The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-16 00:00:00

him so far as to beim= a party to a swum which he be-
lieved would be destructive of the principle of repree
government—(bear, hear)—.r to consent to an interference
Laths affsirs of the colony, and with' thos- local concerns
with wnich we must be imperfectly amputated, which
misht Cowl the prospect of a long, a permanent, sad a cor-
dial connexion with a c Bony, in the welfare and prosperity
of which England ought to feel the deepest interest.
(Cheers.)

mom, might to be mac:wive, without reference' to the
Cheers.) character and constation of that majority.
beers.) Bet, In this nee, if troy analysed the ;Articular
imaatitatat porticos of the majority, they would tied that it
wee sot swarmed exelosively of the reprenntatioa of ant
mN particeler elms or wens:eon that was not the same with
bee own. They Were told of the majority, that 31 mambeta
~.veagisg_Upptr Conde voted on the question, and that
of t g 31,17 vottd fu the bill and 14 against it. (Cheer.)
That of Loner Casette the snubs r of lenglith t 4 Min were
tea, and of thine voted for and 4 against the bill. (Cheers )
netted to the tenet of the
Command's whether they
11.90:ity, or the er'neituteon of it, there was nothing in
them elements observing of wand. ration. But be cocci.
dared it a perfectly diff rest questioe whether the am rid-
,,ea venue.) in the Assembly of Lower Canada ought to
be to to, es, if not, whether the Imperial Pareament
ought to try to giv.: effect t therm (Hear) Tney should
mesh. r that tee some men wh approved of 'he amend-
s:et f Mr. Wi Whs. when prep cad in the assembly, might
ejesp...ove of a trop- sal to give effect to it by an extraneous
theL,eittion, and that the proem:el of advising the crows to
litho" this bill, which had been passed by the mejricity of
the eauni.l legielatuse, weuld tot h tee the support of de
wlto:c of the minority w' o voted is oppasitton to it. (lieu,
lea- ) Lord Elg:n e.letl attestiea to the remarkable feet.
that two of them embers of the minere y, who to. k • decided
pert attaimt tho tie can, who were most active in proposiug
the an., oteents, were at the same time anneget the fore-
sees: is contendiug Vat the pret.e.p.• of rapine:Ade grovel e-
inem should he mei Weed, mil declared hat .hey would
be 03 I. mite s io proposing to the erbillt to ',jet' on die .11 ow
• ten .tier it hod passed their legislature. (Hear, t cur )
Thus it appeared that the minority subs opeserd the
bit, and were fetidly to the amendments. we, e net
munisene in the opinion that tto bill, when p seed,
might to be nke ed or modified by the crown.
On the e astray, they maltase:et* distinctly that, heaieg
paced, the will of the Iniquity ought to prevail, and thst
the measure ought not to bet isaildwed by the crown. (Hear,
beat) The set es puma had seemed the exeunt nee of
the authority who bay bees el• petted by the crown ea p
mate tee interests of the colony—but with that buena of the
gekey, to maintain oleo net only Its tonne:tin with the
nether country, but to maintain it GS the only terms on
which it tea +oath minteirder —the honour of both 1.4.6,.
sad mile:veal tool oil (i 1 dr. hear.) It would time
been sena raft pd t . hi i; (Sir it. Pt 1) had he b vs galled
On by rabies duty to take soy courde whisk wou:d imp., a
eaffeetion on Lord Elie.(Flu) He recollunod the saw
solitary expirations termed VG all aid s of his ratan career,
keen bat brat pasliaenestary poach Tome eapectations, is
kis mislead, had ail been fell; noticed. (Hew, hear.) Thum
irk* beard that flat speeds—men ut all plena—concurred
in the oplaloa that it was the o • is of a cuter henmentsie
le the enact %honied* it end lineal to his mantry. (He .r.)
