The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-05 00:00:00

posite shores 'of Upper Canada, if their own Go-'
vrerrinn`t ah lI suffer such inroads to be made
1.4.:11 the ports of the Republic, or if reprisals from
the Canadian side are to be resented as cases of na-
tional hostilities. We hare, however,- no apprehensiorL
that such conduct is likely on the rani of the Ameri-
cnn Government, and therefore it is that we consider
the insurrection in Upper Canada as terminated,
and the " untoward event" of the destruction of
the Caroline as likely to be amicably adjusted.
To those of our J Contemporaries who argue
against the honesty of American neurality, and
point to the Texas as an instance of what may be ex-
pected in Upper Canada, we venture to suggest that
the cases are by no means alike. Texas was a wilder-
ness, .elaimed, but not occupied, by the '.%texicans, and
cfiering a fertile soil to any adventurers who should
take therein " the gtvdy right of possession." The
province of Upper Canada is occupied, t will be
defended, if necessary, by a loyal poptdation, the sur-
vvors and the descendants of the same militia who
some twenty-five years ago were successful in repelling,
not bands of refugees and adventurers, but several
successive invasions of American armies—regulars as
well as militia ; and on the Niagara frontier alone the
names of Quecnston, Fort Erie, Chippewa, and
Lundy's-lane, will recall the gallant conduct of the
militia of Upper Canada to all those who remember
the events of the last war with the United States,-..,
Morning Chronicle.

It is a curious fact that among tb speeches deli-
vered in the House of Lords ur:on the subject of Ca-
nada in the debate Fridiay night there way
which was utteri:y
•
and that bnc was destitlte of interest of any kind,
the speech of het Majesty's Secretary
of State for the Colonial Department. Lord Glenelg
seems determined to be as potent in respect of somno-
lency as Jack Falstqff was in respect of wit. His Lord-
ship is not only asleep himself but is the cause of sleep
in others, especially when he delivers a speech touch-
ing the affairs of the department over which he so so-
porifically presides. Surely his Lordship must have
been born under a drowsy star, or upon some tedious
night when all the lights of the firmament "did wink,
as 'twere, with overwatching." Them was a degree
of propriety in his Lordship's connection with the
India Board which does not apply to him in any of
the other official situations through which he has
dosed as a member of all sorts of Administrations.
He ought to be Secretary of State for the Affairs of
Opium. " Poppy and mandragora, and all the drowsy
syrups of the world," would be the proper objects of
his care. His speeches would be in admirable harmony
with his duties, and long-continued yawns, instead of
cheers, would fitly mark the approbation of the House.
Instead of recording in his Lordship's praise that lie
sat down( amid loud testimonies of marked and vehe-
ment applause, we should have to communicate, as the
highest species of encomium upon his orations, that
the yawns, which were somewhat vehement at the cem-
mencement, waxed fainter and fainter as he proceeded,
until, at the conclusion, an unanimous snore pro-
claimed the universal slumber of the House. All tli-s
would be very well if Lord Glenelg were it another
situation—if_ (without creating any new department to
suit his penliar genius) lie were simply a Lord of the
Bedclminber. But when we consider that he is Se-
.:retary of State for the Colonies—that one of the
principal colonies is in revolt—and that Parliament is
employed upon the steps needful to be taken in a mat-
ter so momentous, it does seem a little anomalous that
the most insignificant man in these affairs is the said
Lord Glenelg. For anything we can tell, his Lordship
was not awake during any part of Friday evening. It
is true that a short speech is reported as having been
spoken by him ; but such a speech might have very
well been spoken by a man in his sleep. It bore
much the same relation to a distinct and vigorous state-
ment regarding the Bill before the House as " the
faint murmur of a dream" bears to the clear utterance
of waking rationality. This, we think, is rather too
had in a Secretary for the Colonies, at such a time ;
but this is not the worst. It is of some importance
that a Minister for a great department should be in
Parliament an able defender of his policy ; but it is
still more importvat that he should be in his office a
sagacious an!, vigorous politician. Lord Glenelg is
neither 1.;1e one nor the other. He slumbers in Par-
liair.ent, but in Downing. street he sleeps. His speeches
as Colonial Secretary are eminently soporific; but his
conduct as Colonial Secretary is " eminently absurd."
He sits in his stuffed chair, dreaming of what is to
be done to soothe Canadian discontent : he awakes,
and, lo ! the Canadas are in revolt. The public must
have read the discussions in both Houses of Par-
liament to very little purpose if they do not perceive
that the Canadian revolt is attributable to the negli-
gence of the Government. As matters stand it is
right that Parliament should assist the Crown with
means such as Ministers require—it is right that an
Act should be passed giving extraordinary powers to
the Executive Government in Canada ; but it is
morally certain that Parliament need not have been
so called upon—that extraordinary and uneutisti-
tutional powers need not have been Ptitn—had
the affairs of the Colonial °Tice been con-
ducted with common en's.rgy, and with common
sense. " I have no w:,slt to exaggerate anything"--said
Lord AberdeTh in his admirable speech on Friday
evening_-" but many parts of the conduct of the Go-
v'..emment are in Inv opinion open to grave accusation.
They save been guilty of a system of delay which
cannot but have had an effect the most injurious. I
should rather call it a practice of delay than a system,
fur I do not believe their policy has been the result of
any preference for delay rather than for a course of ac-
tion, but it has been the necessary result of doing no-
thing. I do not believe that my Noble Eriend adopted
his policy upon refieetibil, or in the hope that in future
(lays a grateflil i'ountry would inscribe upon his tomb,
emftialltio restituit rem.' All has been the natural
result ofhabitual wavering, irresolution, and infirmity
of puipose." This is the point—this is the matter
for consideration, next after the consideration
of the steps immediately necessary with reference
to the suppression of open rebellion. The con-
viction of every man who thinks—no matter what
flatterers and hirelings may say—is just that to
which Lord Aberdeen has given utterance. There
ought not to be, and there is not, any confidence in
the ability of the existing Government to conduct the
effairs of the empire with energy, with spirit, or with •
success. They who support this Government do so,
not from any confidence in its strength, but in hope
of profit through its weakness. The plotting Irish
komanists—the selfish, grubbing, greedy Scotch Radi-
cals—they support the Government because they
thrive by that which makes it despicable. It is a Go-
vernment which must obtain votes by dishonourable
raid dangerous sacrifices, because it cannot obtain them
by winning the respect of honest, and independent,
and high-spirited men. The Government is conti-
nually doing that which it would rather not, yet
submits to because it cannot do better, and will not
give up place. Hence its " habitual wavering, its
irresolution, and infirmity of purpose."—Morning
Post.

