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To

FLYING DUTCHMAN,
THE WINNER OF THE DERBY, 1649.
Well done, my lad t thou art a noble horse,
And well bast won the day on Epsom's course.
Come let me give thy neck a friendly pat ; •
I will not harm thee, rest a,sured of that.
In vain did Honeycotrib and Old Dan Tuck
Do what they could to leave lice in the ruck.
These didst thou beat, while Vatican and Nanny,
Beside thy noted self looked rather funny.
The Crowner thou hest crowned, and Vanguard, too,
And preyed how little Chantrey's legs could do.
The chattering of The Chatterer thou hest bushed,
And even past brave Hotspur 112,5 t thou rushed.
Old Fox and Tadmor, Goodwood and The Knout,
Thy nimble shanks have beaten out-and-out ;
. While o'er the land thy triumphs are rehearsed
In these few words—" The Flying Dutchman Flat."
Alt 1 gallant horse ! the way the Derby closes,
11as furnished me a thought or two for Moses.
First, like thyself, have Moses tr. er been
:Whatever may haye come to intervene :
First in the quality of their attire,
"And first in style=a style which all admire.
The Trousers, Coats, and Vests, of M. and Son
-Have gained the odds of a successful run ;
And all who view the articles will find •
That competition's efforts lag behind.
Thus, Fl} ing Dutchman, have I done my duty,
And now a word to those who win the booty : ,
To such successful w inners I would say,
Improve the winnings of the Derby Dal .
And if they ask in.,- this may best be done,
I'd simply point to Alessi,. SI. and Son.
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Notice-1 he Shawl and l'arasol Department are now replete with
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Observe—Any artian purchased, either ready made, or made to
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London ; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast
Establishment. _

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and those who require cheep and genuine clothing, &0.. should call
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eIHESTER AND _HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
NOTICE—The offices of this Company will be removed from
Moorgate-street, to the Euston Station on and after SATURDAY,
the 2d June.

ANDREW G. GIFFORD, Seerztary.
61, Moorgate-street, May 29, 1849.

THE REGISTERED. SYRIAN GAUZE
PALETOT, price 18s., the graceful production of Blessrs.
Swain and Co., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford street.

OCIETY •of PAINTERS in WATER
COLOURS,
The Forty-fifth Annual Exhibition is NOW OPEN, at their Gal-
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Admittance, Is.—Catalogue, 6d.
GEORGE FRIPP, Secretary.

WIIITSUN HOLIDAYS,

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
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A Lecture by Dr. Bachhnffrier on the various modes of producing
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day, and Friday Evenings, at Nine, in which the Budo Light, the
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justa-po3ition.-:-A Lecture on Character, with Musical IllustrationF,
by J. Russell, Esq., every Evening, at Eight o'clock.—Lectures on
Experimental Philosophy.—The Microscope.—The Dissolving Views
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on the spot by J. Skinner Prout, Esq. ; also a new Series of Diora-
mic Effects, by Mr. Chilile.—New Chromatrope.—Diver and Diving-
bell.

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A Course of Lectures on Floral Botany, by Thomas Graham, Esq.,
M.R.C.S., will commence on the 4th of June.

BANVARD'S ROYAL PAINTING of the
MESSISAIPPI and MISSOURI RIVERS, at the EGYPTIAN
HALL, PICCADILLY, being by far the largest PAINTING ever
executed by man, showing the scenery, oh the above great Rivers a
distance of over 3,000 miles, extending through the heart of America.
This great Or4inal Painting having teen exhibited by command, to
her Majesty the (peen, lI.R 11. Prince Albert, and the Royal
Family at Windsor Castle, where it received the Royal approbation,
is NOW on exhibition at the Egyptian Hail, every Morning, at
Half-past Two ; Evening, at Hall-past Seven.
Admission.—Lower Seats, 2s. ; Gallery, ls.
Doors open half-an-hour before commencing.

THE GYAINETRUS NORTHUMBRIENSIS.
A splendid and interesting spec men of a species undescribed
y naturalists, and entirely new to science, its great length for a fish,
evidently very young. and peculiar crest and main, favours the sup-
position of the existence of the SEA SERPENT, is now exhibiting
at the Cosmoraina ROMPS, 209, Regent-street, where it will re-
main for a shOrt time, to afford opportunity to be seen by all into.
rested in the furtherance of science.