Lord Ett was *sleeted kW • high toffee, by the gen romeut
With w be was pulfehally contacted, to dist* Ise is
Jamaica, antler ciresinewaem of great diffeuey, a biota sad
ewe isstritant trent. Is the pentrmanee of the dote.
which. iu c domzion with that trust, d v.lved elan him, he
obtains d the e mailmen of these ever %born he hid to pre.
side, and of Pe govanineut he represented; r. the
=tie lord (J. Hassell) had et did the sole name for Isis
being select a to the mere Import .nt goveraneht over
which he now preside I, was the ceper.enee whi tre h. r Ma-
jesty's goo rennet t et had of hie sue.. so in the etninistra-
tion of the again of Juanita; and hi. (Sir U. Pe' firm
belief was t a; • et limes bete r waddled for sigh Vest
small nut have be a sel net (lieu, hear.) Loce.iss
te the whole of the correspondeuce, and tonabiterwe
the ',en ne diffien.lty of Ids pillion, Lis belief
wits that Lwd Elgin had sated hens no other
motive then a stamen *ire se d • 1.. s deity to the c teen and
the colony over the &Mint of which be bail been sent to pre-
side. (Ileac) lie be listed lie •hed acted throughoet with
great encamps, great rcsolutimi, and great impartiality ; that
he gave Me entire °batten'. e to the government, which vies
seep •r':.l by the an 1. ;Ay of the des atili.y ; that he dia.
solved t e Acenahly on tceir advice ; and that, wham a
majority of toe now At...nobly teeederred their coefilence
to other pettier, then, In terrace to the pineiple of repre-
sent itive and reop g 'measliest, he 'elected for his
miaisters these we° h id the c e Minn of the majority, and
gave thane uu the sem. princid en which he Led acted with
retard to the former administration, his cordial
recurrence snit see set, and his entire eadidelbal.
(Cheer .) lie (.M!. 11. reel) should then deeply r grit
coesile tattoos of a puolic Statute eanspelloo rim to
do that which would be no more cortait ly that to cast a re-
flection en hie jelegm et, for his high !loaner and iutegilty
wee• It.yond queitiou. (Hone, hear.) But, conaitleries
that after the oppo Won be had met with mil the oterap a
whick teed been offertte to him, ;:tat a miseonmption might
be pet on sash an a t of deity, wed that it would eo forth he
the colony that L9ll Elgie's *sundae: heed been so aerated
by the psrlineent as loam:, he should regret if th. re were
any wee-sky fur it—(hear, hear)—and yet uo deee enes for
lord Elgin nr fear of erroneous construction theull sheer
them front palpates their duty, ant rejecting the bill, if
the honour of the ernes or the 'Merest of the coantry
demanded It, (Hear.) lie emsceived that a peat put of the
dificultitee nits whit Lord Elgin bad had to contend
were iiiffeeldes of a meek earlier date than hie own aillinia-
tiatian. lite hew. fri-ed, the esemher for Stafford (Mr.
dellerley) had matted eie obeervetieus entirely to this tact
—that in every preetli cor bill for comp. elation the claims of
the levl inhodteute o. ly Led be, n atlaitted, and that in
this ball fur the best time the curd " I " was °Atte&
lie meld sane. t grhil toren that he was entrains
en that peed. This nes not the Met °envies on which the
word " kept " had been omitted as a quintal Mon fee in.
habitaat. map tashede. But if they looked through the,
p~appeers on the table. Coq watt(' thel • r markeble deflection
lest tr. n the OM Ucpe, maul LoorerCariatia. Lower(ldnada
in Her) a d 1810 was e smearl by ordonsaitees. In the
of the onto settee Vessel by Lord Colborne, the cometa c-
tim for lumen sestained chum,/ the rebelle n was confined to
the "loyal" labateltauta of Lower Cattlill; and center.
ready mat the Cam of this erdonnaran an act was pee
Am glebe eamputentiee in Upper Conida, bat there the
words "loyal inkshitantr" wire not ne:4. In the MI of
Loner Canada the words " toyed inhabitants" were need, but
in the ease of Upper Canada the word " loyal" was °mitts 1.