LENT ASSIZES.

HOME CIRCUIT.

(Before the Right Hon. Sir. N. C. TINDAL and the Right
Hon. Sir J. 'VAUGHAN.)
Hertfordshire.—Wednesday, Feb. 28, at Hertford.
Essex.—Monday, March 5, at Chelmsford.
Kent.—Monday, March 12, at Maidstone.
Sussex.—Monday, March 19, at Lewes.
Surrey.—Monday, March 26, at Kingston.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.

(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON and Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
Westmoreland—Saturday, Feb. 17, at Appleby.
Cumberland—Tuesday, Feb. 20, at Carlisle.
Northumberland—Saturday, Feb. 24, at Newcastle.
Durham—Wednesday, Feb. 28, at Durham.
Yorkshire and York City—Saturday, March 3, at Yurk.
Lancashire—Saturday, March 17, at Lancaster.
Thursday, March 22, at Liverpool.

The Duke of Devonshire has delayed his departure
from Chatsworth in consequence of the severity of the weather.
His Grace and suite are expected at Devonshire House for the
season as soon as the weather becomes milder.
A very interesting young woman, daughter to a
man named Giles, living at Cooragoneen, near this town, was
to have been married the following morning.. her parents,
wondering at her staying so late in bed, went to call her up,
and beheld her a lifeless corpse. She retired to rest the even-
ing previous in all the vigour of youth and health, but the fol-
kwing day on which her wedding favours were to have been
purchased was spent in providing her funeral requisites.
Cork Constitution.