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into two different classes of reasoning, in order to prove the necessity of that. Committee of Inquiry for which he moved. In the first he declared, that the excesses and complaints of the Colonists arose from the defect of their constitution, and next from certain contentions into which they bad f alert with Lord Dalhousie. In any thing I may say upon this occasion, I beg it here to be understood, that I do not coot any imputation upon the character of that oallant and distinguished officcr--I speak merely of the acts of his government ; and I wish solely to be understood as saying, that my opinion of the acts of that Government are different from those which I conscientiously believe to have been his. I really, how ever, must say, that I thought the Right Hon. Gentle man, in one part of his address, had indulged himself in come pleasantrieswhich seemed but ill suited te the sub :lea upon which he claimed our attention—l allude to the three essential g rievances which he seemed to imagine led to many, if not all of the discontents and complaints of the Colonists. There was the perplexed system of the laws upon the subject of real property, which created such a vexatious delay, and such enormous costs to the suitor, that Oeey amounted very nearly to a denial of justice. This, the Right Hon. Gentleman said, arose from the law called the Custom of Pat is. The next cause of discontent the Right lion. Gentleman described as arising from the very inadequate representation of the people in Parliament. That he recommended to the immediate attention of the Committee, for the purpose of revision. And lastly, that the Members of the Legislature were so absurdly ignorant a the first and plainest principles of political economy, as to have attempted to exclude all the industry and capital ref other countries from flowing in to enrich and fertilize their shores.—(Laughter, and cries of hear, hear.)—These were the three grounds upon which the Right Hon. Gen tleman had formally impeached the people of Canada, be tore the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses of Great Bri tain and Ireland in Parliament assembled.—(A laugh.)— Did the Right Hon. Gentleman never hear of any other eystem of law in any other country than Canada, in which jeunble of obsolete usages was mixed up and con ;sanded with modern subtleties, until the mind of the most ute men of the age, or of the nation—men who had passed, in a service of forty years, through every stage of its gradations, front the lowest to the highest—were com pelled to declare that they felt totally unable to find their way through its labyrinths, and were compelled by their doubts of what was law and what was not, to add, in a most ruinous degree, to the expences of the suitor? This seettem has been called the Common Law—the wisdom of our ancestors, and various other venerable names.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.)—Did the Right lion. Gentleman never hear of a system of Representation in any other coun try totally irreconcilable either with the state of thopopii lation or with any other rule or principle under Heaven. — (Hear, hear, hear.) —Have I not heard over and over again front the lips of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and from one whom, alas ! I shall hear no more, that this inadequate system of representation possessed extraordinary advan tages over those more systematic contrivances which re sulted from the better regulated systems of the Constitu tion-makers of other countries.—(Hear, hear.)—And yet it is for this very irregularity in their representation, that the Canadians are now brought before the judgment seat of the Right lion. Gentleman's Committee. I felt still greater wonder, however, when I heard the Right Hon. Gentleman mention his third objection to the proceed ings of the Colonists, and his third cause of their discon tent—their ignorance of political economy. Too surely thelaws for the exclusion of the capital and industry of other countries did disp l ay the grossest ignorance of that science. I should not much wonder if I heard of the Ca nadians devising plans to prevent the entrance of a single grain of foreign corn into the provinces.—(Hear.) • I eliould not wonder to hear the Members of their Legisla ture, and their great Landowners, contending that it was absoluteqy necessary the people should be able to raise all their own Food ; and consequently, although perhaps they do not see the togotequence, to make every other nation in the world completely independent of their products or their industry. It was barely passible that some such nonsense as this might be uttered in /be Legislative Assembly of the Canadians.—(Hear, hear.) / The Right Hon. Gentleman has alluded to the Seigniors and Nit' %mantle, Some of these " Most potent, grave, and reverend Seigniors, My very noble and approved good masters," might happen to be jealous of their manorial rights, for' !seigruaraltiee mean manors ; and a Seignior is only there fore a Lord of the Manor.—( Hear, hear.) Now harmless this lofty word seems to be when translated. Some of these Seigniors might happen, as 1 have said, to be jea lous of their manorial privileges, and anxious for the pre mervation of their game. lam a very bad sportsman my- self, and not well acquainted with the different objects of anxiety to such persons ; but there may, too, be persons in the colonies who may take upon them to institute a ri gorous inquiry into the state of their game, and into the best methods of preserving red game and black game, and pheasants and partridge ; and who might be disposed to make it a question, whether any evils arose from the preservation of these things for their sport, or whether the safety and the liberty, and the life of their fellow-subjects, ought not to be sacrificed for their personal gratification.--(Hear, hear, hear.) — In referring to the observations upon the subject of the Custom of Paris, I would beg the House to consider that no ch ange was made in it from 1760 to 17844; and although I admit with the Right Hon. Gentleman, that it may be bad as a sytem of conveyance, and as rendering the system of laws expensive, from the difficulties produced by mortgages, yet still I must contend that the Canadians cannot be very ill off tender a Code of Laws which grew up under the auspices of the Parliament of Paris—a hotly corn prising the greatest learning and talent ever brought to the study of the law, and boasting of the names of L'Ho pital and Monteeq - uieu. Neither could, it he said, that the Assembly of Canada was so indifferent to its system of Representation ; for it ought to be recolleeted, that they passed a Bill to amend it, although it way disown oat of the Council ; that is, in fact, out of the Go vernment. A Bill for establishing the independence of the Judges was another of those remedial measures thrown out by the Upper House. As at present informed, however, without going further into those questions, he saw enough stated in the petition then lying upon the table of the House, to fully justify the appointment of a Committee of inquiry. In