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rooms ots the English language and English laws, .and in 'removing oppressive tenures ; but what evidence had they to establish thee ? lie said nothing of what he would call the nn morality of the measure ; but was it not rash not to give six months— not to pay that price for the information which they . -could net fail to obtain ? It might be inconvenient• for the co lonists to continue as they were ; but let it be known that they Mt it ;nconvenient. Let them then deliberate and legislate . consistently with their duties to the Colonies. He now only contended for the valise of giving notice to supply us with the knowledge which we wanted. He again protested against being misrepresented ; but he asked any Statesman whether the feel ings and inclinations of the inhabitants were not an ingredient in the problem of incorporation ?—(Hear.)—Their feelings and - wishes, their opinions and inclinationcwe were bound to consult for two reasons—first, because it was essential to their happi ness ; 2dly, because it was essential to the security of our au thority.—(Hear.}.—lf we incorporated them without knowing their feelings—if we showed a disregard of what the most ab .- solute of the maxims of Government required us to respect, we injured our own authority. The most absolute Monarch, if by miracle he should he enlightened with reason and regard to common sense, would not neglect this duty. Frederick the Se. oat', or any other Monarch who 'acted on the rigour of the roonarcnical principle, would not, with safety to himself, neglect it. He said, then, that the inhabitants were en titled to be heard before their Legislature could be changed, on the 'maxims by which alone our Colonial dominion was maintained: By legislating thus in the last week of the Session, they seemed .as if they were afraid cif learning th e . opinion of those for whom they would legislate. He hoped this was not the object of the alarming precipitations, but it was hardly intelligible on any other principle. What . security would any other Colony have that its Legislature would not be abo!ished ? What security that a States•Gentral , of the West India islands would not be appointed in a House . of 30 or 40 Members at the end of a Session ? He felt the force e of those arguments so strongly, that he was ashamed to press . any thing in addition. He had heard nothing applicable to the urgency of the measure ; nothing to show any necessity for im mediately pressing it. Why, if a simple - private were _brought into the House, would any 11enrier wish to hurry it through its several stages, without giving time to the parties affected to oppose it if they thought fit ? Men interested in such a case would be heard by their Counsel and by their wit nesses ; and was the House prepared to treat the Colonies with such scorn as to deny them that discussion which was granted to a road bill or to a right of way ? Talk of passing such • a measure without hearing the people of Lower' Canada upon it ! How could the House tell that • it was not a measure opposed at every point to their wishes and to, their feelings ? Say it was opposed only to their pre judices, and still they were entitled to be heard: Ho* could the House know that such an Act as was proposed might net subvert the loyalty of the Canadians, and destroy their attachment to the Mother Country ? Hon. Gentlennen were bearing witness to the good conduct of the Canadians dur ing the contest between England and America: it was but a sorry mode of recompensing that good conduct to disregard alike their interests and their opinions, and to unite two of their provinces without consulting them upon the subject. He (Sir J. Mackintosh) did claim for the inhabitants of the Colonies a more thanordinary share of the attention of Parliament.. As their situation precluded them -from being actually represented. in the House, there was the more necessity for showing them - that they were morally represented there. Let it be noted, that • the circumstances of the present time made connexions between colonies and mother countries peculiarly important. So long as the parent state showed.a proper regard for the rights of her distant dependents—salong as those dependents felt the security and the advantage of being connected with a mighty empire, so long they would be held in the strong trammels of interest and , attachment. Undensuch circumstances they might, in the.fulness of time, he parted from the parent country; but the separation - would be natural, not premature--'friendly, instead of hostile. The lighter the dominion, the longer it would last; the more easily would a connexion of empire be succeeded by a connexion of af fection and mutual advantage—by a connexion founded upon si 'hilarity of object and situation—upon community of privilege, of language, and of blood. He