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or a direct negative oppose the motion, he should be pledged
to all the measures the Government might consider necessary
—measures which he feared would be not only at variance with
ins own sentiments, but also with the sentiments of the great
ussjority of the people out of doors. If it was the intention
of the Noble Lord to propose an amnesty, to conciliate the
people of Canada, and the redress of their grievances, then he
should have no objection to the Address, but he could not lose
s'odit of the fact that in his speech the Noble Lord arraigned
the Canadian people and told them he meant to suspend the
Canadian Constitution. Taking his speech, in connec-
tion with the measure he proposed, he could not possibly vote
for the Address. He trusted the Noble Lord would allow this
debate to be adjourned till to-morrow night.—( Loud cries of
No, no.") If not—if he was to be denied the opportunity
of showing in what respects he considered the speech of the
Noble Lord fallacious, he must meet the Address with a di-

:ect negative, and the blame would rest on the House.—
Cties of "Go on 1") He really thought it unjust of
Honourable Gentlemen not to allow the debate on so vital a
question to be adjourned, in order that time might be given
for a consideration of the question. He should move that the
debate be adjourned till to-morrow ; and he could not conceive
what objection there could be to the adjournment.
Mr. BAINES seconded the amendment. Ile said he
hoped it would not be supposed he did so from any factious
motive ; no man in the House had shown less disposition to any
factious opposition than he had; but he took this course, be-
cause he thought that the present question was one of great
national importance, and they ought to address their minds to
it in a manner that was worthy of the subject. He felt that
they had been taken by surprise.—( Hear, hear.) No man
had come to the House knowing what it was he was going to
discuss, and without that information it was impossible that
they could come to a safe result. Ile entreated the Noble
Lord that he would afford to the House and the country a
fair opportunity of discussing a matter of such importance.
Mr. II U M E said the question was, whether those who had
not had the opportunity of speaking should have that oppor-
tunity to-morrow ? The Noble Lord had made many state-
ments which he was confident could not be sustained, and it
appeared as if he was afraid of allowing,- the short space of
twelve hours for an examination of them. He had taken the
House by surprise, and he ought not to refuse them the oppor-
tunity they asked. He bad no hesitation in telling the Noble
Lord that if the second part of his plan, being that for sus-
eendirg .the Constitution of Canada, bad not been proposed.
,he should nut have made any objection to his motion ; but,
inching at that serious ceieetion, be thought they ought not to
agree to this resolution. If the noble Lord wished to secure
an unanimous opinion on this question. he had better withdraw
that pert of his proposition which went to the suspension of
the Canadian Constitution, and brie; in a resolution stating
d;atiectly what he recommended, with a view to the alteration
of the pressed system. and the redress of grievances.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL hoped he should not be consi-
dered as adopiin,g an unreasenable course when lie declared
that lie must oppose the adjournment.—( Cheers.) The lion.
Gentleman said the /Luse was taken by suleise ; he begged
to remind them that when the House last er'journed he fixed
this day for fee chsersaion of the affairs of Caned Hear,
hear)--and gave notice that on the sohsequent days this sub-
ject would take precedence of other Ac to this parti-
cular n ensure, nothing could tend less to pledge the House to
eny particular measure thrn the present address. It asked
them wheCti r thy were or were not determined to meint .in
tint giaece of the Canedisre, or whethrr they would at
one.. abandon them ? This was a celestine, on which he
thought lie migl.t fairly risk for the derision of the House.—
( iLsar hear, lime.) Sonic Herr. Gentlemen opposite b'areesi
the Goeerninent for not hays, g adopted more ec:ic-i pre-
cced:ngs receising, the Ist i aelligence Isom Canada
n,' would not enter into that subject lei th -r than to say
that In theught some advent. go had resulted from slioses
i g tim • fur the arrival from Caeeda of -mere comelet
inferrnati in, which had cleared ne tin t 11,7 S sernewl at
nes .nre ; time was else des7reble that the papers reig,-et he (-or
seeered, But when all this was done he tlioueht it was to
much to ask f,.r further delay.—( hear.) "I he Horn
r,eeeernan must be reef, etly conversant with the affairs u
Cseada. He must recollect that alien ire ( Iserd John -
sell) ass rot able to make any Ferrell on the subject, he
Hume) and his frierw's had ayshed themselves of the eppert
eity of a public meeting at the Groan and i‘echor, to eepre
their opiiiien on the sot jest.—( ileer end a laugh.) The
tented their views fully en the suhjeet on sot hel:tie i .t reratio
which: they had collected, and Istrieg thus gone ieto the reette
it was sorely too much new te se that they were net Able t
erswer the speech he had male this eveeine.—( A laugh
Ile ehert:.l consider that tltts • alio rctztd 'O7 the adourr,itt,:r,
gave a direct neentive to the Aldresa.—(Ch..ers.)
M-. .1.11BUI?.TON said %slim he looked to th- rnornen'
toils eons-quences of their present preceedings hi' was o
op nion that an opportunity fos coesAsreion might at a!
events to be afforded to those who had not attended the m. et
ieg referred to by the Noble I,enl Cooeidetiage ell the cs,
vet:eta:es as they s tree-tea the reoele, of the rote 'h .t rniele
that night be Oren, he yid .t 1 iek rh-.t to vote for th
o.otion i-tir a few I ours' debate-, ,Aithrott cis oat
rorltutity to any Gentle :Ilan who nielft think i rope
tai address the House of doing so, wes rather hasty, en
still more so, whin they considered that this was
vrey important questien. and that they ask d for th
shor,est delay possible, rely Ins an asljousroneet of a day
Toe Noble Lord, who thought tlh s matter to momentous as to
require this expedition, might have called Parliament together
earlier, or might have Froresed a shorter adjeurtiment, but.
considetiag the period of adjournmenn end considering the
period at which the ports of Caeaticould be open to the
passage oft ()ors, and that a delay of a day more or less would
in ro eats aff. et the decision of the question, he did tliiak tha
a delay rf. one day would be only juar, and it would also be
great satisfaction to vtry marry Gentlemen who were no
anxious to have an ores), tunit T of fully expressing their opi,
semis on the subject.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. D. BROWNE laid he would vote for the Ad lrese
it were pressed to a division, lest at the same time he could n
agree voth the Noble Lord (J. Russell) in voting against tie
aej tirtiment of the debate. He did not consider that it w
a-king too much to adjourn for a few hours the final decisio
of the House upon a question affecting so deeply the treasur
and the blood of the people of this enuetry. He must also sa
that he did not think they were giving the friends of C wad
a sufficient opportunity of defending the claims of the peopl
of that country, and he regretted to say that in lea opinion th
Nohle Lord was taking an unfair advantage of the support h
had in that Wiese.
Mr. DARBY said he must protest against being supposed,
in voting for the adjoernmeht, to vote a-gainst the Address.
At the same time he was perfectly ready to vote for the Ad-
dress, but he did not consider that be Ives acting inconsis-
tently in voting for the adjournment.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN begged also to guard himself against
being supposed, in voting for the adjournment, to be o d
„pose
to the Address.
The House then divided, when the numbers were--
For the adjournment ... 28
Against it
Majority against the adjeurnment --160
'I he Address was then read and agreed to without a division.
Me. HUME desired to know when the Noble Lord in-
tended to bring in the Bill of which he had spoken.
Lord .1 RUSSELL said it was his wish nosy to move fir
leave to bring in the Bill to make temporary provision for
the Government of Lowe? Canada. If that motion were
aereed to, he would bring in the Bill this day (Wednesday)
and he should then propose that it be muted, and that the
second reading be taken on Monday next. He should like-
wise propose, after the Bill was introduced, that on the days
fixed for its consideration, that measure should take prece-
dence of all motions; and after the second reading, he should
propose to proceed with the Bill in preference to all other
business. It was also his. intention to move that the House
should adjourn from to-morrow till Monday, if no business
should be fixed for consideration in the interval.
Mr. H IT NlE—The Noble Lord does not surely mean to ask
leave at this moment to bring in the Bill? Does he think it
unnecessary to give any notice of his intentions?
Lord J. RUSSELL said, it was a matter of little conse-
quence whether or not he obtained leave at that moment to
bring in the Bill, because he did not intend to bring it iii until
this day (Wednesday).
Mr. HUME said, the granting of leave to bring in the Bill
was everything.
Mr. WARBURTON observed, that several gentlemen
wished to address the House on the occasion of bringing in the
Bill.