every country the wishes of the greater number of the inhabitants, and a possession of the great mass of the property, ought to have great influence with /fie Government ; they ought to possess the power of the Government ; and if this be the case as a general rule, it ought, a multi yortiori, to be followed in the government of Colonies by a distant country, to which the information that is to guide the Government is sent by s few, and is never correct nor complete. It is only by following the opinion of the better informed part of such a community, that it can be governed with any advantage. A Govern ment on the spot is exposed to delusion, but it has some ]teats to obtain correct information ; but for a Govern inert at a distance, the only safe course to p eestee , i s t o follow pnblic opinion. In making the practical application of this principle, if I find the Government of any country cootinually engaged irt squabbles with the great mass of the peo ple—M . I find it magnet: in vexatious controversies, and fostering ill-timed disputes , ant; especially if that Govern ment be the Governtnent of a Coioly—l say, there is a reasonable presumption against the overnment. Ido not charge it with injustice, but 1 charge it with impru dence, and I say that it is unfit to hold the authority entrusted to it.— leave hear.) —The ten years of squab bles and hostility which have existed are a &efficient charge against the Government. I require otl tee , The Right lion. Gentleman , indeed, has no flai no r' full formation before the House, and I cannot say that I think his case is perfect ; hut with such information let it uiss look at its acts, and without entering into m y opinion, as at present informed, that the House of As sembly in Canada was justified in its proceedings. Un doubtedly it has a right to appropriate the supplies it grants. This is implied in the very nature of the grants. It is the right of every Representative Assembly ; and To the exercise of this right the House of Commons is indebted for ice greatest acquisitions. It this right be not possessed by _the House of Assembly, it is a mere delusion to talk of s'es controul over the public expen diture. The Right Vlooninetble Gentleman admits that the Assembly has this eight ; but the Governor of Canada has infringed on it. lie appropriated 140,0001. without the authority of the Assembly. As to the the House of Assembly did not claim Revenue of 1 ' 777, a eight to appropriate it; they only claimed a right ofw „. ervanc v—a right to examine the items of the appro priatipn, in order to ascertain if the Government receded any fresb supplies. Before the Assembly ran sgrant asang 4i ail w be s e n ap- new supplies, it has a right to know ß , ev an en d u tl e sought to know', how the pe rmanent plied. It was prectically, indeed, but indirectl h y, e a ap.. propriation; but it arises from the principle of cognizance inherent in the right to controul the expenditure of the public money. The petitioners from Cenada state it as one of their not imaginary grievances, that they have lost 100,00 01 . of the public money by the neglect of the Re ceiver-General. This is not one of those grievances which arise from the Assembly claiming political rights. The Right Hon. Gentleman will not push to an extreme the rights of the Government ;he will raer, wit that e libe rality which disting uishes him, give ithnstructih within to th Governors of all the British Colonies to be wise, and not 4.9 wrangle with the Legislative Aesembliee. If the die- puts were to be continued, where would it end? _One. dispute arises from thee - Governor claiming—in imitation of the power possessed by the King of Great Britain to con firm the Speaker of the House of Commons—a right to confirm the Speaker to the House of Assembly.—This is a very ancient right, venerable from its antiquity, and from being an established pet of an excellent Constitution ; but it is most absurd in a Governor of a colony ; and it is a sufficient charge against him, that on such a claim he en gaged in a battle with the representatives of the people — (Hear) ---and it is most unfortunate for the Governor, that the only time when this right was brought into question its England was one of the worst periods, and under one of the worst Kipp; of our history.— Bitt I will not now investigate the question, for no discussion in any case can, as I feel, he put in competi tion with the feelings of the whole people.--(Hear.) There is nothing so unfortunate as an infatuated mistrust of the people in a Government ; and there is nothing which is a stronger indication of its precariousness, and which will so surely lead to its f. 111.—( Hear.) It is a fatal opinion in the rulers of a country to despise the people; and it 3 safety, honour, and strength are at all times best preserved by consulting their wishes and feel ings. The Government of Quebec, despising these con siderations, has been long engaged in a scuffle with the people, and it has thought hard words and hard blows not inconsistent with its dignity. I will not go through this political controversy. I will only observe, that 21 Bills were placed by the Lower House of Assembly in 1827 most of them reformatory ; some bad regard to internal re gulations—some improving the laws—and some touching the principles of the Constitution. Of those 21 Bills, not one was approved by the Upper House. Is the Governor responsible for this? I answer, he is. The Council is nothing better than the tool of the Government. It is not a just constitutional check between the popular Assembly and the Governor; hut it is the Governor's Council. The Counsellors are all creatures of the Governor ; and they sat in council not to examine the Bills that were sent to deem, but to concur in the acts of the Governor. Of these Counsellors, consisting of twenty-seven gentlemen, seventeen hold places tinder the Government at plea sure. These seventeen divide amongst themselves 15,0001. of the public money, which is not a small sum in a coun try where one thousand pounds a year is a large income of a country gentleman. I omit the Bishop, who is, perhaps, rather inclined to authority, but of a pacific character. The nine remaining Counsellors were worn out hy opposing the seventeen, and at present have with drawn from attending its deliberations; and two of them, being the most considerable landowners of the province, were among the eubscribere to the petition. Under these circumstances I appeal to the House if the Canadians are not justified in considering the very existence of this Coun cil as a Constitutional grievance? (Hear, hear.) It has been said by the Hon. Member, that there no aristocracy formed in the province, though, according to Mr. Peel's Bill, one was to have been formed. It is aot possible that this part of his plan could ever be carried into execu tion :an aristocracy, Sir, cannot be created--it is the creature of time and opinion, and is not formed by law.