East, May 5, at ten—O. Thomson, coal merchant, Hackney, May 8, at half-past eleven—R. Whitburn, brewer, Hert sham, Surrey, May 8, at half-past one—R. W. Smart, clothfactor, Aldermanburv, May 5, at two—S. Douglas, omnibus proprietor, Robin Hood-lane, Poplar, May 5, at one—J. T. Tidd and J. Mal landine, candle manufacturers, Marlborough-road, Chelsea, May 5, at two—T. Davis, grocer, Lisson-grove North, May 5, at one— W. B. M'Pherson, licensed victualler, Hoxton, May 5, at eleven— M. Lewin and M. Josephs, merchants, Mansell-street, Goodman's fields, May 5, at eleven—J. Smith, warehousemen, Goldsmith street, Wood-street, May 6, at one—C. J. Chapman, corn dealer, Croydon, May 6, at two—J. Shotton, jobmaster, Lamb's Conduit street, May 6, at eleven—J. Vanzeller, merchant, New Broad street, May 6, at twelve. In the Country. J. Anderson, draper, Moulton, Norton, Northamptonshire, May 5, at eleven, at the Peacock Inn, Northampton—W. Hand, coal merchant, Molleston, Pembrokeshire, May 10, at four, at the Castle Inn, Haverfordwcst—T. Constantine, joiner, Manchester, May 10, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester—T. Stanley, manufacturer, Leeds, May 15, at eleven, at the Court House, Leeds —J. Howard, innkeeper, Disley, Cheshire, May 9, at four, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester —R. Clark, linendraper, Newark-upon-Trent, May 8, at eleven, at the Clinton Arms Inn, Newark-upon-Trent—J. Boothroyd, stonemason, Stayley Bridge, Lancashire, May 9, at nine, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Man chester—R. Parkinson, cloth manufacturer, Farsley, Yorkshire, May 6, at eleven, at the Court House, Leeds. CERTIFICATES.—MAY 5. 0. Scott, boardinghouse-keeper, Kent—W. Whicher, attorney at-law, Chichester—E. Smith, baker, Nottingham—T. Nelson, paper manufacturer, Hibblington, Huntingdonshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. H. Woodall and J. Worley, drapers, Surrey-place, Newing ton-butts—J. Dean and J. Gaukroger, joiners, Halifax—D. Yeats and T. Acocks, wholesale cheesemongers, Trinity-lane, London— J. and J. Drinkwater, merchants, Liverpool—T. L. Collingwood and Co., winecoopers, Great Dover-street, Southwark—E. Gre gory and Co., linen drapers, 'Woolwich—D. Brown and W. Bay field, pawnbrokers, Charlotte-street, New Cut, Lambeth—G. and C. Smith, carriers, Bristol—W. H. Whittell and J. Wylde, wool staplers, Bermondsey—T. and J. Rome, drapers, Carlisle—H. B. C. Hillier and W. B. Hutchinson, surgeons, Montague-place, Russell-square—P. W. and R. Greavcs, fustian manufacturers, Manchester—D. Beeby and M. Lomas, herring fisheurers, Allonbr, Cumberland—lll. Allen and H. Harris, solicitors, Bedford-row—T. Clark and W. Debenham. haberdashers, Wig more-street, Marylebone—W. Robinson and J. Hadfield, cot ton spinners, Derbyshire—G. Wood and T. Hoyle, stonema sons, Rushulme, near Manchester—T. B. Jervis and Co., tick manufacturers, Manchester (as far as regards W. King)— B. Brierly and Co., merchants, Manchester—J. G. Shuttleworth and Co., soapboilers, Sheffield—D. Fraser and W. H. Hawkey, surgeons, Clarendon-square—T. and S. Morris, saddletree-manu facturers, Oxford—A. Meilan and Co., merchants, London. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JOHN SOMERVILLE, painter, Edinburgh, April 24 and May 10, at one, at the Old Signet Hall, Royal Exchange. ROBERT STRUTHERS, upholsterer, Hamilton, April 24 and May 8, at eleven at Mrs. Patton's Inn, Hamilton. JAMES KNIGHT, Jun., builder, Dundee, April 19 and May 4, at two, at Wallace's Royal Hotel, Dundee. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns 4 made in the week ending the 11th day of April. 1837, at 3.!5. 4id. per • Ilundrea Weight, exclusive or the lmties of Customs paid or payable thereon oil the Importation thereof into Great Britain. Mr. Bentley has obliged the lovers of finished com position, shrewd observation, pleasantry, wit, and tickling satire, by collecting into a volume of his capital " Standard Novels" Headlong 11011, Nightmare Abbey, Maid Marian, and Crotchet Castle ; a pocket book that no one should be without who contemplates a coach or steam. boat journey in the ensuing, or indeed, in any season; or who is ever likely to have spare half-hours on his hands. The author, moreover, has revised his works, and written a preface, which tells much in a small compass, and describes so felicitously the subjects of his satire.