The question Wal Ind the forwent govtramest is providing '
cumo.eastitin lar Loser Casale, materially departed
the prise*" of tle art which gave compessation to Upper
Camels ? If they had not, would n the duty they had to
pule. he be putieelarly int idiom ? 1., in twilit of fad, the
set which they were ceded upon to rep t", contained in it no
provision met Jay at truism,' with that which preceded,
wou.d is not b 3 as exceeditigly ievielliuss thing to rejia
It? Why was it sot raided out ta Lord li gM,
th :t i a the cam of Upper Canada no proper distineti .n was
made between lord and disloyal—th et the honour of the
British crown was et monied, and that c *lmpulse Con to the
loyal inhabitance only sherd I be granted? What teak pine
ia Lower Came:a ? Lod Metcalfe appointed a commodes
to provide e impensation :or the loyal inhabitants ; bat whits
Lord Cathcart seemed the gonmessert, hie secretary, Mt
Hely, issued instructions Nith regard to the cleesifleation of
pe.sees who were to receive eicapensation, which
tared materially from these of the sosamission ;
and upon 31r. Daly baieg qua:lased es the sub
jest, his came was that it was not the iuttntien
of the gOveraOf .hat any other principle shoull be ail. pled
reel coin!? the clarsifienton of 'UN who wen to receive
compenettion, Van the evidence given is the tribunals of
jertee. It was io consequence of these beautician that the
commission appointed by Lord Metcalfe proceeded to settte the
Mayne Under these circumstances, sled the honour of tee
C anoint this extrairdniery hate WWWWW ice? Ought they
to withh ell the discretion of the Crown hi this step
of the preendeig ? Onaht they to awasse for the
popular breach of the coostitstios tbst which pro-
perly helmetd to the Crown, sad take upon them the
responsibility of advising the crews to respond ear email
this set ? He thought it timid be tench wistr to lliate the
discretion and re.ponaihility with the crown, and not to eon-
rait there. Ives to a contest with the popular assembly of
Canada,• eh.ch, if they so interfered, heforeasw would be
itasei.ahl Mtn or dear.) He conlisly speed with the
hen. geed.= en that it would be much better to timely. our
meows weh it, colony, however important or poweifido
then to ea tireata it at the expense of the honour of the
er awn lie must oleo say that he felt a deep 5ym231.4
for those (salient men who stood by the croon
in the hour of d Acuity. (Hest, hate) It wined be
emit un vie) id tee a not to drew a distinction
Lot seen the loyal and the disloyd ; beteeen those men wee
Ito el by the crown in I: 17 and 183 d, who re*i.ted American
ma 41 and it, t tl nt. f the rob Is to dissever the coa-
st eke. betwe en this c otetry and Canada, and than who
participated Is the outrageous acts which had met with
iota putie reproleas. en, and who had openly insult:d the
governor. He believed that the party whore loyalty he
a ln.iretf, wh ote pot exeLts in fewer of British connexioo
he would never Sweet, were in no degree responsible
for than acts, and that they were prepared
tortliel:y and entirly to pat opou ntetel their
itelignstim et and ebb ornate of those ems. But,
at tau same time, wniie ha admired the 61,14 with
which they adhered to British cone .xioe, he could not con-
tent to mt..* them the &Sects of a eartitanship. He be-
hued that the only way by which Cul' could render the
connexion advanteeous to the anther country, was by
acting upoo tie principle of Lord Hen—the priscipla of
impel. navy and ejeal.t. ended jailer. (Hear.) It wee said on
the subject of compensation, toot there were but two tee p-
Tura many
_felt thittliose exceptions constituted the ditie.
tenet between Upper and Lawn Canada, and compelled them
to itchisie OMIT rebtl, swims he fell wi.hin these tent tee
rule*. Lard Elgin said that it was stated in the A•sembly
that the principle no which the bill was framed had already
been aeted on for Upper Canada. If then the principle now
&Rind to the lower province ba identical with that appl:ed
to rlPPer—i4 secortling to Lord Elgin, the commission
tier Lower Canada were to emceed to apportion the laden-
all tinned-Ds to the latent mud tnesni-g of the act, a- d ',pea
the essas principle as the commission fir Upper
Cana le proceeded—if that were so, he &eked if it
won',l hi Mee fir .m the information now Neer., them,
to draw an invidious distinction between Upper and Lower
eamoca, and to imode upon the croon the obligation of
Wang a diLrent entree in Lacer Canada from that which
rece:ved en unanimous assegais Upper Canada, and to which
sue ceonhast of the fast made no objection. (Hear, hear.)