— There is no aristocracy formed ; but men of superior qua lifications get an influence over the people, and they form a species of aristocracy iliffering from an aristocracy by birth and descent, but supplying the materials out which a Constitutional Senate may he constructed. Such an aristocracy there is in Canada ; but they are excluded from the Council by the Governor, and those not connected with the Government are not elected Members of the Council. This was a serious grievance, and the very ex istence of such a Council to the Crown its such a country was one of the prime grievance; of the people. There are then two specific classes of grievances complained of by the Canadians—the first is, the continued hostility to all the projected measures of the Assembly by the Governor ; and the second is, the use he makes of a Council to oppose- them. This is the ground on which inquiry and change are demanded, but these are things which his Majesty's Government might have remedied. On reviewing the whole question, and the remedy for all the evils, the only practical remedy which I see is to intro duce more discretion into the Councils of the Administra don of the Province. I should listen with respect to any distinct and specific circumstances requiring an alteration ; but I have heard nothing from the Right Hon. Gentleman this evening which a better temper might not have averted. If such circumstances were stated, I should ask what share ter them falls to the Constitution, and what to the person of the Governor and to the Administration? Three are grave questions, Sir, and the Right lion. Gentleman wonld do well to examine them more closely, and give a clear answer to them, before he puts the Constitution of two Provinces on its trial. I should like to hear first, an account of the specific evils ; secondly, what share of them is due to personal failures, and what to faults in the Constitution. The Right Hon. Gentleman had addressed himself to the feelings of the House, not with a view to eerite our sympathy for the petitioners, but to interest its in behalf of the English inhabitants of Canada; and he has made, in several parts of his speech, allusions to the English settlers in that country, as if they were oppressed by the natives. But I :sale what law has been passed by the Assembly of Lower Canada that is unjust towards English settlers? What law applied distinctly to them? As a remedy, was it proposed or intended to change the repreeentation ? The English inhabitants of Lower Canada, who must be the foundation of such a change, amount to 80,000 ; and what ineeence or what power can they have against upwards of 400,000 natives or Canadians, who are poeuseed of all the land and property of the country? The English settlers, with some few exceptions, are col lected in towns; and they consist, in a great measure, of merchants, or the e v ents of merchants. They are very ' respectable persons, I have tee doubt ; but would it not be the height of injustice to give them that influence which the Canadians, from their number and Forty, might to possess? file, when I hear of an inquiry on account of measures necessary to protect the English settlers, li am sorry—l greatly larstet that any such language should be used ; and I should regard it as a very bad symptom of the House were disposed to treat as a favoured race, as a ruling cede, any body of men, and look on them as placed in one of our' Colonies to watch over the rest of rise inha bitants. Shall we have an English Colony in Canada separate front the rest of the inhabitants? Shall the Eng lish be a favoured bo d y ? M i ele they have different privi.. leges? Shall they have a sympathy with English interests and Proteeeent ascendancy?—(Hear, hear.)—lend shall we deal out to then: Kim , years of misery, as we had dealt out to Ireland. from haying in that country an English Co lony with English sympatislee and English interests? Let as not, in God's name, introduce such curses into another region. Let the policy of the counts - et he, to give to all classes equitable law an 4 equal justice; wee let it not be supposed that ,the native Canadians are subjects less dear in the estimation of the House, less entitled to be considered su b j ects of the King, or less entitled to the protection of the law, than ;he English inhabitants. The House should carefully avoid any allneion to the dif ference between two bodies of men. If 'equal lleyeenment gives to those who possess the most property, and who are the majority in a country, .'he greatest share of p olitical power, what right have the miecrity to complain? This is not -whet Mr. Pitt's plan sketched out : and if civil li berty and political power be not attached to numbers and wealth, the people gen only hold them by the preceerjous tenure of the pleasure of their rulers. I consider the least hint about different races—he least notion of the two classes being different people—as ,extrereely dangerous.— As to Upper Canada, the plans and etaterneete of the Right Hon. Gentleman appear to me very scanty of iefterinedose, and do not point oat, as is usual in proposing such a Com , seelttee, what is to be the termination of the change pro posed. Accarding to common sears?, e.bey should see the way to the termination of their labours before they engaged in them ; but neither the claims of the Right Honou:sible. Gen tleman to have a Commeteee, had been justified, nor lied his plans been clearly developed. I should have wished him to have beer, more explicit. The eight Hon. Gen ' tleman bed throws out two or three plans; b.rt he has found objections to thene all, To the plan for the udisee of the two provinces, there ere ecs aitny and such 'sewer fill objections, that I think the measure will not speedily tom e to a conclusion. The proposed meneere of 1822 ba d Kee ited alarm, and made all the Colonies of Great lain look with anxiety and mistrust to the Councils of the Mother Country• The union proposed in 1822 was in tended to wea ken the bietereees of th by an issfeteen from U pper C ana d a; ellouse of Assembly L in o L i o t w s e ee r m9 Gentklgto felt that this impracticable, was not ractica' s Bill, and plan, if not .P Canada,that he Right HOn. e be As as much 'ride pendent as the As eembly of Upper Canadal a P these discussi ons were senibly of Lowes Ca nada. I have heard of so me o f t h e i r measures — a n Alien 1 3 iii , Catholic Bill, a Jury m anaged. with as much s p irit as thort ef en Assembly Bill for Regulating the fre e s; which I will us spy is better, but which has the geerl for tune to be their superiors. The Right Hon. Gent. has also eeeken of separating the Eng:ieb settlers ; but he is as little ep has a great many eatisfied with this plan as the other', objections. I pot know the merits of the* P : ‘2. , ?sures— I do not see nsy way to tees end ,of the dispute--aed ainl ? : tile wisest measures would he these that are least boastful —to seas out a temperate Governor, with full instructions to be candid, and supply him with an adrainieerativeCoun ell, that slicsuld know and consult the opinion of the better classes of the people, which should introduce such reforms as would be necessary to pet an end to the disputes, and [dove 3 better spirit into the Administration than it h:!,,7 known for the last ten years. In Upper. Canada, the people I were much much disappointed