The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-06 00:00:00

Members should together hare only one strike. The al
vocates of Messrs. GRATTAN and HOWARD, as Mr. AcToN
demands to have one seat, con ended, that he might rcduc(
their majority below his present minority, and they would
have to contend which of thorn should have the second seat ;
that consequently they had separate and distinct interests tf
defend, though politically they were identified ; and there-
fore that each should be allowed a strike. That was the
point at issue ; and as the questio❑ bad never been before
raised, it was one o; en to doubts ; and honest and con-
scientious men might take either side, without being Habit
to the imputation of improper motives. After a long de-
bate, the House decided, by 126 to 114, that the sitting
Members should each be allowed a strike ; and that the
difficult point was not wholly decided on party grounds
is evident, because the following Ministerialists voted
against it :

Baring, F. T.. Cavendish, H. (1, Ebrington, Lord,
Euston, Lord, F'azakerley, Gordon, R., Fergusson, Right
Hon., Grote, Hawes, Howard( Yougall, Labouchere, Lemon
Sir C., Lushington, C., O'Brien, W. S., Seymour, Lord
Lefevre, S., Talbot (Glamorgan).

Not one Tory, however, so true are they to their party
colours whichever side reason may be of, voted for it.
Through thick and thin they all followed their new and
audacious, but not prudent leader ; and whatever Lord
STANLEY Said was law to the flock that waddled, and
quacked, and gabbled after him. On the decision, how-
ever, which, concerning a difficult and undecided ques-
tion, affords no just grounds for condemning the mo-
tives of any gentleman, the Times raises a furious howl,
quite worthy of the brick-bat and bludgeon Journal.
It formerly found every where too much Church—now it
finds Protestantism implicated and endangered, by a deci-
sion on a doubtful point of election law. The Tories are
represented as thinking the "Protestant interest entitled to
have strike for strike against its assailants." The poor Pro-
testant interest, however, found two to one against it ; and
the Times and PHILLPOTTS must be dreadfully alarmed
lest the defeat of last night should be typical of the fate
of that Church which PHILLPOTTS adorns by his cha-
rity, and the Time: upholds by its Christian meekness. We
quite agree with our Contemporary, however, that the
debate and the decision supply another instance of the
unfitness of the House to exercise judicial functions, for
even the honesty and uprightness of the Ministerial Mem-
bars who voted against their party from a conviction, which
we think a mistaken one, of the justice of the case, cannot
redeem the general bad character of the House, confirmed
as it was by not one Tory by any chance deviating from the
party view of his leader.

By the arrival of the packet ship Pensylt'ania at Liver-
pool yesterday, from the United States, we have received
New York papers to the 10th ult. inclusive. They bring
advices from Montreal and Quebec to the sth, together
with details of the movements of the rebels on the frontier
since the date of the last arrivals from Toronto. We re-
member reading an anecdote of an old Irishwoman who had
vowed not to rest quietly in her grave unless indulged be-
fore her death with a visit to the capital of her native
country. Having no other mode of conveyance, she
" mounted shanks' mare," and after a painful journey of
several days' duration, arrived late in the evening in Dublin.
She had heard a good deal hi her time of the Irish Par-
liament ; so, hurrying to the noble building, now known as
the Bank of Ireland, she smote the postern thrice with a
part of her person which shall be nameless, and in-
stantly re-commenced her journey homewards. She had
been in Dublin, and was satisfied. In their last exploits" the
Canada Patriots, as they style themselves, appear t; have
been actuated by much the same motives as the old Iristi
woman. After robbing the arsenal of Batavia on the
night of the 24th of February, of arms and military stores,
and dividing themselves into three bodies, to make a simul-
taneous attack on Canada from Vermont, Michigan, and
the Buffalo district, the patriots boldly crossed the frontier ;
but satisfied with touching the British soil, they wheeled
round and scampered back again as fast as their legs could
carry them. The robbery of the arsenal was a gratuitous
outrage, for they took good care to avoid a chance of hav-
ing to employ weapons of any kind. MACKENZIE'S heroes
know the value of courage too well to expose it to anything;
like real danger. In the bosom of a patriot it is marvel-
lously depreciated by the smell of gunpowder, and quite
extinguished on the appearance of a scarlet uniform. Of
the three invading armies," General Bump-v. of the United
States fell in with one, and Colonel WORTH with another,
on their return to the American frontier, and—dire to
relate—compelled them to lay down their stolen arms, and
submit themselves prisoners on a charge of robbery. The
" third army" escaped capture by dishinding of its own ac-
cord, each man flinging his musket behind, to enable hint to
run the faster. Thus has terminated the fourth attempt
of these sanguinary madmen, to revolutionize the Govern-