was sorry to take up the atten etion of the House, but there were some maxims of colonial policy against the principle of which hewas bound to enter his dissent. Ile denied that this count!) , had a right to give up any colony, so long as that colony continued faithful in its attach ment to her. As long as the leaue continued to be observed on • the one side, he did hold it to te, in justice, indissoluble by the other nor should he ever be persuaoleti that the notion of • governing distant colonies by force, of looking to coercion rather thah conciliation for maintaining them, was not folly upoo all principle, upon all probability, and upon all-experience. Feel -mg :that to. pass the •incorporating part of the-,act in question without eonsulthig with the provinces, would be unworthy of - the character of the House, and of the country, he (Sir J. Mackintosh) would conclude by moving that instructions should be given to the Committee to separate the bill into two bills ' • the one to embrace the commercial regulations proposed, and the other to consist of the intended union between the pro vinces Mr. ELLTCE began by claimine the indulgence of the House for rising to follow the Hon. and Learned Member who had last spoken. He acquiesced in the general principles which that Hon. Member had laid down ; but he considered the pre sent bill as lying a little out of their scope. The measure took no rights away from the people of Canada 2 it merely gave to them all the rights now enjoyed Only by a part. Circumstances had arisen in the colonies, which made it imperative upon Go vernment to interfere ; and -the only question, in point of fact, was, whether a measure of general amendment was not the litic course of proceeding? Let it be remembered, that Mr. Fox had opposed the division of the provinces in question, and hact•foeetold that the higher State would be oppressed and • injured by the lower. Let it be remembered, that Lord tcrenvilie, 'the supporter of •the division, had said, " When those mischiefs do ocear, Parliament may proceed to amend ment and alteration."—The grievances predicted by Mr. Fox .had now occurred, and,were the subject of complaint. Let Hon. Gentlemen who deniedthe remedy look at the present posture of . affairs. The Assembly of-Lower Canada had denied the right of • stiffragee to any of the new settlements -; and the effect of that was, that party, entirely French,' held the legislative power over • both provinces. Let it be remembered that the French inhabi tants of the colony were no' longer, as compared with the Eng lish, in the great proportien of .40 to one; the English amounted now to two-fifths of the population ; and they had the' advan tages of eduoation add general information a hundred to one over the French: The suspension of the measure would only give an opportunity to interested parties of raising jealousies and dissension ; its immediate enactment would tend to the happi ness, to the interest, and to the mutual good understanding of both the provinces. Mr. CALCRAFT could not give a silent vote on the ems - . don. , He considered the proposition rash, and likely to produce ill blood in the Colony. Fle did not dispute .'he wisdom of the measure in principle, but he thought the parties most deeply interested ought to have been consulted. The measure was ;without precedent '; and surely there was time enough to have „.made inquiry ,whether the Colonists were satisfied, and that the inouiry was not made was matter ofisuspicion. He complained .. of the indifference of the House to this measure. It was won , derful that a House, consisting of - less than forty Members, should legislate for the Canadians, and he trusted that under such circumstances Ministers would not press the measure. Mr. BRIGHT charged the advocate.; of the measure with • sophistry. The Honourable Member then 'proceeded to con tend that the great men who had debated the former Act for the regulation of the Constitution of Canada had proceeded upon the hypotheses which were now realized, and that even upon the assumption of these as facts, they had intended the Act to be permanent. That was the view which all those who had reasoned on, the former Act took. It was, therefore, he thought, most impolitic to - repeal that Act by a measure like the present, which, though he knew it was long in contem plation, was, as far as the House was concerned, a hasty • measure. 