by the immense grants of land made to the Church of England, and the reserves kept for it are for a Church which is not of the religion of the majority of the people. Such endowments may be held sacred when long made, and where the law has long known them ; but I do not see the propriety of now mak ' ing such endowments for a Church that is not of the reli gion of the people ; nor do I understand the regula tions which have been made for the New College of Upper Canada. I see with astonishment that in this country, where the majority of the people do not belong to the Church of England, the Professors must all subscribe the Thirty-nine Articles; so that if Dr. Adam Smith were alive, he could not fill the Professor's Chair of Political Economy; and if Dr. Black were alive, he would be excluded from the Chair of Che mistry. In short, these regulations would have excluded all the great teachers of the last age, had they been then in existence. Ido not know what will be the conse quence; but a great part of the settlers in Canada came from the United States of America—from that land of liberty in which the intrusion of law into the domain of religious liberty is never suffered. It is a bad augury, I think, for the Administration of the Colony, that opinions, pr e v a _ lent at the distance of some thousands of miles, should be the foundation of the Charter of the New College; and • it is still worse that if those opinions be only the opinions of a faction, we cannot interpose to correct the injustice. I have not formed a final opinion—l am not bound to any form of proceeding ; but I ars satisfied that the maxims of general Colonial policy I have stated must he acted on, and they are consistent with reason and national policy as well as justice. [The Right Hon. and Learned Gentle man sat down amidst considerable applause]. Mr. WILMOT HORTON said, that the last part of the Right Hon. Gentleman's speech furnished a convincing argument for going into the Committee. He complained of the Church reserves, and they could not be otherwise appropriated without altering the 31st of the King. The Right Hon. Gentleman had complained of the measure for a Union in 1822 ; and the Right Hon. Gentleman, said the Canadians: were taken by surprise. But the measure for the Union was not brought forward unexpectedly ; and though certainly opposed when brought forward, he had reason to think beforehand that it would not be. He would then advert to a circumstance such as he had never before adverted to, and such as he hoped never again to advert to. But an Hon. Gentleman, not then a Member of that House, but now Member for Coventry, assured me in writing (said Mr. Horton), that he and all the Members of his political opinion, would not oppose the measure, and would not do any thing to prevent its being carried. I still possess in writing these assurances, and they are most ener getic ; and I consider that no man was ever worse personally used than I was. It was as great an instance of baseness as ever was shewn. Ido not say this in my own judgment, bat on the declaration made to me by others—(hear) — and I therefore stand acquitted. The Right Hon. Mem ber then went on to say, that Upper Canada having no seaport, could receive no supplies but through Lower Canada, and that in the project for making Upper Canada independent, this was forgotten. There was a necessity to lay down some principles for the government of the Co lonies, so that the House and country should see uniformity in the plans. It was his wish to see all the Colonies gradually Anglicised; and he was not ashamed to confess that he thought that would he the best means of preserv ing them. The Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman ad verted to three points, which he hal treated rather with wit than argument. The question was, whether the French law spread over the whole surface of the Colony ? One Hon. Gentleman might he of opinion that it ought to extend over the whole Colony—another might be of a different one ; but the settling of this question was one of the principal difficulties that now presented itself, and one on which hie Right Hon. Friend: had come to: ask the as sistance and advice of that House, in bringing it to a satisfac tory adjustment. Another great difficulty on the subject of property arose from the number of Public Notaries in Canada. There were 250 Public Notaries in Lower Ca nada ; and such was the present state of the law, from the secrecy which the Notary was obliged to keep, and from the general defects of the law itself, that any person might execute a mortgage, without the mortgagee being able sa tisfactorily to ascertain whether or not the mod gasor had any property to warrant him in executing the mortgage.— This led to great confusion, and was a subject that requirA attentive revision and alteration. He did not blame the Canadians for adhering to the system of laws to which I they bad been lo'ng accustomed ; but the British Govern ment had an interest to consult, and a duty to perform, in endeavouring to introduce—as far as with propriety and safety could be done—the principles of the British Consti tution and of British law. He deprecated any disposition to separate the native inhabitants from the English settlers, and was desirous to see the benefit of impartial law ex tended to the whole Colony. But he must express his dis sent from a proposition which seemed to receive the sanc tion of the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman (Sir James Mackintosh), namely, that the Mother Country should not, as was complained of in the petition, impose any tax upon the Colonies : he could not assent to such a position.— Again, with respect to the complaint that the Assembly of Lower Canada had not a sufficient controul over the expenditure of the Revenue—that they had not a suffi cient cognizance of the appropriation of the money. This he could not admit. Ihe whole of the accounts were laid before the Assembly in the fullest detail. There was a reservation of an appropriation of a sum of money for the maintenance of the Civil List. This was the only portion of the expenditure, reserved by a former Act of Parlia ment, over which the House of Assembly had not a certain controul; and because this was not also submitted to their controul, they doggedly refused to exercise their constitu tional superintendence over the other items of the revenue. The sajary of the Judges was a payment, and the renewal of it from year to year might be very agreeable to the feel ings of Members of the House of Assembly, as it afforded an opportunity of removing Judges whose conduct may have been obnoxious to the wishes of that body; but it appeared to him more consistent with sound justice, that the Judges should be permanent, and their salaries fixed. This was a subject, among many others, which might well engage the attention of the Committee, for which his Right Hon. Friend had moved, and which he readily sup ported. He concluded by expressing his earnest assent to the proposition of his Right Hon. Friend. Mr. STANLEY said, that after the clear and highly satisfactory statement of