THERE is a novelty. introduced for this season
consisting in a BODY GARMENT, which Is callecrNICOLL'S
MORNING COAT ; and as it is especially intended for morning
wear, when Riding or Walking, it necessarily avoids the stiff for-
mality to be cbserved in the cut and form of the Dress-coat. The
price is TWO GUINEAS, to be obtained only at 114, 116, and 120,
REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL.

EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE is universally allowed to be the most Piquant and
the Richest in Flavour of any Sauce in use, and for Fish, Gravies
for Roast Meat, Steaks, Game,-&c., or a zest for Curries, Soup, Cold
Meat, it is entirely unrivalled.

The unparelleled success of this Sauce having induced imitations,
purchasers are particularly regpested to see that the name of LEA
and PERRINS are upon the Label and the Metallic Capsules, as aim)
to read the Testimonials (which are enclosed with every bottle)
from the residence of Royalty, the principal Club Houses and Ho-
tels in London, Edinburgh, &c. &c., and from private Families in
the country.
Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Porting, 6, Verc-street, Oxford-
street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; Messrs. Barclay
and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen, London,
and generally by all dealers in sauces.
1-) R.

LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS
HAVE NO TASTE OF MEDICINE,
And arc the only remedy recommended to Females.
Price IS. 11,4 d., 2s. 9d., and its. per box.
BEWARE OF DllTATlONS.—Unprincipled persons counterfeit this
Medicine in the forms of " Pills," &c. Purchasers must, therefore,
observe that none are genuine but "Wafers," and that the words
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OBSERVE.—The counterfeit Medicines have wards on the stamp so
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A it K 1 A E.
One half the world are desolately single, and the other
•tipposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
.sense Of right determine the former, and miscalculate :1 hopes em-
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31 caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
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snot broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happines,
end social content. The dowry should not lee the only marriage set.
leinent. Honour andjusticedcmand that health shotild form au 'ten
in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes ei
neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, L
:hese surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVICRWELL'A litth
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:lam. They-are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, bus
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trey axe offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth or,
the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone as
ogether, are a disgrace to the ago. Furthermore, two othr
dale publications claim your attention (same price Is. each,
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1. void," and " How to be lilappy." They are not merel:
pam ehlets, but equal in quantity .a library volume, nor are they tin
mere -?phemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author'.
life wk.) owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob-
serv.in:a of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as hi
would he done unto—to live atLer nature's laws—and to keep always
Ai the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had o,
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39. Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or ether-
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13 .ttirsAlerir.

CANAD A.

The f Mowing- further pipers relative to the affairs
Of Canada, in continuation of the papers already pre-
sented, ware laid on the table of both limes of Par-
liament on Friday.

" No. 1.

