The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-09 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMEZ, T.

HOUSE OF LOIWS, Jiti:e S.
Their Lordships assembled et Five o'clock.
SALE OF IFLEI.4.
The.Eatl cf HARIZOWI3Y gave m:tice that ho shou'd
on Monday move for a Select Committee to consider the
laws regulating the sale of be er.

DEFECTS IN LEASES BILL.
This Bill passed through Commit:co.
CANADA.

Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that ea, Nrenday
week he should draw their Lordships' al.t. islet, tv the
affairs of Canada.
CASE OF MR. RYLAND.
The Duke of ARGYLL rose to preee r
from Mr. Ryland, and to draw the attentiet. ef tee leeuse
to the circumstances of that gentleman's PR.". This
gentleman's father had been mentieied by st.h.c.-.ii‘e
Governors of Canada as deservine, his
eutititry,
and he had been appointed clerk of the Leeistecve
Council of Lower Canada. This • fficc had been et ter-
wards conferred on the petitioner, wlee had be( n tee-
pointed by Lord Durham, and his appthuln, nt hed
been sealed under the great seal of Canada. This ap-
pointment had not been report. d to Ate Colonial-office,
on learning which Mr. Ryland applied to the Colouiai-
office for the issue of the usual warrant under the matt
manual; the answer of the Marquis et Aermanny e 39
that the appointment had not been reported to Lit, pre-
decessor, Lord Glenelg, but that if the then Governor
of Canada should approve of his appointment,
he might confirm it on the undirreaedieg
that if on an union of the two provinces his
office should be considered unnecessary he was not to
be considered as entitled to compensation. Afterwards
Lord Sydenham became Governor General of Canada,
and he received a letter from Lord John Russell, at that
time Secretary for the Colonies, requesting him not to
remove Mr. Ryland; but Lord Sydenham requested him
to resign his office, which he did, on the understand-
ing that be should be appointed to another
office. He was appointed to another office,
the emoluments of which were not equal to those of the
office of clerk of the Legislative Council, but the Go-
vernor undertook to make up his emoluments to such a
sum as should be equal to the income to which he would
have been entitled as a retiring allowance for the office
which he was about to leave, after twenty-four years
of public service. On this understanding he accepted
the office of registrar of the district of Quebec.
Six months after his acceptance of this office he found
the expenses of starting that office to be so much, that
he applied to Sir Charles Begot for an advance; and in
answer to that note Sir Charles Begot acknowledged
the guarantee of Lord Sydenham, but declined making
any advance until the lapse of bis first year of office,
when the emoluments of the office should be as-
certained. Sir C. Metcalfe became Governor of
Canada before the lapse of the year, and
to him Mr. Ryland applied. The answer of Sir C.
Metcalfe was an acknowledgment of the claim, but a
declaration that he had eao means in his power of meeting
it, and referring Mr. Ryland to the Provincial Parliament.
Mr. Ryland accordingly applied to the provincial Par-
liament, which also acknowledged his claims, but laid
down that it was a matter for the Imperial Treasury.
Mr. Ryland subsequently made repeated applications to
the successive Governors-General of Canada for com-
pensation for the loss he had sustained through the dif-
ference in emolument between the office he had given up
and that he bad accepted under a guarantee from Lord
Sydenham. At last, finding be could not obtain a ful-
filment of that guarantee, he resigned his cffice, and ad-
dressed a memorial to the Colonial-office, prayieg to be
allowed to retire on the pension which he would have bud
on leaving his previous office. To this. however, the
Government declined to accede, and allowed him only
the inadequate pension of 1111. out of the pension fund,
although several Committees of the Provincial Parlia-
ment had reported on the justice of his claim to a fulfil-
ment of the guarantee of Lord Sydenham. lie had read
over the report of the Committee of the Cabin et, of the
Government of Canada, and he was bound to say
that the grounds upon which it WAS 1 37-d were
unjust and unfair, and that the claims er Mr.
Ryland had not been properly decided Leon. Since
the petitioner came to this country fie eteemani-
cations with members of the Government, and tin _X ,ble
Lord at the head of it expressed his regr, t th: t /1,! ould
not ratify the guarantee of Lord Se denteee cut et the
Imperial Treasury. The Noble Duke remi Lont .1. Rus-
sell's letter on this subject, in which b's •x-
-pressed his regret that the colonies obi not pee; w.
eyes of this country the justice of c', t
presented to the consideration ..f ny
Mr. Ryland. He did not mean to ,teer .unite
Friend (Earl Grey) or the Noble L d opposii. (Lo/ d
Stanley) for the answers whico tin.) ic.o: tie
claims made by Mr. Ryland. Se.. 11 tee. w F. a guaran-
tee given by Lord Sydenbani to Mr. 14;1, ti, and ~i.e
that ought to be settled by the Governoier.,
Earl GREY v. ould confine his ob.A., v .ti .ns t., e
words. They would be chiefly directed to the ( p.t.ion
by Lord Metcalfe on this subject, and the Noble Lord
stated, that a guarantee had been given by Lord Sycen-
barn to Mr. Ryland, " and supposing it to be a valid
one," it was one purely for the consideration of the Co-
lonial Government of Canada, and one which this cow:-
try had nothing whatever to do with. This opinion
settled the whole question. Now, he must say, that he
thought that this appeal to their Lordships was a most
unwise one on the part of Mr. Ryland, for it was a
matter with which they had nothing to do. His belief
was, that the Government of Canada were most anxious
to do justice to Mr. Ryland. The Noble Earl then said,
that the office of registrar of Montreal, which Mr.
Ryland acepted in lieu of that of Quebec, had given a
return more than equal to the claim which that gentle-
man had made upon the Government of Canada. Under
all the circumstances he was inclined to think their
Lordships would not be disposed to express themselves
with severity towards the authorities of Canada on ac-
count of Mr. Ryland's claim.

Lord BROU-GIIAM could only say that he thought
the case brought under their Lotdihips' consideration
was really a very hard one, and hoped the Nobl© Earl
(Grey) would apply his mind to find out some means by
which the claims of Mr. Ryland mild be settled.
After a few words from the Duke of ARGYLL, the
petition was laid on the table.
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