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AS TO WHETHER BOOKS HAVE BEEN WITHHELD FROM

DIRECTORS.
. Tho committee state that it does not appear that any
of the banking books, or books of account, have at any
time been withheld from the directors, or any one of
Vieth.

With respect to the statement of Mr. Thomson, made
at the last half-yearly meeting—namely, that being " ap-
pointed in March one of the finance committee, ho was
summoned only once to attend up to the month of ©u-.
gust, and was kept iu the dark as to the proceedings,".
the committee say that it implies a grave accusation,
which, however, is not reconcilable with the fact that
from March to September 'Mr. Thomson signed 288
cheques ts„.3 a member of the finance committee, not one;
week elapsing during that period in which one or morel
of such cheques were signed.
During the yes r ended the 31st January, 1849, Messrs.
Thvasou, Brogden,, and Pritchard, appear from the ,
boOks to have been constant in their attendance at the
board meetings; and your committee cannot reconcile
the fact of such attendance with the allegation that they,
or either of them, were excluded from a due share in the
management or knowledge of the company's affairs, more
especially as your committee find, from the number of
cheques bearing their signatures, that those gentlemen
took an active part in that important branch of manage-
ment—the disbursement of the company's funds.

AS TO TAE. COST OF TUE DIRECTORY.
No fees of any description have been received by the
chairman since his election as a director in October.
1844.

Your committee have now laid before you the result
of their inquiries into certain specific matters which have
been brought under their investigation from various
quarters; and others, not separately treated of, are em-
braced in the

REPORT OF THE ACCOUNTANTS.
This report, which is given entire in the appendix, at-
tached to that of the committee, sets forth the result of
the general examination made by those gentlemen into
the accounts of the company for the three years ended
31st January, 1849, and embraces, with the exception of
about four months, the period during which the present
chairman of the company has held that office, he having
b en appointed thereto in the month of September, 1845.
From the accountant's report, it appears that sums pro-
perly chargeable to the debit of revenue during the
period under investigation have been charged, and now
stand to the debit of construction, to the extent of
107,9321. 14s. I Id.

The committee say, " They feel called upon to depre-
cate strongly this mode of dealing with the sums form-
ing this amount in the books and accounts of the corn•
pany; it is in their opinion at variance with every safe
and sound principle of mercantile economy, they have
accordingly felt it their duty to make strict inquiry, in
order to ascertain the authority upon which it was re-
sorted to, and to discover the grounds, if any, upon
which it could be justified.
" Your committee find, from evidence given
by Mr. Chubb, the compa❑y's accountant, which is
printed in the appendix (I), that his instructions with
respect to the half-yearly accounts were usually received
by him from the deputy-chairman; nevertheless, your
Committee cannot exonerate the board of directors from
tho responsibility attaching to this procedure. On this
important point your committee required an explana-
tion from the chairman, who attended them, and stated
the reasons, which, at the request of the committee, ho
reduced to writing, and they are embodied in the fol-
lowing letter addressed to your conimittoc:—
" South Eastern Railway, London Terminus,
May 8, 1849.
" Sir,—l beg leave, in accordance with the wish of the
committee, to place the following observations before