"COPY OF A DISPATCH FROM GOVERNOR GENERAL THE
RIGHT ZION. TUE EARL OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE
TO EARL GREY.
"Government House. Montreal, May 5,1849.
"(Received May 22, 1849.)
" My Lord,—ln conseqtence of the excitement which
the passage of the measure for the indemnification of
parties in Lower Canada, whose property was de-
stroyed during the rebellion of 1337 and 1838, has
occasioned, and of the desire expressed in certain quar-
ters that ter Majesty's power of disallowance should be
exercised in this instance, I think it-my duty to furnish
your Lerdship with a repert upon it in anticipation of
the usual period for the transmission of the Bills of
the session. It will be necessary, however, before I
proceed to explain its provisions, to submit a statement
of the circumstances which led to its introduction.-
" 2. Ia the Jest session of. the Parliament of Upper
Canada an Act was passed, entitled • An Act to ascer-
tain and provide for the payment of all just claims aris-
ing from the late rebellion and invasion of the province.'
The intention oi this Act would seem to have been to
provide indemnity only for owners of property which
had been destroyed by-rebels and sympathisers from the
States. But in the first session of the United Parlia-
ment, an amended Act was pissed (4 and 5 Viet., c. 39),
which contains the following clause:—' And be it
enacted that the powers vested in, and the duties re-
quired of, the said Commissioners under the-said Act,
shall extend and be construed to extend.to inquire ihto
all losses sustained by her Majesty's subjects and other
residents within that part of this province to which the
said Act extends, from the first breaking out of the said
rebellion to the passing of the said Act. and the several
claims and demands which have accrued to any such
p'ersons by such losses, in respect of any loss, destruction
or (Linage -of -property occasioned by violence on the
part of persons in her Mejeztty's service, or by violence
on the part of persons acting, or assuming to act, on
behalf of her Majsty, in suppression of the said rebel
lion, or for the prevention of further disturbances, and
all claims arising under, or in respect of, the occupation
of any house or premises by her Majesty's naval cr mili-
tary forces, either imperial or provincial.'
I do not find that any objection was taken by the
Home Government to the principle or details of either
of these Acts, except on the'ground that the preamble
of the first, as it was originally introduced, contained a
pledge, which was afterwards, on Lord John Russell's
remonstrance, expunged, that the indemnity in question
should forma charge. on the Imperial Treasury.
3. On the question of providing funds far the pay-
ment of the indemnity thus voted, considerable difference
of opinion appears, however, to have prevailed in the
Local Parliament. The leaders of the Liberal party
generally contended that it would be unjust to make it a
charge on the resources of the united province, without
extending a similar boon to Lower Canada, and that it
would be inexpedient to saddle on the general revenue
so considerable an additional burden as the joint in lem
[tides would probably amount to. No steps were ac-
cordingly edten during the subsistence of the first Bald
win and Lafontine Administration. In 1845, however,
Lord Me:calfe's Conservative Council proposed that a
special fund, derived from tavern and marriage licences,
which formed part of the revenue of the Consolidated
Fund, and was more productive in Upper Canada than
Lower Canada, should be surrendered to the municipali-
ties; and that in Upper Canada it should, in the first
place, be charged will' the payment of the indemnity.
This proposal was carried through Parliament. Oa the
same day, however, and at an earlier hour, the follow-
ing resilution was adopted by the House of Assembly
unanimously:—
•' Resolved,—That an humble address be presented to
his Excellency the Governor-General, praying that his
will be pleased to cause proper measures to
Excellency
be adopted, in order to insure to the inhabitants of that
portion of this province, formerly Lower Canada, in-
demnity for jest losses by them sustained during the re-
bellion of 1837 and 1838.,
"4. In order that the scope and purpose of the ad-
dress thus unanimously voted, and of the measures taken
by the Government upon it, may be properly under-
stood, it is necessary that attention should be directed to
the following circumstance:—Ordiranees were passed by
the Special Council in the years 1838 and 1839, under
which the losses of those loyal inhabitants of the pro-
vines
suwphpeosrotipnrg rho
Governmentrtyliad beenhad
beenascertained
destroyed whilethey
were
and reported upon. It was, therefore; clearly the in-
tention of the Government and Parliament, in the pro-
ceedings adopted at this period, to extend the indemnity
beyond that limit.

" 5. The mode of getting over the pecuniary difficulty
in the case of the indemnity for Upper Canada which
the Parliament thus sanctioned, was unquestionably a
costly ont.; and it has always...been eonunded by those
who opposed the plan, that, as in the financial arrange-
ments consequent on the union between the provinces,
Lower Canada had by no means the best of the bargain,
it was not fair to give up a portion of the common fund,
to which the upper happened to contribute more largely
than the lower province, without granting an equivalent
to the latter.

