The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-04 00:00:00

ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.

On the motion of Mr. WILSON, it was agreed that the
house at its rising should adjourn until Monday next.
CLERGY RESERVES (CANADA) BILL.
On the order of the day for the second reading of this
bill,

Sir J. PAKINGTON presented several petitions
from the bishops and clergy of Canada against the mea-
sure.

Sir R. H. INGLIS also presented a petition against
the bill from the Society for the propagation of the
Gospel in Foreign Parts.
Sir J. PAKINGTON said he approached that sub-
ject with the deepest conviction of the truth and justice
of the cause he intended to advocate. He regretted
the ;necessity of resisting the bill at its present stage,
but a sense of duty compelled him to do so, as he had the
strongest objection to it in the shape it now was.
Anxious to avoid any resistance to theibill, he had sug-
gested to Lord J. Russell that the Legislature and the
Crown were bound in good faith to respect the rights of
the Protestant Church in Canada, in the hope that he
would introduce a measure that would be acceptable to
both sides of the house. He was, therefore, surprised to
find no reservation whatever in the present bill ; on the
contrary it delegated powers to the Legislature of Ca-
nada to deal with the clergy reserves as it thought fit.
So anxious was be he to abandon all opposition to the
bill, that if the noble lord would hold out a hope that
any amendment would be introduced in committee which
would have the effect of guarding the disposal of re-
serves, so as to protect the interest of the Church
of England and Scotland. The real principle at issue
was religious endowments or. secularisation. (Hear.)
On one side it was contended that these endowments
had been appropriated by successive parliaments and
sovereigns to the support of the Protestant religion in
Canada ; and on the other, that self-government in the
colonies was paramount, and entirely over-rode the rights
which might have been acquired by such appropriation.
Now, he challenged the disproof of the proposition, that
the country was bound by the most sacred obligations to
respect to the settlement of 1840, so far as its principle
was concerned, namely, that the property should be de-
dicated for all time to come to religious uses in the
colony. This Parliament was not at liberty by a
tyrannical exercise of power to violate that settlement.
(Hear.) It was said by the Government that self-
government was sacred to all other considerations, but
the present bill violated that principle, for clause 2 said it
should not be lawful for the Colonial Parliament to violate
the rights of individuals. He knew it would be answered
that the clause had been suggested .by the Canadian
Legislature ; but that was not a satisfactory reason for
the Government departing from the principle on which
they laid so much stress. He thought that no Government
had shown more regard for self-government in the colonies
or done more to promote it than that of the Earl of
Derby. (Hear.) He contended that the Canadian Le-
gislature had never acquired a right over the clergy re-
serves. The entire right to deal with them was vested
in the Crown. Earl Grey had so held in regard to Aus-
tralia, and being of opinion that it was a matter of
policy to retain all property of this kind in the Crown.
[LEFT SPEAKING.'

ELECTION COMMITTEES-((THIS DAY.)

COUNTY OF WATERFORD.
(Continued from our First Edition.)

In this case, the committee having decided not to al-
low the petitioners to offer objections to the votes of
electors who, between the time of their being placed on
the register and voting, had ceased to occupy the tene-
ment in respect of which they had voted, the petitioners
withdrew their petition ; and the committee passed the
usual resolution, declaring John Esmond, Esq., duly
elected.

CHATHAM.
Mr. Sergeant Kinglake concluded his address at 4
o'clock, and the committee adjourned until to-morrow.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 3.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Colo•
nel the Hon. Robert Edward Boyle to be one of the grooms
in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty, in the room of
Captain the Hon. William Stuart Knox, M.P., resigned.