his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Hus kisson), and after the able, comprehensive, and Statesman like commentary of his Right Hon. and Learned Friend (Sir J. Mackintosh), there was but a very narrow ground for observation afforded to him. The subject was one of as great importance as could well occupy the attention of the Legislature. The occasion was one of no less im portance than this-,s.that his Majesty's Ministers thought it expedient to appeal to the House of Commons of England as arbitrators in a case in which the Crown was a party on one side, and the people a party on the other. His Majesty's Government appeared anxious to divest itself of the responsibility that attached to it, and to transfer that responsibility to Parliament. This was the purport of the proposition which the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. fluskisson), the Minister especially eatrneted with the charge of the Colonies, made to the House that night, The iron. Member proceeded to advert to the events which occurred in at the first cession of Canada, and the subsequent ACts of 1774 , and 1791, in the last of which years it might be said, that Canada received the charter the 1 w which she claimed the a dvanta g es and p r i vile g es, pf avhich formed some of the gro und s of ceroPi3int The contained in the r titions presented to the House. Hon. Gentleman next adverted to the differences between the English settlers at the eariy SePtielnent of the Colony under the British Government, and read a passage from a letter addressed by a Monsieur Pelier, who teak a leading part on behalf of the ancient French inhabitants of Canada, to Sir Malcolm Fraser, who this took an interest on behalf of the Eng li s h Settlers. In letter a curious description of the s t ate of the Colony at this period wail given, and it contained a propesal that two thirds of the House of iesembly should be composed of the ancient inhabitants ; and he assi g ne d a s a reason to justify this peoppeal.-,a very curious one—namely, that the abilithty and the talents of the Engl ish m en w ere so soperior, at they would easily win over the eutifrages of the eemaiping portion of the Assembly.--(A laugh.)--,Having detailed the various proceedings which took place in the early esta blishment of the Colony, the Hon. Member stated that the Noniets now applied to the British Legislature as the sunamum jug, fee the redress of the evils which had grown up under time system whli4l We had given to them the representation, the state of 'the law ;*elic!cting property, and the financial mismanagement of the revenue of the Colony—three points of the utmost importance. -- Ii a the whole subject would he fully discussed in the Comusit!xe ; for, if he understood the scope of the Inquiry, it was to go ietu 111 the questions affected by the Act of 1791. He would not enter farther into it at the • present moment, e x ce pt to express 1 . els hope, that; the lloese would carefully guard Canada against the evils which religions dissensions already - had produced in this country—(hear),—and in Ireland—(cheers),---where they had examples to teach them what to shtin.—(Cheers.) -- If ever the Canadas separated from this country, as they mmt some day or other in the ordiniry course of things, it was in our power still to 'retain their friendship ; but on '~ the result of the deliberations of Parliament tkis year de pended that power.—(Cheers.) Mr. HUME concurred almost entirely in what had fah' len from the Right Mon. Gentleman (Sir J. Mackintosh) who had so ably and eloquently addressed the House. His Majesty's Government was the cause of all the ferment that had taken place in Canada, and they still had it in their power to remedy the evils they had produced ; but instead of meeting the difficulty fairly and boldly, they had called on that House to protect them. This was a mark of weakness in the Government which he was sorry to see ; a proof of want of confidence in themselves. He had long witnessed with pain the conduct of the Colonial Depart ment, which was any thing but friendly towards the Colo nists. If Canada was the only Colony that complained, he might suppose there was some peculiar disposition on the part of the Canadians to quarrel with Governmant. But there was no Colony under the British Crown which was not in the same situation, except Nova Scotia. There was not another Colony which had not been uttering loud and deep complaints for years without obtaining any satisfactory re dress. It was scarcely credible, but it appeared that while the discussions were going en last Session, in which the general opinion of the Nouse was expressed against the introduction of religious dissensions into the Colonies, and the Right Hon. Gentleman himself had stated that it was desirable to prevent any one sect from acquiring an ascendancy, the ink was scarcely dry on that Charter which had created animo sity and alarm throughout the Colonies. He had reason to believe that his Majesty's Government had been much im posed upon by Dr. Strachan, whose statements had been completely exposed by the petition he had presented yester day, signed by 8000 Christians of all denominations. That Rev. Gentleman had, aroused all classes by his aspersions upon them. He had thrown out the most vague accusa tions and suspicions respecting their fidelity and loyalty, and had especially addressed his calumnies to the Royal ear.— After stating in corroboration of his assertion many of the Rev. Doctor's mis-representations, the Hon. Member con cluded by advising Government no longer to treat the Colo nies as conquered provinces, but rather as integral parts of the country, whose welfare they were bound to promote. Mr. WARBURTON was anxious that one part of the duty of the proposed Committee should be to set at rest all doubts respecting the tithes of the Loyalist% Mr. S. WORTLEY expressed his complete concurrence in the appointment of a Committee. Mr. BARING said that his Majesty's Government seemed to have got into a maze of difficulties, which diffi culties, however, were in his opinion to be traced to their conduct, however good the intentions no doubt were with which they acted. It was indispensable to adopt some system which might conciliate the Canadians. Mr. W. MORTON explained. A MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, was re juiced at the appointment of the Committee. Mr. Secretary lIUSKISSON said that what he was most anxious to do was, to endeavour, if possible, to con ciliate all parties. To effect that, the most prudent and judicious course which it seemed practicable to adopt with reference to so delicate and important a subject, was to re fer it to the consideration of a Select Committee. His. Hon. and Learned Friend, the Member for Knaresborough, had in some degree advocated the cause of the population of L3wer Canada ; and in doing so had, like an advocate, in troduced much misrepresentation. He had also to complain of his Hon. and Learned Friend, and of the Hon. Member for Aberdeen, that they both very fluently recommended to his Majesty's Ministers to put an end to all the existing diffi culties, by immediately conceding every possible