'Why was it, he would ask, delayed until the present period of the Session, when the Circuits had com menced, and when most •of those Members who would be -likely to take an active part in the discussion were unavoid ...ably absent ? This was, he' contended, taking the House, ao it was also taking the people of Canada,. by eurprise. The House was now called upon to take away, almost without notice, -that which it had deliberately given. And after this, lie would ask, what opinion could the Canadians form of this Legislature o What, if they had a spark of feeling or spirit, and they were, it • would not be denied, a most valiant people, what could they think of a, constitution which was thus as arbitrarily given as ~ t heir previous constitution had been arbitrarily taken away ? • They could have no respect for. a constitution ( whatever might be i.o form) given under such circumstances. It was said that ~the opinions of some persons of Upper Canada had been taken on this BilL But whose opinions ? He had heard of the Attorney-General of Upper Canada having been examined, but then this was (and it could not be denied) to all intents and purp oses an Upper Canada Bill.' In Upper Canada .• the majority were Protestants ; in Lower Canada, they were Roman Catholics.; but the object of this Bill 'was to give the majority to the Protestants. This he had heard.; and it' he •was wrong, the fault was that of the secretary for the colonies, . who had not leid full information on the subject before the House. But why not examine and inquire into the sentiments of the people of Lower Canada ? They'ought to be equally con - suited on this measure. The House ought to hear both sides .before they decided. .There was a sentence of Locke which was • much relied upon by the Americans during the war, and it was that no man had a right.to that which another had a right to take from him." Now.if we had a right to take away their . constitution•from the Canadians, what right had they which • could be worth contending for? Would they not contend against • Aliceaesuroption of such .a. right ? lb . :would enter his protest aks . nst tl e B:11, because it was unjust in principle, and be- caese if we had a right to deprive Canada of her constitution, why no,/ also Jamaica and the other islands, for the same reas sorting would apply to all ? The Hon. Member then went on to contend, that there was no precedent of England depriving her colonies o: their charter, in consequence of their not acting in strict accordance with the mother country. ~ Mr. GOULBURN observed, that if he were of opinion that the proposed measure was fraught with the injustice which those Honourable Members who opposed it had applied to it, he would have been the last man in that House to give it his sup port. He had felt it his duty too frequently to stand up in de fence of the rights and privileges of the'people of Canada in that 11 cntse, when lie thought those rightsassailed by propositions from Gentlemen on the opposite side, to believe that his sincerity on that point could be doubted. The objections urged that night to the Bill, before the llouse, were in a great prOportion founded on a misconception of its object. It did not, as was assumed by its opponents, contemplate 'any such change as they assumed. It did not violate therepresentative character of the Canadian Con stitution—it made no infringement on the rights and privileges of the people—neither did it impair the rights and privileges of the representative assembly when convened in deliberation. As it had no such object, it was almost needless to add, that there ex isted no grounds for those arguments, which proceeded on the supposition, that by carrying the present measure they changed the Government of Canada from a free to an arbitrary system. The great object of the Bill was to provide for an incorporating union between the two provinces. The question then resolved itself into three parts. First, whether the Parliament pos sessed the power to interfere ; secondly, whether there existed that expediency which justified that interference ; and, lastly, whether the present advanced period of the Session was of itself a sufficient argument to delay an interference which, on every other ground, would be found to be most beneficial ? As to the first point, it was undisputed that Parliament possessed the power. The Constitution of Canada rested on an Act of Par liament, which Act of Parliament had destroyed the pre-exist ing Constitution of that Colony. It was evident that on the ground of permanence alone; there existed a very material dif ference between the relation in which the legislature. of this country stood with respect to Canada, and,that An which it stood towards our West India Colonies. The next point he had to consider was, whether or not there existed that state expediency which demanded such an interference ? An Hon. Member (Mr. Ellice) had stated the actual state of things as they existed in the relation between the Upper and Lower Provinces of Canada. It was also admitted that the consideration of high commercial interests would justify such an interference. But not only did these great interests demand such an interference, but he must be allowed to say, it became necessary for the very peace and tranquillity of these provinces, as measures had al- . ready