The Sun.
London, England, 1830-06-12 00:00:00

expenses of their civil government, that rested upon a
different footing, and lie wou'd tiiiu'•le the House with a
det'.•r addressed by Loittilitlark tii:the Governors of th.,
Gdotties on this point.—(The---Right Hon. Gentl. man

then Mad the 'Ottv..: in which .Lord Illithuist.refeited to
the frequent discussions. in Partiamant,.in,which hind
i:eea requested that toe Colones ought'to bear tlpir own
expen,es-L.that he had deferred' pressing.. this upon
t';ein, until they should 'ha in a condition to bear' the Te-
,p:insibility, . and until Parliament should have removed
ihe restriction to which the commerce of the .Colonies had
bun liable—that those restrictions were now removed, and
is was to be hoped that the freedom of their commerce
Would create an additional Prosperity, which would enable
t: em to defray their civil expenses without any new taxes ;
or, if such tuxes.should be necessary, to bear them with-
out inconvenience.).--This proposition appeared to him
perfeetly,elnitable and reasonable, and he thought it,jit,ti-
fikl the House in Calling for the reasons why any of the
Blitish. North American Colonies, and perticalarly Nova
SCotia, New BrunsWick, and •Prinee Edward's Island,
did not take upon themselves the expense of their own
Government.
Sir GEORGE MURRAY said it was his intention,
as soon as he conveniently could, to lay before the House
a full account of all the items of colonial expenditure.
As to the military defence of the sever.' colonie<, he
thought it would be too much to expect the colony sliould
neiintain.its militark defensiVe force. The great difficulty
all the'sC colonies was, that the constitutioual principles
cr the mother country were not found so well to amalga-
mate in the colonial. forms of Government. The at isto-
erotical principle, in particular, was bet imperfectly intro-
duced throughout the whole of our colonies.
Mr. SPRING RICE' hoped. that the speech of l is
lion. Friend, on this occasion, would not be suffered to
pass without appealing in a printed shape before the pub-
ic. Its matter was excellent, its actpiaintance with the
subject profound, and evidently derived from official sources.
Mr. LABOUCHERE contended that the aristocratical
principle never had beeri intended to be ingraf!ed on the
ancient Constitution of Canada. All attempta to intr.,
ilticelt there, •h*e pledged bintse:f to the Right Hon. Gee-
deman, would totilly fail. kwas contrary ta the genius
of their Constitution, and foreign to the habits ui t3/4:e
country. If the Right lion. Gentleman imagined. the
Rid be had promised to introduce. syduld prove a Ihil of
Conciliation, he wale much- mistaken. The Canailiars
would resi,t everyeffort of that I-louse to tax these co-

I. nies—it would take all the exertion of its high prisilege
and power to force the meditated tueasnre on the relsrtaat
people of that. country.
Mr. M. FITZGERALD thought his Right Hon.
Friend bad been misunderstood. Ue had only n p-etted
that the aristocratic principle did not harmonize ith the
other. .principles in the colonies,..aa..it did in tie mother:
country.
Mr. O'CONNELL believed it would be impossible to
create an Aristocracy in the Canadas. The experiment
had been tried by M:. Pitt, and had only ended in the ap-
pointment of.the Legislative Assembly.
Mr. HUME thought the Right Hon. Gentleman was
totally mistaken in the principles lie attempted to maintain
with respect to these colonies. They appeared' firmly re-
solved to vindicate to themselves the character of Ireemeo,
who had a right to controul, is some degree, du0..., sp_
. pointed to govern these colonies,. in a fair, justifiable, and
constitutional manner.

Mr. ➢IABRRLY thought the Coinmittee was about to

make this vote entirely in the dark. These items ought
to be narrowly investigated by the House before it pro-
ceeded further in making such important grants of 'midi,:
money.
The vote was agreed so.
The report was ordered to he received on Monday next.