demand of the Canadian Legislature. But, was the conduct of that Legislature such as to justify such a concession. The fact, that in a petition from 87,000 persons there were only 9,000 names signed, the rest being marks, was a lamentable proof of the little attention which had been paid to the people of Canada by its Legislature. His Hoe. and Learned Friend deprecated the employment of force in the settlement of the existing disputes. Nothingcould be fur ther from his intention. If it were desirable, it would not be possible. Neither force nor any other improper means would be resorted to. The motion was then agreed to, and the following Se lect Committee was according appointed : Iluskisson, Rt. Hon. Fitzgerald, Rt.Mn.V. Fitzgerald, M. W. Stanley, Hon. E. Loch, T. Wynn,Right Hon.C. Wortley, Hon.J. S. Campbell, Archibald Lewis, T. F. Gower, Lord F. L. Fazakerley, J. N. Bourne, Rt. Hn. S. Baring, B. Wallace, T. Tindal, Sir N. Denison, E. J. Sandon, Viscount Macintosh. Sir J. Villiers, T. H. Labouchere, H. Horton, Rt. Hon. W The other Orde len disposed of, and at One o'clock ,ouse adjourned ti' Monday. OF THIRTY-NI: " That it is expedient pointed over the ow] toted by the Crow] Customs and Excise Baring, A. Baring, F. Baring, Sir T. Bentinck, Lord 0. Bernal, R. Birch, J. Cradock, Col. Caulfield, Mon. If. Dawson, A. Eisthope, J. Euston, Earl of Fergusson, Sir R. Jordan, R. .ISH STOC ' ?KICKS OF LH flank Stock Consols, 3 percent. Gov. Stock, 3% par cent 93g, Ditto, New..., 92% t per Cent .......... Gov. Deb. 3ti per cant. 94t4 Royal Canal Stock -- Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent ... 86 Ballast Office Deb. 4 D. ct. MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 9 minutes after 5.1 Evening —35 minutes after 5. c ,„ LONDON, sATITADAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1828. Our readers will perceive that the House of Com mons, and particularly the Dissenting interest there, had the wisdom to accept the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, with the alterations made by the House of Lords. Any other course would have bespoken insanity. In moving for a Select Committee to inquire into the condition of the Canadas. Mr. HustassoN made a speech worthy of his fame; and glad are we to see that " Richard is himself again." Mr. LABOUCHERE followed, and received the well-earned prises of Sir JA.stEs MACKINTOSH for a speech of " great talent and information," Sir JAMES MAC KINTOSH, of course, was eloquent; but want of space constrains us to conclude. The Gazette de France 91' Thursday confirms the account which we gave two days ago, that the Turks , are using great exertions to increase their armies, and that the PACIIA of Bosnia had raised a levy of 12,00 i) men to he forwarded to the Danube, The declaration of Russia, issued on the 22d February, is said to have been received in London on the 12th of March, and that the answer of our Government was expresssly that England accepted the assurance of the Russian Government that it has no views of conquest—and further declaring that, remaining neutral, it would abide with France in eccuting the Treaty of London. FRENCH FUNDS, APRIL 30.—Five per Cents. 102 f. 60c. ; Three per Cents., 70f. ; Bank Stock, 1,485 f. ; Neapolitan Rentes, Cor. Fal. 76f. 45e. ; Ditto French, 76f. 5Ge. ; Roy4l Spanish Loan, 71 1-3 d ; Exchange on Lon don--one month, paper, 251. 20e. ; money, 25f. 20c. ; three months, paper, 25f. 15 . c. ; money, 25f. A Jamaica Courant of the 19th of March (one (lay later than our last adviles) has been received at the North and South American Cotire-house• It s of the Day were ti Lis morning the H, OF THE MINOR 4E, ON M. D. W. HAW. , that an efficient con igin and conduct of a n for the recovery of e Laws." Grosvenor, lion. R. Maberly, W. L Hume, Joseph Palmer, C. Fyshe Heneage, G. F. ' Russell, Lord Wm Heathcote, R. E. Rickford, W. Hcoxick, Lord Smith, NV. Lennard, T. B. Sykes, D. Lumley, J. S. Stuart, Villiers Marjonbanks, S. IWilson, Sir R. Milbank, M. Wood, J. Marshall, W. Western, C. C. Mona, J. B. Warburton, 11. Martin, J. Wrottesley, Sir J. Maxwell, John Waithman, Ald. 'FA'S manses, trout should be sp ill proceeding; insti ' penalties under the :3.-.--DUBLPII, APRIL 30. St. Patrick lusur. (per sh.) Royal Witt Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto ... ....... ifibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Im_perial Mine Milling Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings ,NGE YESTERDAY. COURSE OF EXCR Amsterdam C.F.12 3 Ditto, at sight 12 If Rotterdam 2U. 12 31 Antwerp 12 3i Hamburgh M. B. 13 131 Altona 13 131 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. 25 415 Bordeaux 25 70 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex.M.1501 Petersburg'', rble... 3 Us. 10 Vienna, effective H. 2M. 10 3 Trieste do. Madrid 35% Cadiz 3 535 Bilboa Barcelona 'l5 Seville 35 Gibraltar 46 Leghorn 4BM Genoa 25 50 Venice 46 Malta Naples RIN Palermo per oz. 118 Lisbon 4 6 14 Oporto 46 Rio Janeiro 3O Bahia 35 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork 134 BULLION, PER OZ. .f. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver. bars. standard 0 4 fq • a • contains notting that is interesting, but confirms the ,arrival. of ,),t,Ndmiral LA BORDE in the Guerrero, 74, with two frigates and two corvettes,'at St. Jago, on the 10th, from a cruize on the Spanish Main. The fleet sailed from thence on the 12th, supposed for the Havannah. We received this morning Frankfort Papers of the 26th ult., but they contain no news—merely speculating upon probabilities, which are of less value, as we have ao room to indulge in them. Letters from the Havannah of the 17th of March have been received. They contain ne news. The premium on Bills in England has fallen to 11 12 per cent., being a decline of one per cent. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MAY 2.—Wind E.,-Arrived the Minerva, Probyn, from India; Vittoria, from Honduras. Arrived from London the Fortitude, Butcher, for Barbadoes ; Christopher, Knight, for Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 2.—Wind E.—Sailed the Wood ford, Milbank, for New South Wales; and Amity trans port, for Halifax. Arrived the Gambia, from Jamaica. FALMOUTH, MAY I.—Wind E.—Arrived off the Port, the Planter, Gunn, from Demerara. Sailed the Aurora, Thomas, for St. Übea. PLYMOUTH, MAY I.—Wind E —Arrived the Saucy Jack, Hippinstall, from London to Calcutta ; African steam-vessel, from Sierra Leone. Off the Port, Dolphin, from Rio Janeiro. Sailed the Mountaineer, Clarke, for Teneriffe. The Kellie Castle, Lull], front China, has arrived off the Start, sailed the 26th of December, and St. Helena the 19th of March ; also the Percy, Sayers, from St. Vincent. The Woodriffe, Sims, from China, has been spoken with, and brings intelligence of the death of Sir Wm. Fraser. Arrived off the Wight, the Fair Arcadian, Willis, from Demerara. Arrived at St. Helena, the Joseph, Christopherson, from Bengal ; and the Cambrian, Blyth, from Bombay. Arrived off Portland, the Erveretta, Honduras. _ Arrived'at Scilly, the Recovery, Chapman, from Bombay. The Ludwing, Fulew, from Liverpool to St. Peters burgh, was stranded the 4th ult. on Gothland, and was full of water. THE FUNDS-(TMIS DAY). CITY, TWELVE 0' CLOCK. Consols closed yesterday at 854 1, and opened this morn ing at the same rate ; have been done at 851 for Tuesday, and 4 for the Account, but are at present at their first price, with very little business doing. India Bonds are 97 9, and Exchequer Bills 64 5 pm. The Foreign Funds seem inactive. Russian Bonds have been heavy, from the state of the Consol market, and are 884 9. Three per Cept. Consols, 854 4 ; Ditto, for the Ac count, 85 4; India Bonds, 97 9 pin.; Exchequer Rills, 64 5 premium. Forialux.