The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-19 00:00:00

CANADA.

Lord BROUGHAM rose to move the following re-
solutions:—" That by an Act passed in the Parliament
of Canada, intituled ' An Act to provide for the indem-
nification of parties in Lower Canada whose property
was destroyed during the rebellion in the years 1837
and 1838,' no security is afforded against compen-
sation for losses sustained in the rebellion in Canada
in 1837 and 1838, being given to persons engaged
in the said rebellion. That it is just and necessary
either by recommending a further and amending Bill to
the Legishaure of Canada, or by such other means as
may be effectual, to provide security against any com-
pensation for losses sustained in the said rebellion being
given to persons engaged in having aided or abetted the
same." The late affairs of the province of Canada had
caused great interest, not only at home but in our colonies.
Without any further preface:to the observations which
he was about to make, and notwithstanding the able
discussion which that question had undergone by judi-
cious men elsewhere, he should proceed to remind the
House shortly of the history of the colony of Upper and
and Lower Canada. It would be remembered that by
the peace of Canada in 1762, negotiated by his
Noble Friend's father, we having wrested from the
French by force of arms the province of Canada.
that province had, by the peace of Paris, been ceded to
us, and had continued ever since, by a tenure more or less
nominal, or more or less real, to be one of the posses-
sions of the British Crown.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'clock.

LORDS' AMENDMENTS.

The Lords' amendments to the London Gas Light
Company (Amendment of Act) Bill were considered and
agreed to.
CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS.

The report on the Lancaster and Preston Junction
Railway Act Amendment (Power to alter Tolls and
for Appointment of Officers) Bill was considered and
agreed to.
On the motion that the report should be considered on
the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (Deviation of
Branch to Alloa Harbour, Diversion of certain Works,
Extension of Time for completing Line and taking
Land, and Amendment of Acts) Bill,
Mr. NEWDEGATE moved that the Bill should
be re-committed to the former Committee, with leave to
sit and proceed to-morrow.
After some observations from Mr. W. PATTEN, the
motion was agreed to.
SECOND READINGS.

The Borough of Louth and Free Grammar School in
Louth Bill was read a second time.
Lord MELGUND presented a petition from Greenock
against the Lunatics' (Scotland) Bill.
Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from
Clerkenwell, in favour of Parliamentary and Financial
Reform.
Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from Dublin
praying for a Health of Towns Bill for Ireland.

iIr.C',ARDWELL presented a petition from Liver-
pool in favour of the Bankruptcy Consolidation Bill.
Mr. COBDEN moved that the petition of Joshua
Charlesworth and George Robinson be referred to the
Committee on the Holme Reservoirs (No. 2) Bill; and
that the Committee inquire into the allegations thereof,
and be allowed to hear counsel, agents, and witnesses
thereupon, and report thereupon to the House.—
Agreed to.