The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-18 00:00:00

LOWER CANADA.

PROOFS THAT THE CANADIANS ARE RE-
SOLVED TO RESIST THE OPPRESSION OF
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS THE WAY IT WORKS.
Meetings have been held, we understand, in several pa-
rishes; to elect officers of Militia to replace those which
have been dismissed " Her Majesty's service." Those
who incurred the disapprobation of the Executive were, as
might have been expected, promoted to commissions in
" The People's service."

MORE POPULAR HONOURS FOR THE DISMISSED.

The Militia-men of Captain Moge, of St. Ours, lately
" dismissed," assembled on Saturday last, and honoured
their patriotic commander by planting a May-pole before
his residence, as a mark of their respect. The May-pole
bears the following inscription :
" To Captain Moge, dismissed, but re-elected by the
people."
The most singular feature in this matter, remarks the
Minerve, is, that Captain Moge was deprived of his Com-
mission on a charge of having attended the meeting of the
county of Richelieu, at which he was not present at all!
So great has been the disgust at the mariner in which Capt.
Moge has been treated, that even the Sergeant of the Com-
pany demanded to have his Commission cancelled, and
would not consent to act as Sergeant, until he was elected
into office by the Company. It gives us great pleasure
to find the people thus establishing Elective Institutions
in the country, in spite of their rulers. If we cannot get
them for asking, we must take them.

Captain Marchessault, of St. Antoine, lately dismissed
"her Majesty's service" by the Baron of 11Thirlingham, was
recently entertained by his militiamen and fellow-parishionyrs
in a most hospitable manner. Captain Renaud, who is
also:about to be honoured by the head of the Administration
with a dismissal, was likewise feasted by his militia-men on
the 4th instant. After the harvest is finished, is intended,
we understand, to give public dinners in various quarters
to gentlemen dismissed from the Militia and Magistracy.

MESSRS. BALD WIN and CRADOCK'S

AFFAIRS.

Yesterday afternoon, a meeting of the creditors of this
firm was appointed to take place at the Albion Tavern,
Aldersgate-street, which was very numerously and respect-
fully attended.
After Mr. WOODFALL, the highly-respectable printer,
had been unanimously voted to the Chair, a statement of
the affairs of the concern was submitted to the meeting,
by which it appeared that the liabilities of Messrs.
Baldwin and Cradock, in round numbers, amounted to
about £180,580 0 0

THEIR ASSETS.
In bills and cash to £69o 0 0
Book debts, including pub-
lishing account, to about 21,000 0 0
Supposed ♦alue of stock
and copyrights, works
at press, stereotype, cop-
per and steel plates,
wood-cuts, lease, life
interests, &c., to about llO,OOO 0 0
£131,690 0 0

Showing a deficiency of about £48,890 0 0
It was on all hands admitted by the meeting, that a deed
of trust would be a preferable mode of proceeding to that
of a fiat of bankruptcy, because of the great sacrifice of
property, which the latter mode would be certain to entail
upon the estate, and, upon a motioa to that dr:et being
submitted to the meeting, the following gentlemen were
unanimously appointed to the responsible duties of trustee-
ship—John Salt, Esq., banker ; Mr. Henry Pouncey, sta-
tioner ; Mr. T. C. Hansard, printer ; Mr. Lepard Smith,
stationer ; and Mr. Marshall, bookseller.
A synopsis of the deed of trust, containing the usual
clauses, was afterwards read by Mr. Foss, the legal autho-
rity in attendance, and all, save one to which objection
was taken, and which was in consequence expunged, were
agreed to, The amount of accommodation paper, it ap-
peared, was inconsiderable, not exceeding 2,0001.; but a
question subsequently arose as to the probable amount of
mortgage to which the several copyright shares were liable,
and many present expressed an opinion that this ought to
have been stated to the meeting, whilst others contended
that it was rather the province of the trustees to ascertain
it, and afterwards, should it appear necessary, to convene
a special gartered meeting of the creditors, to submit this
and other matters to its consideration. With proper ma-
nagement it is thought that the estate ma yrealise 'from
10s. to 12s. ad. in the ponoti.
After voting thanks to the Chairman, the wading so
parated,

At the Kingston Quarter Sessions yesterday Mr.
Lawson, the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Surrey,
announced that he had, in consequence of his advanced age,
tendered his resignation to the Lord Lieutenant. His Lord-
ship accepted it, and immediately appointed Mr. Lawson's
son to succeed him.

At Mr. Heyes's, in Rivington, near this town, there
are 210 patotoes (40 of which are large ones), the produce
of One set, a whole potatoe.—Bolton Chronicle,