been taken which had preducedgreat irritation, and if not regulated by the superintendence of the Parliament of Great Bri tam, would ultimately promote hostility between the Upper and Lower 'Provinces. In the very Act of the 31st of Geo. 111., the Act which gave to Canada a representative'system, the sub sequent interposition of the Legislature of Great Britain was contemplated, as would appear from a clause. which gave such a power to the King, and his heirs and successors, from time to time to interpose—( Here the Right Honourable Gentle, than proceeded amidst cries of " Hear ! read, read!" to state the precise words of the clause)—together with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assemblies of the 'Pro vinces of Canada.—(Hear, hear ! from the opponents of the Bill.)—In subsequent Statutes, with respect to Canada, Parliament had acted upon that principle. It had done so at no very remote distance of time, when it made a new ar rangement of the territorial limits of these Provinces. When the Act of the 31st of George 111. passed, there were certain islands then acknowledged within the limits of these Provinces, but which were, by a subsequent Act of Parliament, transferred to the Government of Newfoundland. And what made this. transfer a more strong illustration of the right of Parliament was, that the population of these islands were detached from a repre sentative system to a Government in no degree analogous. With respect to the last ground, namely, the time at which the mea sure was pro tosed, he mast be allowed to state, that though he had not heard his Hon. Frierd who introduced the measure (Mr.. Wilmot) cpen it to that House, yet he was convinced, from his talents and character, that he fully Manifested the necessity and expediency of the measure. The objection as ,to the period at which it was introduced was too frequently an objection, which, in the lack of all other argument, was urged to defeat a Bill, the beneficial tendency of which could not be controverted. It was said that such a measure ought not to be7pressed against the wishes of the Colonists, but when dissensions existed, it was im possible that a disinclination in one of the. , parties, should not exist to that interposition of - the Parliament, which ought not to be delayed, through a deference to n their re pugnance, the sacrifice of their common interests. He felt that to those. interests the consolidation of the two Assem blies was most essential. These Provinces were situated on the lorders; of an ambitious, because a Republican, State; and he felt it his duty not to allow such a State (we under stood the Right Honour tole Gentleman to say if an enemy) to take advantage of those dissensions to foment them, with the view of profiting by them in a state of hostility: The case of Massachusetts,__ as introduced by the Honourable and Learned Member for Knaresborough (Sir J. Mackintosh), was not in his opinion tenable ; and on the grounds on which it was ap plied, he was inclined to view it rather in favour of the present measure than as hostile to it. . Mr.-DENMAN said, lie limited his objections to the present measure, on the simple ground of the advanced period of the Session, and the vet.) , thin attendanceof Members. He confessed himself, and he believed a great proportion of those who heard him were, until that night, -wholly ignorant of the object of the Bill. Who that looked to the orders of the day, and to the title of, the Bill in these orders, could have contemplated that it ' had for its objec to destroy the existence of one of the two Le gislative Assemblies of Canada; or that a measure leading to such an important change in the government of these Colonies was about to be discussed on the very eve of the prorogation?- -(Hear !)--It was irritating, provoking, and dangerous, to in flict upon any colony, without its consent, such an important change: lie contended the Colony ought to be heard by Conn sel at the Bar; and observed that his Hon. Friend, the Mem ber for Bristol, was justified in the. strong' opposition to this measure which he threatened to give. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY lamented very much that the measure had not been brought before that House at an earlier period of the Session ; but be did not think that the late ness of the Session ought to prevent the 'passing of an Act that !night be deemed of importance. His Right Hon. Friend had introduced the measure so early as May last, and had been only prevented passing, it by the unexpected accumulation of other important business. (Lord Londonderry) went along with the Honourable Gentleman on the expediency as well as the policy of treating our colonies' with tenderness and indulgence; and the population of no colony had such claims upon the con sideration of this country as that of Canada. The measure of 1791, which was one of