The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-27 00:00:00

soisaial leghistion, sad whom amnesty as wall as whose wise
and jail palsy were eheridted In Jamaica and Canada.
The noble lord then read at extract from an soswee of Laid
Metcalfe's to an adieus, is which he said, with refer. cm to
a reeponsilds govirement, that it they meant teat the
governor was to les a aim tool la the hands of the
sonacil he totally disagreed ham them. He as•
"anted to this mid ths twat of the mad, temperate,
this rad osostinstimpal dlealm• laid dam is that address,
sad he akas if bad been sated wpsa by the legislature
of Nom Batik uvula it have hem pasible to diasies •
without aempmsatlon the gentleman *less ea's ha had
hougght halms them es the hundred local magistrates no-
°mamba with pada i ear, if each an attempt had been
made, thiseesaid have bow the tints for Interferes". on the
trt et the
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dessisatit mtiority. .

Bad Galli said Irk, es his reply was based upon**
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beaks, he thesgbt he ebelil snub the thee there they of
mareleeseithilt be eiegthithliariess them Mir WWI et
Weald leglethelesdth pinaed that their thigtheles le the'
esse ite thew Me sable loth MEM* thee there the
peat Moth, is thethithee the main ettorrei by the
miolummise ills its sietheelly, sod the thief-
mat et theme plellepes efeethiethe by tke atheist*
in their own affshei_
_elle they valued so kr thee we did
in this ethstry. Nie Noble *Wad, Lied I. Bernell, whoa'
holding the elks ellieeretsey et State for the Colonies, said
imam eerytopeist est lesthedietior seed oitileekles iron the
=tram us of power d by the &Mont authorities
is ow/ selesith He bull that the ease wee equally tale is
thiesemetty. If the Sovereign used the power the pommel—
if the Ilan et Canes' pa led to extremes the right el es.
fobs the lordships' holm were he ere *dr
eight et mimic g the.. etteseree et whisk
tilt;leepperesit,—id them pest eutkorithe in the stets
wrote seethe to their sthreetthe powers they pthethesd, wee
Altardm thm. hallowed system et eoweituties would he es*
saermithe thee to ethislasth gad the whole othellsteiP
Sewer be throws isle hoodoos dierthect
teeth) Yb see the wreaths sorde ail his soli,
fit TirliseimussAmfili, elikeil@st