" 6. The Commissioners appointed to apportion the in-
demnity in Upper Canada appear to hare been unfettered
by any special instructions, and to have acted under the
provisions of the Acts to which I have referred, which
give limp discretionary powers. At the close of their
labours they delivered to the Government lists of the
claims rejected or allowed by them, withatt, however,
any s' atement of the grounds of their decision. • There
is no reason to doubt they discharged their trust with
fidelity. During the course of the recent debates in Par-
liament quotations were, however made from these lists,
with the view of showing that in some instances the
names of persons who had been actually convicted
of treason appeared upon them as recipients of indem-
nity. Much irritating discussion took place on this
point; for, while on the one hand the Conservative op-
position affirmed that such cases were both few in num-
ber and defensible on .speeial grounds, Mr. Papineau and
his adherents contended that the insertion of a clause in
the Lower Canada Act, excluding persons so situated
From participating in the indemnity 'Lind on any pretext
whatsoever, was only a fresh proof of the invidious dis-
tinction between the provinces, constantly made to the
disadvantage of Lower Canada.
"7. In pursuance-of the address of the Assembly above
quoted, Commissioners were appointed to inquire into the
claims of persons in Lower Canada whose property was
destroyed during the rebellion in 1837 and 1838. I en-
close herewith copies of the document under which they
were appointed, and of the instructions by which it was
accompanied and followed. Your Lordship will observe
that the Commissioners were directed to el tssify the
cases of those who may have joined in the said rebellion
or mty have been aiding and abetting therein, from the
casts of those who did not; and when they inquired
through their secretary how they were to establish such
oficatiz eront,tnhlesy: Were answered
Daly, under the authority of the Governor in Council, in
athes'iwin
the
following terms:
Iti making by Mr. Secretary
out the classification
called for by your instructions of the 12th of December
last, it is not his Excellency's intention that you should
be guided by any other descrip:ion of evidence than that
furnished by the sentenets of the courts of law.'
"8. The Commissioners furnished their report (a copy
of which I inclose) in Apr:l, 1846; Mr, Daly having, on
the 2d of that month, intimated to them, in a letter
marked immediate,' that his Excellency .was desirous
to be enabled to come to an early deciswn as to the
course to be taken by the Executive during the session
enolvfaetlrt:earar, Ipbi apyme
atehrnett
.hiknadtrme;ig.
nnaivro dtfraat
rot
ti
hct,lnet cift.ossatwine
phi's;
Ihvlerht
eedoes
onentoigt
ie,
ndh,toh‘uvips-
to March, 1844, when they retired from office. As rit
cannot be supposed' that the proceedings which I have
detailed were intended to be barren Of all result, this cir-
oravrnmenmteclaemeereinteonoffi.ce.
" 9. such was the state, however, iY which this ques-
tion
cdueaml isinttagonowedei twolihntelble gtqhoueeessptriieoosne
present
tGi prove
the
eg.reat diffiultyof
be justifiedinThat they should propose to found a
their predeees.sors had done in the matter was to be what
ex-
pected, and I do not think that I should
risking a Ministerial crisis at a time when my Council
was supported by the large majority of a recently
elected Assembly, by ref Using to permit the introduc-
tion of a 8,1 l which was similar to one that had already
been passed for the benefit of Upper Canada, and which
seemed, moreover, to be nothing more than the :strict
, of which a copy is
logical consequence of preliminary measures adopted by
the Local Government and Parliament under former
Governors.
or ayant droit, by the address
he4;elwoithTehneelpoLedam, dbelcelaorefstiltheatßiinil order to redeem the
pledge given to parties in Lower Canada, who sustained
losses during the rebellion in 1837-1838, or to their
a commission, and
the correspondence of the Government above referred
to, it is necessary and just that the particulars of such
losses not yet satisfied should form the subject of more
obofntahefidAe scsreemd tloyr,stle stitPrip3o'i appointment of
minute inquiry under legislative authority, and that the
same, so far only as they may have arisen from the total
cee•inndg away of their
satisfied, pro-
vided that none of the persons who have been convicted of
or partial, unjust or wanton destruction of the dwellings,
buildings, property, and effects of the said inhabitants,
andpropferrotaly andthe
effects, shouldtaking, -6e or
paid
drr
high treason, alleged to hare been committed in that
part of this province formerly the province of Lower
Canada, since the let dee, of November, 1837; or who,
having been charged with high treason, or other offences
of a treasonable nature, and having been committed to
the custody of the shee:ff in the gaol of Montreal, sub
mitted themselves to the will and pleasure of her
Majesty, and were thereupon transported to her Majes-
ty's island of Bermuda, shall be entitled to any indemnity
for losses sustained during or after the said rebellion, or
in consequence thereof.

"It authorises the appointment of commissioners for
the purpose of the Act, and the issue of debentures to
the amount of 100,0001., 10,0001. of which, however,
are set apart to make good claims allowed by the com-
missioners appointed under the ordinance of the Special
CAoeut.ncille; 9toh,eosoeo/p.arretmicauilnarfsor
tthhee special
Act
adopts thel purposes of the
recommendation of the commissioners of Inquiry named