more importance than the present, was first opened to Parliament in April, and received the Royal Assent in June, affording no time to the people of Canada for bringing before the House their Complaints, if any they had, and alibi-tied no time for the examination of witnesses at the har. He denied that it was any want of consideration to Canada to pass a mea sure which the wisdom of Parliament decided was one likely to prove beneficial to that colony. The threat of Hon. Gentlemen opposite to oppose the measure in every stage, was one which, if carried into effect, must certainly be productive of inconvenience. But if he could prove to those Hon. Gentlemen, that the mea sure was one which appeared desirable not only to - his Majesty's Ministers but to Canada, and that much injury would arise should the passing of the Bill this Session be prevented, he was sure he might reckon upon the acquiescence of those Hon. Gen tlemen of the opposition.—(Hear, hear!)—He could not agree with the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, that the interests of the people - would unnecessarily be sacrificed by their union and consolidation: It was his conviction, that' the population of Canada would receive the Bill with joy and gratitude, if they believed it was one in which Honourable Gentlemen of both sides of that House concurred. He still hoped that when Hon. Gentlemen opposite came to consider - the importance of the measure to Canada, they would in their consciences believe that, in passing that - Bill, they would render 'essential service to that Colony —(Hear, hear !) Mr. CALCRAFT explained. • Mr. BERNAL opposed the Bill. The Hon. Member con tended that deliberation was required in all discussions respect ing the Colonies. The basis of such a measure as that before the House ought to rest .upon Petitions from the people of Canada. The mere assertion of Ministers that the measure was required, could not satisfy the House. Mr. NVILSON .opposed the measure on the ground that it came too late in the Session before Parliament. great dif ference of opinion upon the progress of the bill would not be satisfaCtory to the people of Canada if it should pass. Mr. WILMOT-briefly replied: The House then divided, when there appeared— For the Motion . For the Amendment • Majority . _34 The Bill then went thrOugh a Committee, the Chairman re ported piogress, and the Bill was ordered to be 'recommitted on Tuesday. The Bill for authorizing advances on Public Works in Ire land was read a third time and passed. • The LORD ADVOCATE moved the third reading of the Royal Scotch Burghs Bill. • Mr. HUME opposed the Bill, and the gallery was cleared for a division ; but there not being forty Members present, the House adjourned at a - QuAnTn to Two,o'Cwoc. • FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SPAIN: MADRID, JULY 9.—There, is much talk of an assemblage of the Corps Diplomatique which took place on the 6th at tire residence,of the English Ambassador. It appears that these Ministers were desirous of preparing in common a species of Proces Verbal of the events passing in our capi tal, to send to all the Courts of Europe. The Austrian Ambassador and the Ambassa dor of another Power proposed that this Note should commence by declaring, that the disor ders which agitate Madrid, and which endanger the life of the King and the security of his Throne, were caused by the liberal faction, po pular ideas, and the manoeuvres of secret so cieties. Mr. Forsyth, the American Charge d'Affaires, said, that not only he would not put his signature to a document so contrary to truth, but, that in the event - of the Note being so pre pared, he would contraditt it in his own name in the face of all Europe; that he had wit nessed all the events, and that every where he ,had seen much patience and moderation on the part of the Liberales, and all the excesses, all the disorders in the ranks of those who pre tended to be Royalists. Ile added, that the King was the prisoner of those who pretended to espouse his cause—that his life was continually placed in danger by those who say that-his Ma jesty deceives and compromises them, and that this was the truth, and the language which ought to be held to the Cabinets of Europe. This speech, was approved of by the majority of the Diplomatists, and the Note was prepared upon those bases. It was signed by all the foreign Ministers, except one, who, it is generally stated, has demanded his passpoits. PARIS, JULY 15.—Commercial letters received yesterday from Madrid state, that after having lost in all 350 men, killed and wounded, the guards rallied out of Madrid, and the numerous detachments of militia sent in pursuit of them, did not venture to follow them into the plain. It is presumed that they have taken the route of Andalusia, where they will find' valorous auxi liaries in the Guerillas and in the Royal Carabi neers, who so energetically pronounced for their legitimate Sovereign, against the revolutionary usurpations. It is certain also that a great part of the troops of the line in garrison at Madrid were not desirous of takinc , part in the affair, but they would have broken that neutrality, if the movements of the Royalists had been combined with/judgment and prudence.