Tee A...inept:Nord wee asked whether the exceptions in-
troduced into the act world neesetarily limit the elacretion ot
the commissioner. and etespelthem to Michel* any other claim,
a:— no ne.teaste•ot has to my, mew sou' the question as
a lawyer. th it looking to the preamble of the act, ne did not
c th ire was any imperative obligation upon the cont-
mtictoters to exclude arey other Maimed= thew of convicted
or confessed rebel. He therelon deprecated deeply any
mans est the part of that Masa which would concede a me-
tered &Stine ita between the cases of the two Csn d As
be mid lane, be was willies to draw a distMetim: between
144 alel dish d. Indeed, he should deplore the y
the Ileum
what romps shuuld be unvellitigutoegive ilea; crw
hen
to tmn o, es of danger and trouble, rallied under
the British standard, fur the protection of British
conuttion. But he bald not allow that feeling to udi' emus

Ale DISRAELI said that b twee addressing himself tithe
question before them, he wished to correct t n error into
which the right hoe baronet hid no doubt ihadeer.
unt'y fallen when ridding the opinions of Lord Elgin.
It wee of greet important, to the ean,:uct of the &Lite, that
there should be no misconception on Cott heed. Ile there.
fore lusged to impinge on the house that V is was not the
opinion of Loot Ilia lordship stated with great pen-
by the view of the ease on both *ldes, and then went on
to observe, To this it was answered that the principle of
the hill was" so and so. The right hen. baronet had crowed
the words "ti this it was answered;" end it might 'hence
litre been supposed that he W4l quoting Lord E!gite'o or n
sentiments. The real qutbtim at 'hike was, whether
her Majesty should ex• relit her constitutional vete or
not. (Hear, boo) if the opinion t f the ma-
jority was always to be conclusive, how could
there be the exercise if a veM at all ? and if, cadet tbe con-
stitution of Canada, the t :errs* of tan veto was contcra-
plat. d, how could the diecuse.on of the expetlieney or non-
esp.dituey of zereisiog it he p: rverted into a ervAtion
win thee rtsponsihl• government shmild ho
ar, hear.) Tie a nttitstba of Crow's havinz be. n
esttblisbed, uothi-g could b.' 'nor. imp litic or unriocipled
than fur the boor to interfere dine* ly or i,d:reetly to pre-
vent the full an. fair play of then constitution? °o strosply
was he of this tooinion, tact he had listened with mach inte-
r r and same alarm to the suggestion of the rght eon. gen-
tleman, the member ter the Unit, nity (Mr. (ltadstone) that
the two Canadian povinres might be severe,t,an4 a evarede-
ration Lane:) of other North Ammicon tholonica, which he
wired would he the counterpart of the AIIIUSHWS 4111f0d411-
1..051. 011.11UWIll forth to the house the other night.
ar, h. r.) From a roue public nuetlag recently
held of the inh*hituts of New Brunswick, it is evident
there was no great iucliaation en their pent for a &dorsi
salve with the Cana has. Therefore, the united provine.
