The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-02 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 2.

THE uncertain relations of the territory of the
Hudson's Bay Company to Canada and the mother
country was a proper subject for Mr. ARTHUR
MILLS to bring before the House of Commons, and
it is to be regretted that Mr. Caanwrix could not
speak more fully and conclusively on the subject.
There is no need to discuss, in England at least,
the validity of the charter of the Hudson's Bay
Company. The title of the Company has often
been disputed, and it seems certain that its
charter was originally worthless. Its sufficiency,
however, has been so fully recognised, and for
so long a time, that its original defects are now
nothing to the purpose. The practical question
concerns the opening up to colonization of a large
tract of country in the southern portion of the
territory, containing some 00,000 square miles, and
of remarkable fertility. It is generally desired
that this region should be settled, and that by
British colonists. At present, however, no serious
attempts have been made in this direction. The
land is separated from Canada by a barren tract,
500 miles long. As Mr. Mars observed,
it is hardly the place in which to plant
a Crown colony. We find it difficult enough to
devise a satisfactory military defence of Canada, on
account of the extent of the frontier. The only
apparent way in which it can be settled is by
agreement with Canada. Mr. WATKINS, who is
connected with the Hudson's Bay Company, and
knows a great deal about the internal politics of
the colony, seemed to argue that this was imprac-
ticable, inasmuch as a large number of the inha-
bitants objected to an extension of the colonial
territory. It is true that the people of Lower
Canada cherish a feeling of that kind, under the
apprehension that the increase of the English-
speaking and Protestant population, by dini;nish-
ing their relative political power, would diminish
also the guarantees they at present possess
for the enjoyment of their special laws
and institutions. It would, however, be im-
politic to oppose the reasonable wishes of the
energetic population of Upper Canada, who seek
new fields of enterprise, in deference to a feeling
of this kind. At present, for want of such an
outlet, Canadians move every year into the United
States. The subject may be more usefully discussed
when the papers promised by Mr. CARDWELL are
before the House, but in the meantime it is satis-
factory to be assured that nothing will be done
to prejudice the claims which the Canadians will be
pretty sure to put forward to the right to found
the new colony. A much larger number of per-
sons are now interested in this question than it
would have concerned a couple of years ago,
owing to the re-mgsnization of the proprietary of
the Hudson's Bay Company on a more popular
basis. From the explanations of Mr. CARDWEIA,
it seems not unlikely that the interests in the terri-
tory will before long again change hands.

COURT MOURNING. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S
orrice-at:NE 30.—Orders for the Court's going into mourn-
ing on Tuesday, the 7,t1( of July neat, for hie late mesegiy
the King of %V urternl erg ; : The ladies to wear black
dresses, white gloves, black or white shoes, feathers, and
fans, pearls, &moods, or pla'n gold or silver ornaments.
The gentlemen to wear black court dress, with black
swords and buckler. The Court to change the mourning on
Tuesday, the ltoth of July next ; viz. :—The ladies to weer
black dresses, with (-loured ribbons, flowers, feathers, and
ornaments, or grey or white dresses, with black ribbons,
flowers, feathers, a:,l ornaments. The gentlemen to con-
tinue the same mourning ; and on Tuesday, the 26th of
July nest, the court ti go out of mourning.—Gazate.
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WINI,SoR Ciwrt.r., JUNE 29.—This day had au-
dience of tAr :—General Don Pedro Romalo
Negrete, Minister ronipotentiary from the Republic of
ti*his,lor, to deliver his credentials ; to which audience be
was iut,oducut by E el Russell, K.G., her Majesty's hie-
citod scretarl• ~f St to for Foreign atfsirs.--Gaa fee.

WAR-OFFICE, JULY I.—The Queen has been
graet,B3-'.r to give orders for the appointment of
31tior.i inners! Sir 11,firy Knight Storks, K.C. R. and
G.C. lets her klapisty's Lord High Commissioner of
the Inoiss to In, no Onlienry Member of the Civil
lkvision of the Fiist Clan, or Knights Gmnd Cross of the
]loot Honour...ole oidsr of the Batb.—Gozetk.
REFKLI4ENTATI.,N OF LYNN.—The Hon. F. Wal-
pole Las appeared as n enikervstive candidate for Lynn, in
opposition to Sir T. F. Buxton. Mr. Walpole commenced
a morass of the eloetors yesterday. Air T. F. Buxton has
also arrived in the borough.