—Gazette de France. JULY - 16.—Letters from Perpignan of the 6th of July . say—" The fort' of Barcelona re ceives every day more troops.. The regiment of Cadiz, 2,000 strong, that of Malaga, arid 800 .rneo 'from the interior of Spain, are on the extreme frontier; they wait for additional forces to form - definitively a cordon parallel to our's, in order to arrest the insurgents, who endeavour to take . refuge in France ; four companies of volunteers raised in Barcelona, and maintained by that city, are in pursuit of the defenders of the faith, who have been defeated in several rencontres ; there is no doubt that these four companies of young volunteers will be sufficient to give chace to the troop of .Misas.—The Cuirassiers of Valencia brought, on the 28th ult. into the fort of Mont Joui, 11 factious. The 2d instant, some cavaliers of the same corps took 34 prisoners,' amongSt whom is Mucen senior, Ex-Secretary of Misas. The first 11 are already condemned to be, shot, - and three' others are to be put in the pillory. — The Insurgents, who had penetrated into Na varre in the hope of raising that province, tire en tirely destroyed,--Fifteen thousand national guards are marching upon Figueras, Rosas, and Gerona. It is the commencement of a corps d' armee, which is to be employed to watch the movements of our Cordon.—Misas has reproached a Commandant of our Cordon, with having per- Mittel' the Constitutional soldiers to pass from Lubia• to Purigarda. The Commandant, in re ply, warned him not to present himself again in front of his lines, as he had received orders to repel all the Insurgents who presented themselves to a certain distance from the line.—lt is ex pected that' the Sea d'Urgel will be retaken. The attack would have been already' made, but it was feared the adjacent villages would be exposed to the flames.: :Means will be adopted to cut off all corrimunication with the besieged; who not having provisions must be compelled to surrender. I know not whether you are acquainted with an infamous trait in the conduct of the defenders of the faith. These brigands, on entering a village by force, seized the Mayor, and fastening round him a rope of straw from the feet to the neck; they set fire to the lower part, and danced round their-victim with atrocious shouts."--(Constitu tionnel.) The Illoniteur published yesterday, respecting Spain, the same detals which we read three days since in the Revolutionary Journals of Paris, that is to say, in its'recital we see the friends of the King, the defenders of Royalty, faithful Spa niards, designated as rebels, factious, and traitors. The Revolutionists, who in France only give these names to men who combat for the esta blished order - of things, naturally give them to Spaniards who combat like ourselves against anarchy. But it seems to us that the official Journal ought at least to modify the expressions a little, if it is only out of respect to the Govern ment of which it is the organ ; for if the Spanish Royalists are traitors, we see no reason why this name should not also be given to the, French Royalists.—(Quotidienne.) Accounts from Ilolland state that the Dutch Government has intimated to the Columbian Re. public, that the moment any European Power acknowledges them, they will be the first Power to follow the example ; and in the mean time the Colombian flag will be received in Holland. The accounts also state, that M. ZEA is daily expected there. Accounts from the coast of Africa mention that the Slave Trade continued with unabated activity, notwithstanding the vigilance of the British cruisers under the command of Sir R. MENDS.— Several vessels had, howeyer, been captured by them. IMPORTANT. [Extract gfa Private Letter, received this morning from Paris dated the 15th of July, at night.] " The French Government has just concluded a Contract for ten thousand horses foi the artit. lery, Sze.; all the different Officers have been ordered to their posts, and the Conscripts of the year 1821 are ordered to join the Army. If this does not look like war, I don't know what does." We received this morning the Paris Papers of Tuesday. They contain no fresh intelligence PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS: HOUSE OF COMMONS. Jovis, 18° die Jitlii, 1822. HERITABLE SECURITIES (SCOTLAND) BILL' Presented, "to facilitate the transference of Heritable Se- and - read a curities for Debt in Scotland." Ist time; to SCOTTISH CREDITORS BILL—" to render the be read a2d payment of Creditors in Scotland more equal time this day and expeditious. 