—qectatQr. S IT 11' _~~ ~'~ rt. ••••., - ENGLISH TRADE WITH \ 71 1 ! )4 (From a letter publishel in the D arch Slaa Courgifq7% • CONSTANIINOPLE, Grand efforts are making here for the exe new commercial project, which if it is carried ii 5 4. as it is probable, will be equaily important a n d advalAgreoti7 . ` to the commercial intercourse between Persi a an d land, and by which the interest of Russia may be (quay promoted to the disadvantage of Turkey. The plan is to open an entirely new channel For the trans mission of the productions of Persia to Europe, which have hitherto come by way of Constantinople. These produc tions, which are of great importance, are to be conveyed on payment of a transit duty over the territory of that king dom to Poti, on the Black Sea. • This place is to be declared a frce port, from %Illicit the English merchants may export those goods which they have hitherto obtained at Constantinople fur consignment to Great Britain. According to the statements that arc made, arrangements will be effected that those goods, instead of being sect through the Bosphorus to be sold in England, may be sent up the Danube. English goods will be sent by the same channel to Poti, and the commercial transactions between the two nations will in future take place it that depot only. The English merchants in this capital will not look with a favourable eye on this arrangement, with which they are not yet acquainted, because they will lose the whole or the commission which they have gained by these transac tions hitherto ; but the loss that the Turkish Government will suffer by the reduction of the revenue of customs will be far more serious ; for it is estimated that duty is annu ally paid on goods to the value of 160,000,000 o r p i astres, which will be entirely lost by this new plan. A Greek house here, which has great connection s with London, will soon remove its establishment to Persia, and in the sequal commercial houses will be established at Erzeroum, where there is an English Consul, at Tauris, and at Poti. While the renewal of the tariff is waited for, the Cus tom-house officers of this capital molest the European trade by demanding three per cent. worth of the value of the goods, or of the goods themselves. In the end, however, an arrangement is made by making payments on account, which are to be regulated afterwards. The duties being continually evaded by smugglers of all nations, the Government seems to have resolved to allow only its own subjects to export goods. By this method the Porte will, indeed, be able to punish smugglers, which it cannot do with respect to European smugglers. SUSPECTED MURDER AT EALING. DISCOVERY OF A HUMAN HEAD. During the last three or four days great excitement has been created in the neighbourhood of Ealing, Brentford, &c., by a report being extensively circulated that a human head had been discovered in the privy of the beautiful and picturesque priory of Wyllie, Esq., a West Indian merchant, Castle-bar Park, near the village:of Ealing. Im mediately on the --intelligence reaching the station-house of the T division of police, at Brentford, Inspector Manguard proceeded to Mr. Wyllie's residence, and from the inquiries which he instituted the following particulars have been as-• certained :—On the afternoon of Wednesday, the sth inst,. a carpenter named Jones, while employed in doing some ma • •pairs to the privy in question, accidentally dropped his ham— mer down into the soil. He immediately got a rake, and'. commenced raking for it, when, finding it entangled with . something, he drew it up, and was horror-stricken at finding • that, instead of its being his hammer, it was the head of a . human being. After recovering from his surprise, he ac— quainted Mr. Wyllie of the discovery, who instantly ordered' it should be cleansed from the soil with which it was covere4 and sent for Dr. Dickenson, of Ealing, to examine it. 0111 that gentleman's arrival he pronounced the head to be t'aast of a female, and said he considered it must have been tairied there a considerable time. The jaws, the right car, part of the nostrils, and the back hair, were all decayed, and the remainder presented a sickening spectacle of mortality. How the head came in the above situation is a mystery the privy having been entirely emptied not five years since . Various reports are in circulation on the subject, and er, ry female who has been missed from the neighbourhood d• ~ring the last twenty years is supposed to have met a fate similar to that of the unfortunate Hannah Brown, whose.; horrible murder and mutilation have excited such iotcr . ise, interest. It is, however, generally believed that the 1 , - ,er.4 question is that of a young woman of considerable tersee,tai'. attrac tions (whose name for obvious reasons we sr, ppress) , ser vant in the neighbourhood, who disappeared, rather better than lour years since, in a most tnysteri'aus manaer,, .and of whom no tidings have since been obtr.ined, althougi . great exertions were at the time made to tr ace h er. The head has since been removed to the station-ht-ase at Ealing, where it is at present deposited, and Inspector Nati guard, on Thursday, forwarded information of the discs very to Tholnas Stirling, Esq., the Coroner for that portio. of Middlesex, who yesterday ordered a Jury to be SURICIIOI ‘ed for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances. NAVAL INTELLIGT.;.;NCE. PORTSNIOUTH, APRIL 1-I.