of Cowls might t o be permitted fully and free!" to 'ahoy
the constitution tort not many years ago. Ti. gum-
den wee not the . sienna.* or non-exist nee of responsible
gor.rnosent in Canada The cue herve the Iv tist
was• very simple one. They were not ring to attack the
oustitutisw.l lib,rties of the Canadian*. Ti' y were hound
by poliay, by h snour, and by the Meting. of all paths to
maintain t. es in the fuel enjoyment and thesis@ of their
cos-titutional rights. (Hear.) The qoestion was a simple
one : was there nut a scheme produced and pro meg .ted
uader this ouditutios which afft eel the 1 moue end gr *sly
taro:lased the er.dit of the crows of England ? r,
hear.) Wes there or not say %Menu, in the emduet
of use ministry of Camila hostile to those inttreds
which the mown was bound to protret? Clone'
Chisholm, • gallant vontkm n who err nal during
the rebellion a well know, traitor, Ettlav Malcolm,
awl thereby earned • reaard of 2501., had not claimed it at
the tim-; but his eircum,tasees Wterwwds becoming et
pe.,.perout, off-cted perhaps by that° economical ezperi-
twills which, according to Lied Elgin himself, had motor'
Meted not a little to the disefffoz.ion of Climbs—(heir, bier),
and he .ring that the whole rutettion of rehelli n. to ae, sod
rewards was opened, he had 4ddresied the gnvernctott. emir-
tecus reminding them that t'm govern nt of Upper
Canada was indebted to him in the sum to 2501. The answer

foe. the arerteary • office et Montreal, Met. d 23th March
Irk, was that the claim had been allowed to remain el. rna int
for so long a period that it would not ntw M iintert tined
(Hear, Mar.) That was the answer of the Gov. rear 0-ntiral
or his • ecretary, while they were preperi. g lets of eliding of
as old a let., the only difference being that the le room who
wore /ewe-tied were not the loyal men but the
(Beer, hear.) li, was t-1,1 that the ward lOTA was
nit irserted in the law for Upper Csoada, and the eon.
sainted the main argument of the right hon. baronet; and
the hon. member for Southwark said ti at the Lew Ur she
upper province was Less restricted them the la • for the lower
province. the reason was simply this, that there were no
rebels in Up;or Canada, end the inhanitaate th. re were sit
loyal. (Ironical mita of " Hear, hear.' ) In that province
there were only Mar payments slick resolved V....waive.
i.teeommi•sermtpayments,andwiththeax:ep•i ..a 01 epee
American strangers la, .m 4.. Mo. al that there were no in-
alginate rebels, and this explaMed the differone r of lue
Rule in the preamble of the act. Some pe•sons ha l celled
c.ie a dins' qu-stnet, eau r called it au riol nu. s i9l .
lint in realty it was both, and mere than either for it was
a aat'onel questiou. (II ) Hen. gentl men eip,o. ai e h.d
itateodseed a great messy dandle into this di-casein ftr the
purport) of induenefeg pubis opinion. Ttat being ao, it ...As
his duty Wiley that thi y ware utterly worth!ees. The right
hon. gentleman (ilr. Lebouchere) he I that slight reed an
sneerer of Lord Elgin's to the feldrees from Victoria district.
Lord Wen in that answer, said,. It was his firm iedief that
in the passing of that bill they did not intend t. eouutenone•
rebels or to eunapeasote Xis leek•• of pt r-ores who wt re guilty
of the heinous mime of treason, bat t r m ate provision f) • the
=rd claims arising from the wanton awl unnecessary
Mimi of property. What he called on the house to do
now was to 3ftlf.Athat opinion of Lord Elgin (Hear, hear )
Hut that was no: the point to which he desired to cell toe at-
tention of the house. He wanted to show hew these ad-
dreea os had been procured. He was not going to dt cry, as
Lad been too often done, the expression of popular unation
end the right to petiti n., which he eonoidered obe of li.es-
tiatehle vale. (MAO Nay, more, he thought they
eught to do every iii. p in their rower to latent the
people that their petitions were not disregards I in that
home ; but that, on the corthrery, they he.l greet influence.
Let the Rover, at—let the Wows if they chose—seer ties
our eoloni .I empire, let th• m destroy the sources of our
wealth, the sources of our politie .1 p ewer, but at all events,
in making such common. saerifie s, let them not at the
NSW time *mediae the natioual tumour and the royal word.
(He u, bear.)
• • •

Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT thought that the debate of
that icy, niter clear:, exhibited the necessity which hod in-
fluenced gentlemen in suppurtiog on the relines claiming
the question of adjournsont.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that, as ha had not aadrresed
the house sine. the amendment was mooed, end only an.
sleeted • question the night bef re oi:h resiient to toe ad-
journment, he must aele permiecion tot to e'er,' into toy
hen-ti arzoment, but to coil at ention, hefere a dives:on
was Cl5llll to, to two or three prints which aught to be
borne in mind by those who weft going to divide upon
this question. Defoe, he sail anything upon the moo
quegion, he tnought it right to take souse n ::iee of alleiratioos
which had bent mule by the hoe. mesiVier for Bridocirt
(Mr. B. Coebraur), draping the cheratter of pers3ns holding
oldie •in Canada. lie did not think it right that assertion%
shoutd be made raep..cting these persoes whey, proof and
ground of the allegation. were not &Settled. (II e.r, bear.)