3 months. RETAIL OF BEER BILL--Severalyetitions against, and two in favour of; to lie on the table. Bill by leave withdrawn. UPPER CANADA—Petitions of Robert Gourlay, concerning the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry, anti for redress of certain grievances ; to be printed. WooD—Accounts presehted,—of Wood imported into Great Britain ; also into-London [ordered 4th July] ; to be printed. 31'ALT DUTIES REPEAL BlLL—Petition of Maltsters of Co- ventry, against ; to be printed. HIGHGATE CHAPEL BlLL—Petition of Inhabitants of Horn sey and Finchley, against; referred to the Committee on the Bill ; Counsel ordered. Power to Committee to sit not- withstanding any adjournment. MESSAGE r 031 THE LoaDs—That they hive agreed to, Scottish Spirits Drawback Bill, and 111-treatment of Cattle Bill, without amendment ; and Annuity Memorials Bill, with Amendments. RECEIVERS GENERAL BILL }Read a third time, CONSTABLES (IRELAND) BILL p PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND? BILL and assed. BARRACKS (IRELAND) - Bill for vesting in the Ordnance all Estates and Property occupied for Barra& Service, ordered to be brought in. ROYAL BIIROIIS ACCOUNTS But —Motion made, and Question put, " That the Bill be now read a third time ;" the House divided ; Ayes 20, Noes 4. ORDERS OF THE DAY for THIS DAY. 1. East India Company's Loan Bill—Committee. 2. Superannuation Act Amendment Bill—Committee. 3: Supply—Committee. 4. Ways and Means—Committee. 5. Aliens Regulation Bill—Third Reading. G. General Turnpike Bill—Third Reading. 7. Ancient Histories,—Address for Printing Committee. 18. Temporary Advances (Refund) Bill—Third Reading. NOTICES. OF MOTIONS for THIS DAY: 11. Mr. Goulburn,—lrish Miscellaneous Services. (In Com mittee of Supply). 2. Lord Viscount Palmerston,—Ophthalmic Hospital. (In Committee of Supply.) 3. Mr. Arbuthnot,—Civil Contingencies ;--Out-Pensioners of Greenwich Hospital ;—Slave Trade Commissions;—Allow ances to the late Queen's Servants ;—American Loyalists: (In Committee of Supply.) 'PRIVAT. BlLL—Second Reading, for THIS DAY. Coesvelt's Naturalization. Dropped Orders of the Day of Yesterday. 1. Supply Reports. 2. Supply, (BarrackS, Public Works, and Law Charges),- I!urther consideration of Report. 3. Commercial Credit (Ireland) Act [present Session, c. 22] Committee thereupon. 4. Stage-Coach Duties Bill—Third Reading. 5. Gas Washings, &c. Bill—Report. 6. Charge of Loan Bill—Committee. 7. Court of ExcheqUer Sittings Bill—Third Reading. 8. East India Sugar -Act [1 and 2 Geo. 4]—Report there upon. 9. Exchequer Bills (Public Works) Bill—,Third Reading. 10. New South Wales Duties Bill—Committee. 11. Stamps (Ireland Act [56 Geo. 3, c. 56] —Report thereupon. 12. Coroners (Ireland) Bill—Report. 13. Royal Burghs Accounts Bill—Third Reading. 14. Burgh Magistrates Residence Bill—Third Reading -15. Salt Duties Repeal Bill—Third Reading. 16. Salt Duties ( Ireland) Bill—Third Redding. 17. Lotteries Bill—Third Reading. 18. Punishment by Hard Labour Bill—Committee. 19. King's Bench Business Bill—Report. 20. Coals Exportation Act [59 Geo. 3, c. 52]—Committee thereupon. 21. Isle of Man Postage Act [5O Geo. 3, c. 42] —Report thereupon. 22. Silk Bounties Bill—Committee. 23. Queen's Servants Pensions Bill—Committee. 24. Malt Duties Collection Bill—Second Reading. NOTICE GIVEN LAST NIGHT. Tuesday, July 23. Mr. Abercromby,—Correspondence between the Lord Ad vocate ;of Scotland and Mr. Hope, relating to the case of Mr. Murray Borthwick, and the opinion of Mr. Hope as to the trial of the said case. LIST . OF THE MAJORITY WHO VOTED FOR GOING INTO A COMMITTEE ON THE CANADA DILL. Antrobus, G. C. Dawson, G. R. Morland, Sir S.B. Alexander, J. Dawkins, H. Osborne, Sir J. Bathurst, Rt. Hon. Ellis, C. R. Ommaney; Sir F. C. B. Ellice, E. Phipps, Gen. Brogden, J. Forbes, C. Phillimore, Dr. Bcntinck, Lord F. Grant, C. Paget, Hon. B. Browne, Rt.lln.D. Hill, Sir G. Rae, Rt. Hn. SirW. Binning, Lord Hu skisson, Rt.llon. Robinson, Rt II n. F. Blair, J. W. Villiers, Rt. Hn. C. Baillie, Colonel Long, Rt.lln. Sir C. Vansittart,Rtlln.N Belfast, Earl of Lushington, S. Wallace, Rt. Hn. T. Clerk, Sir . G. Lovaine, Lord Wood, Col. Calvert, J. Londonderry, Mar- Wynn, C. W. Copley, Sir .T. S. quess of , TELLERS. Cholmeley, Sir M. Macdonald, R. G. Goulburn,Rt linH. Divett, T. Martin, R. Wilmot, R. Barrett, S. M. Bernal, R. Coneannon - , L. Cradock, S. Denman, T. Hume, J. MINORITY. Monck, J. B. Mackintosh, SirJ. Marjorihanks, , S. Palmer, C. P. Price, It. Smith, Win. • Wood, Alderman Wilson, Thomas TELLERS. Bright, Henry Calcraft, J. PRICE 0. THIS DAY AT Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 80Ih 3 per Cent. 