by Lord Metcalfe, who state in their report that the
claims which they recognised represent a sum total of
241.9651. 103, 5d.; but that, in their opinion, the sum of
100,000 L would be nearly equivalent to the losses suf-
fered, and sufficient to meet the' amount of such claims
as shall have been the object of a close examination.
" 11. Notwithstanding, however, the extent to which
the preceding Government and Parliament itself appeared
to be committed to the principle, and even to the details
of this measure of indemnity for Lower Canals, the most
vehement and unrelenting opposition wcs raised to it,
both within the walls of the Legislature and beyond
them. It was contended that, whereas the destruction
of property which took place in Lower Canada was
generally the work of the military or volunteers em-
ployed in suppressing a rebellion, it was in Upper
Canada as generally the work of traitors or sympathisers
who were ehgaged in raising one; that the two cases re-
quired, therefore, a different treatment, and that a more
stringent rule aught to have been applied to test the va•
lidity of claims to indemnify in the Lower than in the
Upper Province. To this it was answered that the
principle on which the Bill was framed had already been
acted upon in Upper Canada, and that Parliament, 'by
its unanimous vote, had given a pledge that it should be
likewise applied to Lower Canada; that it was notorious
that much property belonging to unoffeuding p_rsons
had been wantonly destroyed in this section of the pro-
vince during the rebellion; that it was false to affirm
that the measure was intended for the benefit of rebels;
that, on the contrary, all convicted rebels, as well as
those who, having confessed their guilt, were sent to
Bermuda, were expressly excluded; and that fur the rest
the Commissioners appointed under the Act would be
bound under the sanction of an oath, precisely in the
same way as the Commissioners of Upper Canada had
been before them, to examine minutely into the justice
of all claims preferred, before them, and to apportion the
indemnity according to the true intent and meaning of
the Act.

" 12. Tbe opposition raLted to the Bill in Parlia-
ment was echoed out of doors. it` considerable number
of petitions'against it were sent up from different. parts
of the province. It is remarkable that although these
petitions 'were prepared while the measure was still in
progress through Parliament, and In many instances, as
appears from incorrect statements contained in them,
before its provisions were accurately known, the great
majority were addressed to me, but few comparatively
being presented to Either branch of the Legislature.
Whether from the belief that it was hopeless to attempt
to cause their views to prevail with the representatives
of the people, or from some other motive which may
not be so easily intelligible at a distance, it seems to
have been from the first the determination of the oppo-
sition to fordo me to join issue with the local Parliament
upon this most delicate and exciting question.
"13. The petitions addressed to me on this subject
generally concluded with the prayer that I should eithtr
dissolve Parliament, or reserve the Bill, when it reached
me, for the signification of her Majesty's pleasure.
l'ho. former of these courses was obviously- full o;
hazard, and could only have been justifi'd by the
pressure of an overbearing necessity and the cleares•
prospect of success. The Parliament had been but
recently elected under the auspices, not of the
Ministry, but of the Opposition. To have recourse tt
a general election, in order to test the feelings of the
people on this exciting topic, was to provoke it
many parts of the country scenes of violence, per-
haps of bloodshed. Moreover, a dissolution implied
a change of administration, and if it failed of its
object, its only effect would bo to implant suspicion and
mutual distrust between the representatives of the
Crown and the local Parliament. I was bound, there.
fore, as it appeared to me, to weigh all probabilities care-
luny before resorting to so desperate an expedient. The
best consideration which I was able to bestow upon the
subject, led me to the conclusion that a dissolution o'
Parliament, under the circumstances is which the pro-
vince was placed, would not have been justifiable; eithei
in principle or policy.
" 14. The other course suggested by the peti'ioners,
viz., that of reserving the Bill, was undoubtedly more
safe and practicable. Perhaps if I had consulted in this
matter only my own ease I might have been induced to
follow it; but I felt that after what had occurred with
respect to indemnity in Upper Canada, I could hardly
fail to cause just umbrage to Parliament if I declined
to sanction the Bill which it had passed for the benefit
of sufferers in Lower Canada. I analysed with care
all the votes of the Assembly, and I found
that, on the passing of the Bill, forty-seven voted for, and
18 against the measure; that of 31 members from Upper
Canada is ho voted on the occasion, 17 supported and 14
opposed it; and that of 10 members from Lower Canada
of British descent, 6 supported and 4 opposed it. These
facts seemed altogether irreconcileable with the allega-
tion that the question was one on which the two races
were arrayed against each other throughout the pro-
vince generally.. I consider therefore, that by reserving
the Bill I should only cast on her Majesty tend her Ma-
jesky's advisers a responsibility which ought, in the first
instance at least, to rest on my own shoulders, and that
I should awaken in the minds of the people at large,
even of those who were indifferent or.hostile to the Bill,
doubts as to the sincerity with which it was intended
that constitutional government should be carried on in
Canada; doubts which it is my firm conviction, if they
were to obtain generally, would be fatal to the con-
nexion.