—His Majesty's ship Pelorus on Tuesday afternoon for the Cape of Good Hope and the. East Indies. The Wellinpton, Chadwick, for New York, sailed on This-. day morning, full of passengers. His Majesty's ship, Tyne came into harbour on Tuesday, and will be paid off on the 21st inst. A disturbance took place on board on Wednesday evening last. It appears that whilst on a foreign station the crew had been allowed leave on con dition of one in each mess being answerable for their return on the expiration of the same. When the ship came into this harbour, application was made for the usual leave on the part of some of the ship's company, which the command ing officer expressed himself willing to grant on the accus tomed condition. As the ship was, however, now in Eng. lish port, the men declined being answerable for each other. and were consequently refused. On the hammocks being piped down the whole ship's company refused to obey. The officers, with the greatest promptitude, armed themselves ; and the marines were ordered instantly under arms. Intelligence was transmitted to the Admiral, when Captain D. Dundas went on board, and the matter was soon satisfactorily ar ranged. The following gentlemen passed their examination for the rank of Lieutenant, at the Royal Naval College, on Tuesday last :—Birch, Cornwallis ; Fitzmaurice, Beagle; Tower, Ca rysfort ; Lang, late Thunderer; Hamilton, late Vernon ; Campbell, and Pigot, Britannia; Trimlctt, Canopus; Pro, bert, late Edinburgh ; Lower, Excellent. Admiral Sir C. Cockburn, Bart., G. C. 8., and Lord Fitz harris, in answer to a requisition, very numerously signed, have expressed their readiness to be put in nomination fur this borough in the event of a dissolution of Parliament. Ships fitting here are the Princess Charlotte, Larne, Spar rowhawk, Volcano, and Sparrow. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM-UOUSIL APRIL 14. The Cherry, Partridge, from Rotterdam; Alkmaar, Heath,. ditto ; Stedfast, Smith, Amsterdam ; Pelican, Douveres„ Brussels; Matthias, Stiffens, Hamburgh -- ; Warrior, Sieger,. Rostock; Alexander, Schroder, ditto; Nonpareil, Allen,. Patras; Princess Victoria, Van der Brough, Antwerp ; Hec-• tor, Crisp, Leghorn ; Charlotte, Linfester, Copenhagen ; Phoenix, Burdeman, Memel. ENTERED OUTWARDS. The City of liamburgh, Whittingham, — for HaniburgL.; Caroline, Mignot, Guernsey and Jersey; Batavier, Dunlop, Rotterdam ; Jolly Tar, Le Rossignol, Bermuda, Koyal Tar, M•Kay, Quebec; Sir Edward Banks, Lomax, Ostend. - - CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. The Iberia, Woollerton, for Lisbon ' • City of Ilamburgh,. Hash, Hamburgh ; Sir Edward Banks, Lomax, Ostend ; Co lumbine, Norwood, Rotterdam; Helen Mar, Rammond, Mon treal; Helen, Kemp, Sydney. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, The Stephen Wright, Thompson, for Memel; Diana, Lane, Quebec ; Sophia, Larsen, Norway ; La Felice, Mer lin, Gravelines; Gole, Lavalle, Gravelines; Union, La Pe trie, Gravelines ; Isabella, Patterson, Da n t z i c ; S t. Charles. Lany, Calais; Ill!nerva, romer, Norway; Helene, Ilastie, Memel; Tagus, Carruthers, Miramichi; Medemblick, Gray, Medembliek. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 12. The Edgeconibe, Dugdale, from Paraiba; Denfrewshi re. Hutchinson, St. John's, New Brunswick- Rapid, Simp tort, Bahia; Star, Hicks, St. Michael's; Commerce, Prteffse, ditto; Racer, Laity, Palermo; Elenor',i, Reilly, Lubec; Ca therine, Marseilles; Eugenia, Te':ceira; Telemachus, Gil bert, Lisbon; Aldborough, storey, Rotterdam; Athol, Greig, Trieste; Richard, Cuner, Seville; Pauline, Perrie, Ostend ; Abel, Luvis, Poole; Hotspur, Cork. ENTERED FOR LOADING. The Rapid, White, for Constantinople; Bispham, James, Genoa; Amwell, Wilson, Montreal • Garrick, Robin sou, New York ; Formosa, Mitchell, New Orleans; Henry Hoyle, Ferguson, Lisbon ; Brenda, Rea, Perslk Amboy; Clio, Scott, St. John's, Newfoundland. CLEARED OUTWARDS. The Sir Francis Bond Head, Readey, for Miramichi; Clio, Scott, St. John's, Nev,fuundland ; Boreas., Taylor, New York; Lynx, Crichton, Li s b on; Catharine, Bokkering, Rot terdam ; Vigilant, Heurr, Africa; Blucher, Heron, Lisbon; Palmer, Francis, Tr:este; Wolga, Davies, Boston. SAILED, The Ralph, i‘lickels, fur New York ; Cassandra, Gray, New Orleans ; Marchioness of Qucensbury, Kerr, Miramick; Lynx, Crichton, Lisbon; Asia, Hannah, New York ; Dor chester, Reid, New Jersey, &c. ; Eliza Johnson, Petrie, Per-. nanibuco • Lockwoods, Lawton, New Jersey ; Reward, Frost, TELEGRAPHED. Off Holyhead, inward bound, the Dart, from Briskol Sarah, from Berbice. Off Holyhead, outward bound, ye stet day, Chieftain, from Montreal. Up to the present hour thin is not any telegraphic accounts of the New York ewcAlr cta bi • it - % Of this port, _