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SOLEM QUIS DICERS FALSUM AUDE‘AT LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1822. from Spain, but communicate a few additional particulars respecting the late events in that country which are not destitute of interest, and are collected in a preceding column under the head of Spain. Among the extracts is a private letter from Madrid of the 9th of July, giving an account of a Meeting at the British Ambassa dor's house, where a joint statement of the re cent occurrences in the Spanish capital was drawn up, and signed by' all the Foreign Am bassadors and Ministers at the Court of Madrid, excepting one, for the information of the several Euroi.;ean Courts. It is •understood that this solitary exception was that of the French Am bassador ; and as the Quotidienne asserts that the present Spanish Ambassador at the French Court is to be recalled, it tends materially to confirm the report. The rest and nearly the whole of the Frencti Papers is occupied with the speeches of several Members in the Chamber of Deputies against the Budget for 1823. The discussion on the 15th was attended with occasional bursts of intemperance, especially when M. GIbBERT DESVOISINS openly charged the Ministers with supplying the means for the Spanish counter-revolution. This decla ration was loudly cheered by the Left, and not denied by the Right, who only answered, when General FOY accused them of having purchased the counter-revolutionary movement at Madrid, that French Bankers in that capital had furnished the Constitutionalists with money to p a y the troops by whom the counter-revolution had been repressed. FRENCH FUNDi.—JULY 'l6. Five per Cent. Consols Opened at Highest Closed at 9O f. BO c. Exchange on London—One Month 25 t. 45 c . • Three Months 25 f. 25 C. Quebec Papers arrived this morning to the 15th June. Between the 29th May and 4th June 78 vessels arrived at Quebec from Europe, con• veying 1267 passengers in the whole. Up to the 13th June 3552 settlers have arrived. QUEBEC, JUNE 12.—We learn from a source that can be relied upon, that the two Canadag are to be united in matters of Legislature, and that the Imperial Parliament is to lay a duty OA our imports in order to meet the expences of th e Civil List. We learn that a copy of the Bill, opening the intercourse between the British Colonies no d European States, in amity with his M AJ EsTIe 9 Government, has reached •town. This measu re is not of the nature formerly surmised, for i t confines the intercourse to British ships.. The Legislature of St. Kitt's has voted u pets' tion to Parliament praying for relief from their present state of unexampled and intolerable di s ' tress. They say the condition of the Colony is deplorable beyond all former example, which they attribute principally to the restriction s which are imposed upon the intercou r se of th e British West Indies with foreign States. The injustice and inexpediency of imputing improper motives to private persons or publ ic characters, when their actions are made the su b ' ject of discussion or investigation, is one of tiO e maxims the prudence and utility of which a ll persons seem willing in the abstra i ct to ad a ' it. The benefit of its sheltering protection is loud l y claimed and vehemently insisted on by all pat ties in their turn, when its practical application if favourable to themselves ; though f e w evinc e ° sincere disposition to give that advantage t° others which they themselves are so ready to tie mend. In the recent case of Breach of Privileg e ' it is remarkable that the ill blood which was ge n e . rated between Mr. HoPE and Mr. A BEacnoM°l' solely sprung from the inattention of both 0 % Gentlemen to the salutary rule to which we ba ne just adverted. If Mr. ABERCROMBY had met er stated that Mr. HOPE was Counsel for Ar' s)‘ ; ANDER, and that in that capacity he had pur stje r, a line of professional conduct of which 1 7 16 ABERCROMBY did not approve, without assig n il u i , that supposed conduct, at the same time, t" --. the ° gitious motives, the statement, though even it would have been erroneous, could not have e cited those feelings of just and indignant res e it ment with which the imputations contained . n ;ti were repelled. If Mr. HOPE, in evculi' s g bli himself from the injurious and certainly l II ' mo on irritating aspersions which had been cast "` him, had been content to make a simpA, tate e s h is ment of the facts, without imputing, (fil y part also, improper motives to Mr. ABEnelt 0113 0.- 4 all the good. purposes of his defence ba bie have been effected ; antl it is not P r° vo tea either that his letter would have been , or e n(' a breach 'of, the privileges of I 3 arlia''' t tha t that Mr. ABERCROMBY would have though i s i or to• it required him to take a journey to th e a n a So far, therefore, both Mr. AnEttc"ml3l C OI"' Mr. HOPE woul d appear to have equallY of t he mitted themselves, and to have been guiltl, a~~j ~~ . i~ 1,5~. on INT G, r e: otl est f ol au COI li la Zlti t tz 14 1 en, ; Iv h i CIIt