The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-18 00:00:00

CANADA.

Last night, at a large meeting of the Lumber Troop, held in the
Troop Hall at Dr. Johnson's Tavern, Bolt-court, Fleet-street, Colonel
Payne presiding, Lieutenant Carpenter brought forward a resolution
relative to the Ministerial course of policy in reference to Lower
Canada, which he introduced by a general examination of the pro-
posed plan of the Ministers, as indicated in the speech of Lord
John Russell, delivered, on the preceding evening. The necessity
for sending troops to Canada was admitted, and the proceed.
ings of her Majesty's Government .in this respect justified and
commended ; but the speaker deprecated the other part of their
intended plan, which involved the entire demolition of the Canada Con.
stittition, disfranchised the whole of the population, and placed the
country under a purely despotic Government. He admitted the liberal
character of Lord Durham's political principles, but argued that no
inferences that might be deduced from these, could be allowed to
nullify the plain indications that had been put forth by the Home
Secretary, of an intention to make use of the Earl of Durham, first
as a despotic Go►ernor, and next, as the framer of a Constitution
less liberal in its character than the one proposed to be over-
turned. He argued that the only way to satisfy the just demands of the
Canadians and restore tranquillity to the province, would be to send
out Earl Durham with a carte blanchf, with instructions to redress all
real grievances, and adopt a liberal and conciliatory course of Govern-
ment. He feared the course about to be taken would tend rather to
exasperate the Canadians than to soothe and tranquilise them, and
he therefore moved the following resolution :
Recolved,—That this meeting has heard, with feelings of deep regret,
and with serious apprehensions of alarm, the announcement made by her
Majesty's Government of the course intended to be adopted for the al.
leged purpose of restoring the tranquillity and adjusting the affairs of the
Canadian provinces; that neither the official documents nor the Ministe-
rial manifesto show any reasonableground for sweeping away the Constitu-
tion guaranted to the people of those provinces by a solemn act of the Impe-
perial Parliament, in return for which they have at all times evinced a feel-
ing of strong attachment to the British empire, and ofloyalty to the British
Crown ; and have on two memorable:occasions exemplied those feelings,
by gallantly repulsing the United States' arms when invading the
Canadian territories, for the purpose of attaching the British provinces
to their own Republic : that what is unnecessary in this case is highly
inexpedient, as greatly tending to add to the previous discontent of the
people, arising out of long existing, numerous, and widely-operating
grievances, and thence to augment the difficulties of effecting
a salutary adjustment of the quarrel unfortunately existing be-
tween the Province and the Imperial Government, as also to in-
crease the probabilities of a protracted, bloody, and expensive
war, alike disgraceful to England, ruinous to the provinces, and bur-
densome and oppressive to the productive classes of the kingdom, from
the proceeds of whose industry the heavy expenditure necessary to
support such a war must be taken that for these and other equally
weighty reasons, touching the pernicious influence which a foreign
war must inevitably exercise upon the character of our own do-
mestic Legislation and Government, this meeting solemnly protests
against the extreme course proposed to be taken by her Majesty's Go.
vernment, and expresses its fervent hope that the Ministers may be in-
duced to abandon their intention to overthrow the Constitution of the
Canadas, and wisely trust to the effect which a full redress of
grievances and a conciliatory course of policy may make upon the
minds of a people who have hitherto received every concession at
the hands of the mother-country as a gracious boon, and have
evinced their gratitude for its bestowal by a loyal and affectionate
demeanour."
It being nearly twelve o'clock before Lieutenant Carpenter had
closed his address, and several other gentlemen wishing to speak to the
question, the debate was adjourned until next Wednesday.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

We are again compelled, from a heavy press of matter, to omit our
usual "Spirit of the Public Journals," and just briefly to glance at them
as we did yesterday. The Times speaks with respect of Lord Durham,
but thinks that the new powers with which it is proposed to invest
him, are too great ; and recommends that the country should prepare
itself for " whatever adventitious dangers" may be expected to grow
out of the Canadian disturbances. The Chronicle speaks in terms of
high approbation of the instructions given to Lord Durham, to "grant,
if he should think fit, a general amnesty." The Herald contents itself
with singing the praises of the Conservatives ; and the Post abuses
Ministers in wholesale style, without vouchsafing to give reasons for
the faith that is in it.

STATE OF TRADE.—The market for all descrip-
tions of goods and yarn was exceedingly flat yesterday, and
lower prices were, in many cases, submitted to. An extensive
stoppage of the canals by the. frost has, no doubt, added to the
dullness which previously existed, and it is not likely that any
material improvement will take place in business until we have
a change of weather.—Manchester Guardian.
TORTURE.--The last remains of this barbarous
punishment have just been expunged from the penal laws of
Denmark.--Dutch Paper.
UNIVERSITY OF LEYDEN.—On the Ist of January
there were 688 students at the University, of whom 267 be-
longed to the classes of law, 196 of medicine, 174 of theology,
40 to those of belles lettres, and 11 of philosophy.
Two men have bethi taken upon suspicion of having
been concerned in the murder of the elderly English gen-
tleman, which took place about 'a fortnight ago in the Chsnaps
Etysees, Paris.