—Austrian, 92 3; Brazilian, 601 1; Buenos Ayres, 36 8 ; Chilian, 251 61 ; Colombian, 231 4 ; Danish, 59/ 60; Greek, 161 171; Mexican, Five per Cent., 254 61 ; Mexican, Six per Cent., 341 5 ; Pe ruvian, 231 4 i ; Portuguese, 614 21 ; Russian, 88/ 91 ; Spanish, 111 Muss.—Anglo Mexican, 70 671 dia. ; Brazilian, 44 6. pm. ; Bolivar, 4 3 dis. ; Colombian, 6/ 51 dis. ; Real Del Monte, 50 30 dia. ; United Mexican, 24/ Si die. ; General Mining Association, 104 114 pm. TWO O'CLOCK. The Consol market improved, and the price reached 851 buyers, but it has since gre back to the previous quotation, 8511. THREE 0' CLOP CS. 85i I, FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 85i- Ditto Account 151 -I-. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. lIICZENS V. CONCIREVE. The Court was occupied the whole of the day with hear ing Counsel in this Appeal, the facts of which are fully before the public. VISE-CHANeELLOR'S COURT. BLIGH V. MORLAND. His HONOUR. gave judgment in this cause, and refused to decree a specific performance of the coatract.--.The bill was dismissed with costs. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. The, Judges sat in their respective Courts, this morning, until twelt e o'clock, when they adjourned into the Exche quer Chamber, where Counsel were heard in arrest of the judgment upon Gahm, who was convicted of murder, at the late Assizes for the county of Somerset. The argu ments were not concluded when our 'paper went to press. ARCHES COURT. COUNTESS OF PORTSMOUTH V. THE EARL OF PORTSMOLITM, ACTING BY HIS COMMITTEE. Dr. PICKARD, as second Counsel for Lord Portsmouth, addressed the Court in au able speech, recapitulating the leading circumstances of this case, which are already fami liar to the public. The Duke of CLARENCE, the Duke of Cum- BERLAND, and the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, visited hia MAJESTY yesterday. The Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER, attended by Colonel HIGGINS, paid a visit yesterday morn ing to the Duke of CUMBERLAND, at his apartments in the KING's Palace, St. James's. Their Royal Highnesses, ac companied by the Duke of CUMBERLAND, and his son Prince GEORGE (who was attended by his preceptor, the Rev. Mr. JELF), proceeded to the Royal Academy, Somerset house, where Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE, the President, and other Officers of the Academy, received the Royal party, and conducted them through the whole of the exhibition. The Duchess of CLARENCE honoured the performance of Il Don Giovanni, at the Italian Opera house on Thursday evening with her presence. The Duke of SUSSEX visited the Princess AUGUSTA yesterday, at her residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. The PRINCESS continues in the same favour able state towards recovery. Prince LEOPOLD arrived at Marlborough.. house, Pall-mall, yesterday, from his seat at Claremont. Prince GEORGE of Cumberland, attended by Sir GEORGE QUENTIN, Colonel Tuonserox, and the Rev. Mr. JELF, visited the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, yes terday afternoon. A variety of evolutions were performed by the boys of the Institution for the gratification of his Royal Highness. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, yesterday afternoon, which was at 'Cliar.aLS:scrGetaarAyNT, the CHANCELLOR of the P Mr. Secretary H s at tended by the Duke of WELLINGTON, t E arIsBATHUIt u ST : and Mr. HERRIES. The Ministers assembled DUDLEY, and ABERDEEN, Viscount MELVILLE, Lord EL 'clock, with the exception of the CHAN % CELLOR and Mr. Ilxams, soon F Ecs Cs L a o, rao la t ca o olui u fEit o t wR. 1. EXCHEQUER who did not join the Cabinet till half-past three, having been engaged at the Finance Committee. The Council broke up about a quarter before five. Prince POLIGNAC, the French Ambassador, and the Marquis de PALMELLA, the Portuguese Ambassa dor, had interviews yesterday with the Duke of WEL UNGTON. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office, Downing-street, from Col. Dmixasi, at Sierra Leone. The despatches were brought by a domestic of the late Major CLaremtTost. Prince EsTERHAzY, the Austrian Ambas sador, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-offi(T• A highly respectable deputation front the city of Londonderry waited on his Excellency the Loan LIEU TENANT at twelve o'clock on Saturday, w ith a eongratula tory Address. The following persons conapoyda part of the deputation.--The Bishops of MEAT H EH KILMORE, the PROVOST. Colonel BLACKER, Archdeacon of DUALIN, Alderman ScaoAx.Es, Alderman W. Rolm; Messrs. JosrEs, WALK Ea„ W. JOKES, SCHOALES, 5141("Y9 BOYD, CHAM BERS, FERGUSON, TORRENS, SNEYD, and BRUCE.—Dub lin Evening Post. The Earl of CHESTERFIELD, at hi s au dit a t Bingham, on the 2 1 st a nd 22d ult. returned 15 p er cent. of the rents te his nume rous tenants.—,Notti ng h am Rev i ew . G r eat progress has been made in the interior of the superb m a nsion e rected for th e D u k e o f LEINSTER, near the Among the contemplated pv , e a Carl tot} r s tan t opened from Cockspur-street, leadi ng t o St. James's Park, and to his AtsJesrk''c Palace, at Pimlico. improvements, o ra site en t of s C v on H9"de. there is to b e a grand avenue THE ARMY. The 64th, or 2d Staffordshire Regiment of Foot, has r e. moved from Buttevant to Galway. The 69th, or South Lincolnshire Regiment of FO t ' has removed from Mullingar to Castlebar. The Depot of the 39th, or Dorsetshire Regiment fi Foot, has removed from Chatham to Tilbury Fort. Dew on Company of the Royal Artillery embarked at Dew on the 26th ult. for Corfu, to relieve a Detachment of SI S i same Corps, which has been stationed there upwards three years. The Depot of the 72d, or the Dule of Albany's O Highlanders, has removed from Armagh to Newry. of A Detachment from the Depot of the 33d Regimen t Foot landed in Jamaica on the 17th March last, to join service Companies stationed in that Island. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. J There was a good supply at this morning's market, oft, the trade was dull. Strawberries were cheaper than e this day se'nnight ; in prices of other things little alterati'l 5.. i. 5. d. s. d. ''' 0 Potatoes (per cwt.) ... 26t0 5 61 Sninage (half-sieve) 0 6 tOl j Cabbages cl 2 heads)... 1 0 2 0 Cabbage Lettuces l3 A 0 Horseltadish (bundle) (6 3 6 Apples, Common 3 6 ,:`, 0 Celery 1 0 1 6 Ditto, Choice 0 0 n 0 Forced Asparagus .... 