The hon. number for Bri Iport hal said that Mr. Lafontaine
and Mr. liddein were notoriously guilty of totems., and
avowedly mad coofereedly relils. Now, with novenas to
Mr. Lafontaine, that gentleman at the time of the bourne
dos in Canada was in this country. A warren- was ironed
against him, and be returned home, and n a proof whatever
had been given that he took part in the insurrection. lie
(Lard J. Russell) bad never before heard the any charge
was wade against Mr. 13 eldwin.
Mr. B. COCHRANE—Was not 5001. offered for him?
Lord J. RUSSIILI, had never heard at any such reward
being offered far him. The hon. gentleman hail ado said
that late ly, for the flat time, blesses. Lahintsine and Bald-
win had bees honoured wi h the confidence of the Q lien's
repro/set:dive in Canada, and that they now hell office.
Now, it was necessary to state, that in Novemb fr, 1812, Mr.
Lafontaine hal been eppointed by the Queen Attiemev-Cle-
neral, sad that Mr. Hided' had bees appointed SAibitors
(densest at the same time. But Lord Stanley was :heu Se-
cretary of Suite for the Colonies. (" Hear, heat," and
cheer.) Whatever, therefore, were the ae.usatio..• which
the hon. gentleman had thcuobt It necessary to produce
for the purposes of the present debate, there could be no
doubt that Lord Stanley had been satistid of the iocorrzet•
sem and falsehood of these imputatio-o, and that these rah,
whom he recommended to hold the highest oifices in Canada,
were loyal men, to whom the °Sets could be safely en-
treated. (Loud cheers.) Now, t stain qaestioa non
which the house had to deed', and upon whist the
right hon. gentleman who spoke last seemed not t
have sufficiently retitled, was this—that there bevies;
been posed bills and acts for the indemnity of
who bad suffered rebellion losses in Upper
tealril, there had now lyin pasted an act for
the indemnity of persona in Law. r Canada, acd the
que-tion was, whether the representatives of the crown,
having consented to those form-r acts—whether the minis-
ters of the crown never having advised a disallowance under
the former acts—there was such • difference between
thorn acts and the present one as to make it tight,
and not only right but necessary on the part of
the adviser. of the crown, and on the part of the house,
having allowed a confirmation of those acts to stamp the pre.
mat act with disaquwanc3 ? (Rear, hear.) Now, open this
point, the right hon. baronet the member fur Tamwot th had
founded Us argument, and he had satisfactorily shown that
there was not any essential faifferefaca between the auls, but
that there were mote restrictions is the present ete.t than in
the former ones ; and to that important argument the hon.
member ter Buckinghamshire had not attempted to reply,
but he merely went en to give an illustratiou to the house,
wi h respect to an iudelanity to the heirs and dexcendatrs
of Emmett, and Meagher, and others in Ireland. " Hear,
hoar," and laughter.) The hon. member had spoken as if
the proposal of the present act was to cooler an in-
demnity on persons guilty of rebellion in Canada.
But it win no such thing. (Cheers.) It was pos-
sible that MN persons guilty of rebellion might
receive indemnity nadir it, hut to say that it wan an act to
reward those go lty of rebellion waste confound two things
as wide as the poke wander. (Load cheers) Ile admitted
that it might be r cc. nary for the advisers of the crown to
' ream their sanction to acts passed by Canaan, and if this
proposed to give compensation to persons who had
been sent to Bermuda, the crown could not assent
to it. He would not push the question of re-
sponsible government to the extreme; but he would
not be juatified in advising the crown not to sanction
the present ac ion merely upon the vague suspicii.ne cf thou:
whom allegations were unsupported by proof. Ile believed
that two or three persons who had boin outlawed, and after-
wards pardoned, received compensation under the former
sets; but under the present act no compensation could be
given except for injuries tannecesearily and wantonly in-
dicted during the iosurrection. (Hear, hear.) And
what did the amendment propose t Did it propose to
the house to wait? Nothing of the kiod. It proposed
that the Royal assent should not be given to the act, and
that compensation having been given to the sufferers in
Upper Calends there should be no compensation given to the
Buff ion in Lower Canada. This was the question. And
what Would the people of Canada ash if the &foe idmen;

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1849.