Lord J. RUSSELL said, if the motion was to be opposed,
no would not make it that moment, but he gave notice that he
.hould move this day (Wednesday) for leave to bring, in the
Bill for the pur?ose of making tempk.rary provision for the go-
Nernment of Lower Canada.
The House then adjourned at a Quarter to One o'Clock.

MISS MARTINEAU'S PERSONAL NARRATIVE.
—We are glad to find MisS Martineau is about to give to the
world her personal narrative of her recent Travels in America ;
411 who are acquainted with her valuable work lately published
un the present state of society in the American continent, will
hsil with pleasure the prospect of possessing ex personal nar-
rative of her Travels. The facilities every where affm-ded her
ior observation, will doubtless render her forthcoming work one
of great interest. We understand it is to appsar in about a
fortnight.

13oz:—We are glad to hear that a new work,
edited by this deservedly popular writer, is likely to appear in
a few days—we allude to the Life of Grimaldi. No writer in
our remembrance has attained so hizh a pinnacle of popularity
as Mr. Charles Dickens ; and judging him as we do by the
monthly issue in " Bentley's Miscellany," of his great romance
" 01",ver Twist," which really increases la interest each sue-
eeeding month, we do not know the author so likely to keep,
iF not to raise sill hig!,er, his Thera-y reput alt% The Me-
moirs of that Prince of Co.vns, Grimaldi, is a theme suit,d.
to his genius, %vhicit res7,lA in, and runs over with wit and
hum,,ue. Perhaps, no %veil: could ever a::p ar under happier
auspices than this. Grimaldi, the practical humourist, • Buz'
whose, writings a'uaund in humour, and George Cruikshank,
whose pencil presents the comic scene so vividly before us.
THIERS'S HISTORY OF TILE FRENCH 11E170-
RICHArtD BENTLEY.)—'+`e only notice this very
inter.-sting work, now in the course of publication, in weekly
one o,rts, to rerna,k that it appeirs ttith commend-
able foul-teeotli totallyr is now he ore us.
The series of engravings Ailirh i:lmi•rate ork continue
er the tiro. oreer. The t aushtor, or editor, perform-, his
sack with judzment ; his n des form a walu:ible addiiion to the
tiriginal.—Elinburgh Et ening l'ost.
The snow ht Stamfottl and the ne4zhl.)ourboad lies
stout a foot deep on the level. The ruhlic caches are late,
livt Lot at present stopped in any direction. There is the ap
Tearance (Thursday night) of a further fall of snow. There
las been much snow at Louth, and the streets show the incle-
mency of the weatlier.—Stanforcl Mercury.