2 0 5 0 Sweet Oranges (100) 6 0 ,'", 0 l Brocoli Rhubarb 0 6 1 0 Lemons l2 U tt 0 Carrots (12 bunches) 4 0 7 0 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 5 0 J; 0 Turnips Young Onions 1 0 2 0 French Walnuts 3 0 0 Coleworts or Greens .1 0 2 0 Sisanish liazlenuts 4 0 '6 Leeks 0 6 1 0 Grapes (per lb.) ........ 1 6 i Turnip Radishes 0 9 1 0 BrecoliSprouts (bush.)o 6 0 Sea Kail (pummet) 0 9 1 6 Cos Lettuces (score).. 1 9 ' i Strawberries 4 0 6 0 Radishes (doz.) 06, HAY '.MARKETS.—(AI ST. JA X. a. X. I .owland Itioad. Hay 3 5 to 4 5 Upland Ditto 4 0 5 0 Rye-grass Hay 4 0 5 0 A good supply, and a aluggis t per Load of 36 Trusses.) ,ME9'S. Is X. S. 4't) Clover May 4 OLe P d Oat Straw llO lis Wheat Ditto ll4 1 i trade, at 'Thursday's 0100' SMITHFIELD. £. a. X. a. Lowland Mead.Hay3 oto 3 15 Upland Ditto 315 4 15 Ityelrass Hay 415 415 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Supply limited, and trade .f. a. Cloy. Hay generally 4 10 to,, is Do. extra tine 0 0 li Oat Straw llO I, pi Wheat Ditto.... 1 12, * lull; prices as feat FISII-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. The market this day exhibited a plentiful supply of I: but the greater portion was of an inferior description, t whole, however, was in tolerable requisition, and bro u g" moderate prices. LONDON MARKETS, MAY 2. PLANTATION SUGARS.-There has been a plentifall: ply of the low and middling qualities at market this W but the buyers have shown very little disposition to r i ; chase, further than for their immediate wants, althoill these descriptions could be purchased on rather lower VI. than last week. There continue to be arrivals abo u daily, and the Stock in the West In.lia Docks, which r" some months past has been very considerably less, in 0 P 1 ; parison with the Stock of the year previous, is now ) about 450 casks less ; still the scarcity of the good and ,m; qualities continues ; and the Merchants have realized r so t r an advance in the prices of these descriptions. The P lie sales of Mauritius Sugar brought forward this on, have consisted of 9553 bags, the greater part of the lo vi m fine brown qualities, which were principally sold to n shippers at a reduction of 6d. to Is. in prices : the On, and fine qualities offered went off very briskly, and an r . vance of Is. was in some instances paid. Delivered last week from West India Docks, 2,280 bbd on hand in Weal India Docks (on the 28th o lf ' ) 0,4t05 0 hhds. 1,304 trs. 3 1 3t 5 r e4 s k . Stock on hand in West India Docks (on 30th P l ' 1827), 11,196 hhds. 911 trs. Foiteicti SUG ARS.—The i lderfland appears to have , . siderably abated ; a small parcel Brazils was offered on 'l'` day by public sale, consisting of yellow and low to WW, white soft qualities, but the priices obtained barely ported the previous quotations ; to-day 600 chests Hs' nah of the middling to good white descriptions were brodo, forward, but all bought in, the offers for them being very,,. /° • REFIRRD SUGAR/L.—There has been considerable -111 '1 , ness done quietly this week in the low goods at the q*St tions, and very few parcels now remain unsold i.aL; market ; in crashed there has been scarcely any thing 6°— " purchases could he made on rather advantageous the fine description of goods remain without alteretia ll ' t i,e COFFER.—This Market is in a very languid state t _,A present time, and although the quantity offered this has again been very small, the prices of some deeeeipr have not been maintained : only 390 casks Plantaol have been brought forward by public tale: a small p a rceL unusually fins Jamaica brought from 82s. to 85s. ; a ' 0 lots of ordinary coloury Brazil, in casks, sold 451. 465. on Tuesday. Delivered last week from West India Docks, 494 Cd' s 1,658 Bags, &c. Stock on hand in West India Docks (on 28th sot' 9,653 Casks, 87,848 Bags, &c. Stock on band in West India Docks (en 30th x". 611 1827), 9,807 Casks, '77,660 Bags, &c. FRUlT.—There is scarcely any alteration to be ooti cr this week : the common descriptions continue to be ts*.a off at the quotations. _ Rum.—There is still a good demand for Rums at It'' highest prices lately given. . tY SPICES.—There is not quite so much activity 11 1 r; 0 0 articles coming under this head as a week since. " -P i moo and Cloves are, however, firm. There is s betoo demand for Pepper, and Pimento obtains with free" the former quotations. The bunco market is heavy, the accoun t* o e specting the crop being so extremely favourable , r... 00 having been got at the date of the last accounts 'O4 Calcutta than at the same period for two or three rod previously. The demand for Indigo at Hamburgi t .b ir other Continental ports was brisk, and some large 'fropi ments to the former are now made. The deliverie the Company's warehouse in the last seven days have very considerable. . Weor.s.—,The arrival of Wool from Van Die ° l4 Land and New South Wales have been pretty large_;, week, but from Hamhurgh only a small quantity has ved this week. The holders of British Wools. are di e ' erred at the declaration of the Duke of Wellington that enquiry into the subj ec t o f a p ro t ec ti ng duty would nc' t entered into, with a view to increasing the duty on:or importation of Foreign Wool, unless a very strong was made out. *1 0 1. RUSSIAN PRODUCE.—The accounts by the m ai- i f morning from St. Petersburgh are not later than then e ,. l ,ll ceived by the steam boat yesterday afternoon. The 'll/ letters from the Russian Capital are to the 14th 'tit:, Tallow bad slightly recovered from the previous asPv o sion, and was at 98 rubles for contract, and 102 the spot. The total quantity purchased since the hutol in was near 60,000 casks. In the market this morning p ef few bargains have been made at from 38s. 6d. to 5 914 p cwt. with a heavy appearance. The best Hemp a s ge , Petersburgh was at 101 rubles, and inferior at 95 114 '0 Flax was not in demand. The Exchange on Londo n o ir 10d. 5-32. The deliveries:of Tallow last week were sually small. The,. 91 .SALTPETRE.--This market continues heavy. liveries since this day week have amounted to upgr''`, f 4,000 cwt. Some shipping orders for refined go o d 0 ceived a short time since having been completed, e P is barely 245. per cwt. DirEwoons remain in good demand. The Corrox m arket has shewn rather less activitY during the last fo rt n i ght , but prices are firm. la public sale of Surats will take place this afternoon. - A Confirmation of the Death of Cap e CLarrEnsos, by the arrival of his servant, is fully in the LITERARY GAZETTE (No. 589) Of THIS DASI etS i or a l so contains an int eres ti ng statement of the latest a cc° ;, of Fernando Po (the new Settlement on the Coast of Afri ..• Reviews of Sir Walter Scott's "Discourses, by a Layono, H a iji Baba in England ; Sadler's Ireland ; Private 1:4 of the Royal A ca d emy ; and a variety of other WOO'? matters, Publi s h e d every Saturday, by W. A. 7, Wellington street, Strand, and 7, South Moulton.at price Bd. ; or stamped (for country circulation by 1 9 price Is. BIRTHS. On the 26th ult. at the Royal Circus, Edinburgh, Iv Lamont, jun. of Knockdow, of a son and heir. Co l ' At Balgarvie, on the 22d ult. the lady of Lieut.' o f ° Webster, of the Hon. East India Company's Servidt daughter. 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