were carried? Way, they would naturally nye
that there was to be compensation for the sufferers
In Upper Canada, because they were of English de-
went, bat that there was to be no compensation for the suf-
ferers in Lower Canada because they were of French
descent ; aed he need hardly explain to the
hours what unpleasant feelings each an impres-
sion woldl °Helmut emeng-t the Canadians. (Hear, hear )
The house may find Nome definition by which the rebel.
may be excluded from laws, but how could they expect
that .hey could force it on the Assembly of Canada as a defi-
nition on which they could act ? (Hear.) The right boo.
gentleman who had just spoken said that he had the high. st
retp. et for Lord Elgin, and that be would not do ony:hilet
to imply a doubt ou his unsullikel character. Now he would
remind the house that Lcrd Elgin stated that it was 'wet the
intention of this act to compeueete rebels, and that if this
motion were earrii d, it would be tantamount to
a declaration that they did cot believe the declaration made
by lend Elvin ; in fact, that it was a fals:hood. ar.)
For his (Lard J. Russell'e) own part, believieg as he did in
the uneullied heaovr of L:rel Egin, that the legislative as-
semhly and council of Canada f.rate.d a sufficient legislature
for Canada; and that in the present instar.ce its Interests
were ant impaired, he thought that the best way in which
he could aupArt the character of Lard Elgin, and
respect the government and the view* of the as-
semhly, was to give his vote against the amendment
of the right bon. i.entlemen (Mr. Henries), as one which
would injure the cennection between this country and that
noble province., and as one which would seriously enda-gsr
their tuture relations with every colony in which this country
was interested. (Cheese.)
For the etc elution of Supply 291
For the amendment

Kill revolt from Great Britain, and seek to be incor-
porated with the United States. Would the forms of
a democratic republic enable the minority to
govern ?
It is cot, however, of the Canadian minority we
are now speaking: we have diecussed the question
in so far as it re!ates to them often enough. Oar
present purpose is to hold up to view the miserable
mixture of reckless factiousnees and cowardice dia.
play( dhy the cooservative a liberal and illiheral. St/long
as, by encouraging the agitation of the Canadian
minority, they had hopes of weakening ministers
without committing themsnlves to adopt any o her
course than ministers have adrpted, they were de-
' tarred from playing their game by no regard for
security of person or property in the colony. But
when the time comes for them to declare whether
they are prepared to act upon other principles than
ministers have acted, they back out of the scrap•
leavirg their colonial profivis 'll the lurch. Without
encouragement from this aide of the wat:r, the ascen-
dancy party in Canada would not have ventured to
carry on their opposition with so high a band. But
for the counten ince afforded them by the conserva-
tives in the trother country 80. ttion would rot have
been carried to ea h a heigli: as to end in arson ar.d
treasonable deedaratione. Toe Manus and GLAD-
STONE satt:ons may decide between them which has
had the greater share in this goodly wo•k : it lies
between them.

The resolttli-n was then agreed to.
The Assaults (Inland) Bin, and the Ecclesiastical Judi-
Bill, went though cJunnittce. Third row& gs ou
Moadar.

Jr is difficult to decide whe'her the French CM-
serv3tlro or the French dectrucives have displayed
greater guilt or greater fitly. Tee bombardment of
Rome by the one, Bud th- insurrection got op apropos
of it by the otter, do both of t.l.em seem such signal
acts of suicide and stupidity, that two su b
pehtic el events, the result of the wisdom
of the two gnat political parties, induce ono
almsst to deeper of France and the French alt.s.-
ther. M. BARROVS corduet towards the Romans,
at d the shameful sophisms with which he excused it,
were quite enough to damn and ovenbrow a minister
in any country. Yet this meat culp..ble and absurd
ant, instead of destroying the minister, eaves him.