" At any rate, however, this is a point which can be
determined only by the Government of the Queen. It
I have erred, the error is not irreparable. Should your
Lordship be of opinion that there is in the character of
this measure some specialty which ought to have removed
it from the category of local questions on which the
local Parliament is entitled to pronounce, I shall at
once bow to your decision, confident that you will still
give me credit for having, under circumstances of no
ordinary difficulty, acted with a sincere desire to per-
Lrm my duty to her Majesty, and to promote the best
interests of the colony. _

I have, &c ,
" ELGIN AND KINCARDINE.

" The Bight Hon. Earl Grey, &e."
The following is the reply of Lord Grey to Lord
Elgin's first dispatch describing the outbreak. in Sion-
treat:—

" Downing-street, May 18.
"My Lord,—l have received and . laid before the
Queen your Lordship's dispatch of the 30th of Aril,
giving an account of the scenes by which the city of
Montreal has been disgraced, and in the course of which
the building occupied by the Provincial Parliament has
been destroyed by fire.
"I am commanded by her Majesty to inform your
Lordship that while she has received with very great
concern the intelligence of these deplorable events, they
have not impaired the confidence which her Majesty
has hitherto felt in your ability and judgment, and that
she coleinues to regard your administration of the
affairs of the province as meriting her entire appre-
Bien.
" Upon the Act of the Provincial Parliament which
has afforded. a pretext for the outrages which have been
committed, it is the duty of her Majesty's servants to
reserve their judgment until we shall be in possession of
the full information which you lead me to expect, as to
its character and objects; but, whatever may be the
view wh:ch may bo taken of the merits of that measure,
there can be but one opinion as to the guilt of those who,
in resistance t) lew constitutionally passed by the Pro.
vincial Legislature, have had reeoutse to violence of so
disgraceful a character, or as to the very sc rious respon
sibility incurred by ail who have even by the itnprudetic•
of their language, aezisted in producing the excitement
which has led to such lernen'able results. Her Ma-
jesty's servants entirely concur with your Lordship as
to the consequences which must follow from submitting
to the kind of dictation by which it has been attempted
on this occasion to overrule the decision of the legally
constituted authorities of the proviece, and they confi-
dently rely upon your firmness, supported, as I trust you
will be, by the Parliament and the great majority of the
people of Canada, to enforce for the future obedience to
the law, and to compel those sho may disapprove of the
measures either of the legislative or executive
govern-
meat of the province, to confine their opposition within
legal and constitutional limits.
" I appreciate the motives which have induced your
Lordship to offer the suggestion with which your dis-
patch concludes; but I should most earnestly deprecate
the change it contemplates in the Government of
Canada. Your Lordship's relinquishment of that office,
which under any circumstances would be a most serious
loss to her Majesty's service, and to the province, could
not fail, in the prevent state of affairs, to be most injuri
ous to the public welfare, from the encouragement which
it would give to those who have been concerned in the
violent and ill-gal opposition which has been offered to
1
your Government. I also feel no doubt that when the
present excitement shall have subsided, you will succeed
in regaining that position of dignified neutrality' be-
coming your office, which, as you justly observe, it has
hitherto been your study to maintain, and from which,
even those who are at present most opposed to you will,
on reflection, perceive that you havabeen driven, ey no
fault on your part, but by their own unreasoning violence.
" Relying, therefore, upon your devotion to the in-
terests of Canada, I feel assured that you will not be in-
duced by the unfortunate occurrences which have taken
place to retire from the liieh office which the Queen has
been pleased to entrust to you; and which, from thevalue she puts upon your past services, it is her
oMajesty's
anxious wish that you should retain.—I
" The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Sec."

THE FIRE AT BERNIONDsm.—fhe official report
returns the greatest portion of Mr. Clapham's property
as being destroyed, and the foreman's house adjoining
considerably damaged by fire.
TThehe premises and
millcon-
tents were insured in the San. ouses, s,
and leatber-houses of Mr. !legman are also returned as
being all but destroyed, and the Fel!mongers' Arms
Tavern, on the opposite bide of the road, the property of
Mr. C. ilea's], as damaged by fire. Mr. Hagman was in-
sured in the Sun office.
METTERNICII TUE OLDEST Is lIABITANT......We
have at length discovered who that remarkable indivi-
dual so often alluded to by penny
a-liners must be—the
oldest inhabitant. Everybody has heard Prince
Met ernicti's famoua bon mot, " After me the deluge."e
The Austrian statesman, according to Coil account,
have smuggled himself into the ark unknown to
trust
oNoauh,
and be in consequence about 4,000 years of age.—The
Puppet Show.