Vrlpmentamireel th
taro ervesseewr dear sac
aeauh ra etre.
lotheamage end good geese, by dating their
amedilet is eigemmigasse, notwithstanding these theoretic
MINGO, y slab yes might prove with great ease that'
the Edith r'" ado held net pensibly week, by these.
mmeelsuae that essedggelest had flourished for generation to the
infinite abletwe of those who bad the hipping' to live,
under the pretenkm of our ncble institutiees. So it was
with oar -itelesin If the governor had invariably seed.
upon his own judgement—if the Anembly on the other heed.
insisted on having their views carried into effect—if the Se-
cretary of State was to pay whet were the best measures, he
would at one say that such a system of government could.
not possibly week. Bat if, acting upon a direvent principle,
otli=reekt the crown was and, not to resist by force peals'
i in the minks, not to drive but to influence and
lead; thew the egoism night work smoothly and well, with
Make advantage to the oinks and great benefit to this'
country. Bat M impended entirely upon the elheretion and
le the examen those great pewee, sad into where heads
they were nalded. He sarupld not to say that our Nods
Americoa oinks tad mend a bugs in their ptegress
when public widen and theta the coltish theessehresunat
ultimately be eapreeme and decide epos all messures of is-
anti policy. He believed it sot to be either practicable or
desirable that any other role should prevail, and he was per-
suaded that Uthe power of the crown wen used in that
mass, kneeing how far we could so, and her for we mid
not ge, that the gement advantage would accrue to the 'c-
loak% mad that the eolenisse themselves waren that opinion.
Is a *spare nand for in the other home emotion:tent, he
lideeisanend ee clearly as he could to state his views to
the pegenni stases Gamin; but so far from saying that
they were w emir themselves free from responsibility, be
MY that a meat and high responsibility was pined upen-
ding; but, an the ether heed, under the form el government'
avenge those solooks, it wee impossible to shrink from the
onshiskin that pagination must decide disputed questions.
nosebag lent hung reed an extent from the denh
alluded to, in which, addreselog Wr J. Hervey, he panted
oat the ISISSIPT in which he should exercise his authority,
adding thet,that which tumbled him to Wage his venation
to measures dike keel legislation depended for its efficacy
en befog used sparingly end with the greatest possible dis-
cretion preceded to aKITII that if wee not pre-
pared to support the government of our North American
eolontes epos these prieciples, he, for oste, would say they
could be supported on no other. They were the principles
and views he had uniformly maintained glass he had the'
honour of a Net in either house of parliament. They were
the primaries which, with the full concurrence of his col-
leagues. he had enisavoured to apply as innonially and as
fairly as it wee la his power stone he held his preemt dike
sad, he must ow, that whatever mistakes might have been
committed, snits wan not presumptuous enough to say that
U4OB had been esansided the sang enditios of our
earthen Weans win the iest proof that these principles
were in the nods, seam& 'adjust. The noble earl went on
•
to rein to Witt the aide lewd said, when
Lord STANLEY interposed by theerving that he had.
charged the noble earl with not having acted up to the full'_
spirit of kis own lastructions.
Bari GEST wee newt mistaken if the astits lord had not
straggly insisted apes the duty and. seessity of the beam.
maistaning, in opposition to the strongest feel-
= rid :inns of the inhabitants end legislature of the
colonise, their own views of Gatlin questions ; doing so, in
feet, to such an extent as to leave little of that pima* of
seltgovernmeat which he (Earl Grey) cootended for.
(Hear, hear.) If the assembly was to decide upon the inter-
nal Whin of the colony, and if when a difference of opinion
arose between the Secretary of State and the legislature,
purely of local camera, the assembly, and not the Secretary.
of State, was to give way ; if that was to be the rule,
it followed that while you give them representative govern-
ment in name, you in substance refused it. (lieu, hear.).
n. • would not shrink front stating that public opinion must
'oven in Nova Scotia as well as in England. Our fellow-
subjects in our North American colonies participated too
mush ia our own feelings and epirit to tolerate in the long
run any other system. What happened in Non &wk.
Per 15 pears the subject of granting a civil list had mused
continued waken The noble lord, daring his Ave years of
ethos, **dummied, with moth ability, but in vain, to bring
the question to an nee. Ho insisted upon the salutes of.
nimbi name being maintained, and upon other points.
Sines be (Earl Greheld flier that question had again
given rise to man depute. The muslin of the legislature
append to him to open to great objection, and be re-
ferred It bask, stating hie objections, for the cousideration of
the governor and the *Luna ; and by the last mad he re-
ceived a despatch from Sir JAI/Levey, in which he stated
that the set had been framed in exact conformity with his
(Earl Grey's) thetractions respecting the arrears due and the
W eeks of judges prior to 184 i, and settling the salukis by.
the present and future Liesteneut-Governor. Party haling
had bees much united on the question, bat the exhales
legislature had been brought to see the propriety of settling
the minden lima these teems, and had piled a civil list
which he (Lid Grey) bad described. With regard to
the removability of those who held cake, in consequence
of political changes, that principle bad been frankly adopted
by the legislature of Nova Scuia. Even if the act against
which the petition was now presented should ultimately rr-,
wive the essikneation of her hi qesty, the whole number of
Akers alingsali.• by • image of administration in Nova
fiscielsweglinet be beyontisix, which he did not think an ex-
agenlese. Be strongly urged upon the assembly
that is the ant= which was so much inked,
they keen Witting injustices non individuals,
and that ism endow should be given to individuals upon
due nein Hen was the usombly and email met his
views. The ease of Mr. Fairbanks, they contended,
did not come within the role, and with that one ea-
anion they had removed no individual from office
without granting him compensation. There might be qui
thee in some cams as to whether the amount was satisfee-
tow, bat they bed decided the principle and in every single
tartan nein Yin one it had been grunted. Remembering
how strong the beim was against the grander of pensions,
those who wakened- the intensity of that feeling, not only
in our own idea se but the adjoining contain would
readily admit that this was no small concession on the pert
of the assembly and council of Nova Scotia. Regarding
the abanges in the magistracy, he regretted the subject had
been adverted to on the present occasion, as the cot-
rennin*, was not yet in a state fit ar production;
and without It it would be impossible for their !ord-
ain to form a sound judgment upon the merits of
the case. It we also impossible for him to ennui
publicly an spiden apes the conduct of Nova Scales,. •
without running the risk d exciting those party contests
which it led been lie study to appease: But he would say
this, that Ewes andrely meek for their lordships to form an.
opinion on the nide lares statement fromtbe petition. They.
were ungebil aeon and there were reasons assigned for the
cosies sampled which at all even'e were entitled to their
eoesideraties. But eves if he were prepared to grant think
was tens that in this instance the power of the crown had
bees serert ad the precise line discretion would prescribe,.
still he say, looking to our ewe history was that he
an antra any great, political party in thk'country bad
at any time, in the heat of party contests,
esea that authority beyond the exact line of
niederatien and Faience. He believed that no
great party in the country could make each an
nudes as bad been made in Nova Scotia, and
ought we net to make tome allowance for what might
take pine in winks where, es the noble lord justly ob-
served, the society being small, political connate were likely
to be carried ea with mach greater acrimony and violence
than at home ? He would not pledge himself to an opinion
that any ewe bad been nannitud until all the information
was receded ; but he must sly this, that it was .
mew, and no lees dangerous than new, that party
contets our'Nerth American colonies should be revived,
in that house. To fight those contests again upon the stage.
of their lordships' house would he attended with most in-
genue mum It frequently happesed that the
ease if the Beprsemtathe Assembly, when it wee in dis-
pute with the crown, had been urged with mach effect
/a peellessint the government for the time being.
i that thes the Wialtrimee of parliament was most whole-
some elegriZer. Be thettglit that in the ens of anumni-
' seated acted as a great check against
altness, and that wee bard to keep a vigilant eye over the
abbe= of Ihe news. ls the same manner he wee prepered
sink theterben dillaggeses arose 'between the repneenta-
thee dem pipit In the Minks and her Hejestys gibbon, '
gnaw &Mg et ptingir. to hobs into the nava of
ththeuXll/Lers, sod 011'Omt blame did not rest with the
et news. Hat the cue was very different when
• semalot prismoistail from a rrpreser rive legbisture,
bat • gathedireF a colony, to the effect that they
had sot reriend Meth the crown the protection which they
ought to espy, Wiest the penniless of the repressantives