For It provokes to overt treason and to a still more
stupid act of insurrection, the very men who were in
a position t t profit by the ministerial blunder.
What a complete theatricml stage is French public
life ? Ilow sadden st artling t ech itiges ? Before
the elections they were to be ultra-mad. rite, sod to
make a clean sweep of repuli icannim. Inste.d of tnis,
upwards of 200 fietee republicans are retained tofunn
an ardent Mountain. Several of these, moieover, arc
returned by the votes of the soldiery.
Never were red-republicanism in a batt r position.
They formed the largest and most compact party iu
the Assemble, whilst those opposed to thine were
divided. Knis'ers hal just made an outrax.ous
blimd.r, and a disrupion of the moderate
party was inevitoblr. In the very moment of
victory the red-npublie ens lose their wits.
Passion overcomes the judgment not merely of,
•heir new recrui:s but of their vetersn men—
of LEDRU ROLLIN himself. And what must have
seemed hopeless to the mo..t Far:guile moderate as the
result of a thre3 or a six years' parliamentary
strogalo is achieved in a trice, aisl ttar. Msuntain of
oppnition swept c'ean away to perdition, without
strife, without bloodshed, and in a few home. No
pantomime ever tquailed this for magical effect.
Great eveics in other e3untries proceed from great
motives and great mind-. In France this seems re-
versed. There events are gnat indeed and startling,
but man amidst them seems a dwarf and an idiot,
powerless, senseless, without dig..ity or foresight
'the vanquished, instead of being a hero, piled in his
fad, or a villein, who claims at least the reepsit of
fear, is on the contrary a fool, to whom you would
award a cap and bels. Wt•i'st the vietnr' instead of
beieg worthy of the laurel, is a blunderin4 blockhead,
who wins merely because he has encountered a greater
blockhead than himself.

SUNDAY TRADING (METROPOLIS) BILL.
S:x. W. CLAY prorated petitious frog, St. Leonard, Shore-
ditch, in fs .uar of tbie bill. It was, however, after a short
posspont unt,l Monday.

France, we are sorry to say, does not scent to be
much advanced, except in the habits and ee.cesi•ieu
of a military reyinse. No: is June, 1819, an imp:. VC-
meht upon Jane, 1818, except in a much greater
want of energy stet sagacity in all parties. The pro-
visional gnvrramcnt itself could never have committed
the Reiman blunder. During tl.e late troublous
days the melons' guards were not ooneoked as they
were in 1848, one of the worst of signs. The govern-
meat, just like that of M. GUIZOT, depended exclu-
sively on the army. Aid yet the emeute was evidently
too insignticant to reed any other repression than that
lof the national guard. Martial law, too, has been de-
clared at a time when every conspirator was in flight,
and when there wee no pressing reas mi for it, except in
the fear of ministers and the frenzy of the moderates.
'lbis is arch p dicy and conduct—a distrust of
the law aid of all law, and a timid habit of creeping
at every difficult moment under the protection of
bayonets, that speaks ill for the aptitude of French
etstesmen for c institutional government.
It is impeesible not to remark the dignified attitude
assumed by General CAVAIGNAC in the midst of these
troubles. CAvATONAC kilted has the one attribute of
g,eatnets, that, however of humble talents in ordinary
dines, he rises with the oceesion, and is even sno-
quent in times of poLtical crisis. His reproaches to
the Mountain fur destroying the republic by their
filly, accompanied by the declaration, that he would
never verve any other regime save the republic, won
the enthwrisetic applause even of the numarchiens.
One sheul I sty this was the time for a middle
party. But the strength of the middle party lay in
the numbers of the Mountain, who, tluugh nut direct,
were iudireet supporters of all that went to oppose
relation. Bat now, if the memeers of tte red repub-
licen opposition (reeppear, the conservatives will have
no need of C:ther CAVAIGNAC or Due erne. Nay, they
may discard M..l3Amtor himself, and plunge into as
complete reaction in France as they have striv.c to
perpetrate in Rome.