went of our North American provinces, and to kindle a

disastrous and unjust war between England and the United
States. We have hitherto deprecated severity ; but
we must confess that these repetitions of a crime,
which it is the duty of every Government to prevent by
every means in its power, have nearly exhausted the feel-
ings of commiseration with which we regarded the guilt
of men whom we believed to be the dupes of three or four
unprincipled, reckless traitors. We cannot benceforth
dignify with the name of " Revolutionists" any band of
brigands attempting an invasion of the Canadian frontier.
They must be considered as robbers and murderers, and if
taken, it will be the duty of the Executive to punish them
as such.

On the 27th of February, Sir JOHN COLBORNE,
who had assumed the Government of the Lower Province,
issued a Proclamation for continuing martial law. Lord
GOSFORD was then at Boston, on his return to Englan,l.
Colonel Sir GEORGE ARTHUR, the new Governor of
Upper Canada, arrived in New York on the Bth ult., on his
way to Toronto. We have no account of Sir FRANCIS
BOND HEAD'S doings in any of these Papers. It is re-
ported that Colonel M‘NAB, Speaker of the House of
Assembly, is shortly to proceed on an official mission to
England.

We have very little United States' news in these
papers. Neither the Neutrality Bill nor the Sub-
Treasury Bill has yet received the sanction of Congress.
The Neutrality Bill is violently opposed, notwithstand-
ing the conviction of the Legislature that a strict oh-

servanco of neutral relations is all that is wanted to re-
store peace to the Canadas. England has much to
complain of with regard to this measure. A Bill to
enforce a strict neutrality, which originated in the Senate,
was rejected by the House of Assembly, and a new Bill

substituted, for no earthly purpose that we can divine, ex.

cept to cause delay, and, consequently, irritate and annoy
the British Government. We must, however, do the Par.-
SIDENT the justice to admit, that he has not been wantir.g
in his official duty to maintain inviolate the good faith of
the Federal Government.

The Exchange on England in New York, on the Bth
ult., averaged about 7 per cent. The determination of the
Banks to resume specie payments occasioned considerabla
excitement in the Money Market.

We are much gratified in being able to state that the
Attorney-General, Sir JOHN CAMPBELL, is favourable to
the views of the Abolitionists. In a communication ad-
, dressed to one of the Anti-Slavery Delegates from Edin-
burgh, he says, " I can assure you that ever since our in-
terview at Edinburgh (which opened my eyes) I have
taken the most lively interest in the subject ; and nothing
shall be left undone on my part to further your humane
views." We hope that Sir JoHN CAMPBELL will, as he
was not in the House on the occasion of the recent division,
take the earliest opportunity of letting his conversion be
known in the proper quarter.

Our advices from Madrid are of the 27th ult. A Sup-
plement to the Gazelle of that date contains a dis-
patch from ESPARTERO to the War Minister, giving an
account of LATRE'S engagement with the Carlists on
the 21st. The Christino General lays claim to the merit
of a complete victory, night only having saved the Carlists
from " annihilation." LATER himself was wounded in the
hand. The Carlist officers were made prisoners. MEN-
DIZABAL has signified to Ministers that he will oppose the
proposition for accepting M. AGUADO's terms fur the new
loan. The ex-Minister of Finance will be violently op-
nosed by TOREN°, who has substantial reasons for resist-
ing any attempt to derange the Ministerial scheme.

The whole of the Paris Journals of Wednesday have
been received, but they contain no intelligence of any inte-
rest. The Railroad Committee has decided by a majority
of fifteen votes against three, that where private Companies
undertake to make lines of road on terms as favourable to