The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-15 00:00:00

MR. HUME'S LETTER TO DR. DUNCOMBE.

COPY OF • LETTER FROM JOSEPH HUME TO DR. DUNCOMEE, WHICH
WAS FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATTER, SEIZED BY THE
DON. COLONEL ALLAN NI`NAD, COIMANDINCI DER MAJESTY'S FORCES
IN THE LONDON DISTRICT :-

London, June 23, 1837.
Dear Sir,—By the last packet I have sent three copies of Sir F.
Head's despatch to England, with the Report of the Select Com-
mittee of the House of As'embly of your Province in the petition I
presented from you to the House of Commons in August last, and
three copies of the returns of patents of lands, &c. The letter of
Sir F. Head accompanying that despatch is particularly deserving yo•.re
attention, and without any delay. As Mr. Dunn left Toronto i❑
May, I had expected from you or from the Political Union, some
proofs in evidence and support of the allegations in your petition,
the truths of which have been called in question, and denied in
no very measured terms ; your honour, veracity, and character,
as a Member pf Parliament and a man, require that you should
meet these charges distinctly and separately, or you will stand
branded before the country in a manner most unpleasant to
yourself and to me, who, reposing perfect confidence in the statements
you made, and which were believed by Mr. Baldwin and stated in con-
nection with so many proceedings of which you were an eye.witness,
that I had no doubt whatever of their truth. The letters I received about
that time from Mr. M`Kenzie, and those from Mr. Baldw•in's friends,
also concurred in describing the conduct of Sir F. Head and of his de.
pendants as most unconstitutional and tyrannical, and I described these
acts against the liberties of the Upper Canadians in such colours as poi_
trayed them in my view. All these are denied by the Committee, and
Sir Francis head and you do not appear before the Committee or in
the House to have explained or defended your conduct here,
which I cannot account for. In whole or in part you surely ought to
have been able to substantiate some of the charges made by
you, unless, indeed, the loss In your family prevented you,
or that you would not appear before the Committee so con.
stituted as it was. 1 have been often in packed Committee against my
views, but in the elucidating of truth and in the exposure of frauds,
violence, or abuse of power, I have never found any Committee able to
prevent me. I come in for a tolerable share of abuse, but my conduct
was dependent entirely on the credit I gave to your statements ; if they
are Wrong, I have been in error, and must take the eel:sequences ; but
I would fain hope, that you will have been taking measures for meet.
ing every allegation against you—that you and the cause you support
may stand forth clear before your countrymen. I will not remain under
these charges if I can by any means refute them; and for that purpose
I have written to Mr. Bidwell and Dr. Morrison, as I now do
to you, to send me proofs of your accuracy, and in support
of the original charges against the Governor. If they are not
true, we have done him an injury, and must repair it. You
will receive a list of the rules for the granting and sale
of lands, and a complete list of the sales and grants of lands during the
time ycu required ; to these your attention must be especially directed,
and I think you will find ample means for your case in that return.
Send certificates of the custom of voting on patents only after two
month.' holding, as you stated. The succession of the Queen and the
dissolution of Parliament will prevent the Canada proceedings from
coining under distinct discussion, except as regards the Act for continu-
ing the Parliament, notwithstanding the demise of the Crown. It is
alleged that such has been the case before; but that is no reason
why the Members of Sir Francis Head's Parliament should not be
sent back to their constituents. I shall endeavour to obtain that for
you, but have in the meantime advised addresses to the Queen to that
purpOrt. You mey also recommend some petition to the new Parlia-
ment to the same purpose, in case I should not have succeeded for
you before that time. I hope if there is a new election that the
people of Upper Canada will make a better choice than they did at the
last, and that that new Parliament will convince Sir Francis Head that
he has had his run, and must be sent back to the Poor-law Commis.
sioners or to the Brunncns. If he is right in his charges, that you, the
Reformers (so styled as he says) are the few despicable and disloyal
party he states you to be, he need not be afraid to appeal, arid his suc-
cess a second time will establish his case. You will have learned that
the state of money matters before the arrival of the packet from the
Peoples' Bank was such as to preclude my attention to your plans.
Matters were little better here. Expecting soon to hear from you and
some others,—l remain yours sincerely,

JOSEPH HUME.
To Dr. Duncombe, M.P., for Oxford, Upper Canada.

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BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY FOR FEBRUARY.--
Boa' performs his duty, as an editor, almost as successfully
as an anther. Amongst the articles in this Number, which arc
extremely varied, we have been most pleased with " Nay.l
Sportsmen and the Duel," by " The Old Sailor ; " The
Poisoners of the Seventeenth Century," by George Hogarth ;
The Persian Barber," by Mr. Monier ; " A Sporting
Ramble in the Highlands,". from the pen of Lord William
Lennox ; " The Inukeeper of Andcrmatt," by Captain Med-
win ; and a memoir of that tecentric individual, the Rev.
Robett Hogg, by Mr. Maxwell; this latter article is capital.
The new chapters of " Oliver Twist" are very attractive in
the present Number. They are admirably written ; the cha-
racters are brought out with great force and truth. The
scene between the amatory beadle and the diffident matron of
a workhouse is inimitab!e. Two very characteristic sketches,
by George Cruikshank, accompany the Number. —Morning

A considerable number of forged Bank of iigland
51., have been passed in this town, as well
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the last three weeks. These
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n2goi/i.on notes,
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forgeries are admirably executed, and would deceive even
those in the habit of having much to do with money.—Sal(l-
- Jo4ntal,
Der Stranders Tochter ( The Wrecker's Daugh-
ter), of Sheridan Knowles, has been translated into German
by the Baron Freitshke, and completely succeded at the
theatre of the Court at Vienna. At the same theatre a new
tragedy was in preparation, entitled Ante ti, by Haim, the
author of Griseldis,