them in writing regarding the accounts of the company,
and the relict that has been given to the account of
revenue by charges to the account of construction.
"It has appeared to me indisputable that all &raves of
disbursements which affected the permanent interests cf
th 3 company, ex-pen:led at any particular pressure or
emergency, (lid not belong to the current expenses of the
particular moment, but should be charged, in account, as
an expenditure of capital. Such disbursements are there-
by made to extend over all future years, and are thus
comparatively unfelt.
" 'this principle applies equally whether such expen-
diture be incurred in the payment of fees to the officers
of the Houses of Parliament during the progress of Bills
promoted, payments to engineers, solicitors, counsel,
and landowners, or in large sums advanced in the
management o! the traffic not expected to obtain imme-
diate advantages at the period when incurred, but laid
out from motives of sound policy for the enduring inte-
rests and welfare of the company, with a confident trust
that all sack payments made bona fide were properly
charges' to capital account.
" T dis lass of payments also belongs the additional
expen- are which arises in the establishment of any
new bliiness of tlae,company.
" It S,.ould be borne in mind that until my services
were cicyote,..l, to the interests of the company, the whole
of their-carrying trade was in the hands of carriers, the
head of a carrying firm being then chairman of the com-
pany. I refer you on this point to the financial report
of the directors, p. 15. It is there stated that the receipts
from goods, which averaged weekly 6081 in 1844,
amounted to 1,8101. per week in 1848; or, in the former
year, to 61. 12s. per mile per week, and to 191. per mile
per week in the latter. Tnot increase is attributable
mainly to the fact, that the company have, since. 1844,
become the car... ra of goods on their own lines; partly
to the accession of continental traffic, which is yet un-
developed, but which, it is confidently expected, will be
soon greatly increased. It must be obvious that expen-
diture was necessary in the establishment and acquisition
of the traffic referred to; and it would have hem mani-
festly unjust to have charged against the revi,nuo of any
particular period expenditure for the enhancement of
the company's general and permanent interests.
" On the dissolution of the locomotive agreement be-
tween the South-Eastern, Brighton, and Croydon Corn-
panics, in 1845, the portion of the locomotive and
carriage stock which became the separate property of the
South-Eastern Company was received in a dilapidated
condition. All expenditure isvuirred in UM repair of
that stock to make it as ge .s now, is a charge to be

made to capkrtl account.
" That ae:rrent was entered into at a time when the
South-Easte. lompany had no locomotive works of its
own, and it was a p..ijudicial bargain. The loss on
thcsa repairs should be taken as part of the.charges of
establishing the company.
" As a measure of policy and expediency, pending the
company's application to Parliament, and by way of
experiment the company car. the public at very low
fares, v h frcqus.nt trains, from September, 1845, to
September, 1846. Th number of trains run was more
than double that now in use. There was an increase,
during the -tear of these low fare- .f 50 per cent. in the

"John Ball, Esq , Secretary, Committee of hTql;iri."
" While your 'committee admit that there is justice
in the reasoning contained in this letter, it is their de-
cided opinion that such a course ought never to be
adopted without the previous knowledge and sanction of
the proprietors.
" It further appears, from the accountant's report,
that had the accounts ben strictly made up so as to in-
clude all the expenditure incurred, as well as that ac-
tually paid during the period, and had the probable
losses from bad debts been written off, and had the full
amount of stores consumed been charged, the actual
available profit would have appeared further reduced by
the sum of 33,8421. 13s. 9d., to which has to be added the
item of 8,2691. 6s. Id., carried to credit of revenue in-
btead of capital.
" With respect to the interest on the No. 3 and No. 4
shares, payable out of capital under the authority of a
general meeting of proprietors, your committee are of
opinion that it is of essential importance that a speedy
determination of that arrangement be effected by the
prompt completion of those lines and works for which
those capitals were created."

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION.
"Inasmuch as part of the capital raisecLby No. 3 and
No. 4 shares has been applied to the goner purposes of
the company, a proportionate amount of interest thereon
should have been deducted from the total charge before
placing it to the debit of capital; in other words, that
the interest on so much of those capitals as as been
used for the purposes of the main line, should Have gone
to the debit of traffic, which had been receiving the be-
nefit of such expenditure.
" With regard to the general question of interest on
No. 3 and No. 4 shares, it appears that a portion of it is
payable in respect of lines and works opened for traffic.
Having regard to this fact, and to the expectation that
the North Kent line, on which by far the larger propor-
tion of those capitals has been expended, will be opened
for traffic on the Ist July next, your committee
recommend that, from and after the termination of the
current half-year—i. e., from the Ist of August, 1849,
the No. 3 and No. 4 shares should cease to carry inte-
rest, and become entitled, i❑ lieu thereof, to participate
in dividends, revenue account receiving credit for inte-
rest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum only on such
part of the capital as shall have then been expended on
unproductive works. Your committee, in recommending
this arrangement, do so on the assumption that it may
be carried into effect with a due regard to existing ar-
rangements.

"—Your committee have ascertained that, subject to
the considerations arising out of the interest on the No.
3 and No. 4 shares, the revenue account for the half-
year 31st of January, 1849, as published, is substantially
correct, the books having been cleared of all outstanding
accounts then in suspense."

POSITION AND PROSPECTS OF THE COMPANY.
"The permanent way and rolling stock of the com-
pany are reported by the engineer in chief and heads of
departments to be in a very satisfactory state. No pro-
vision has hitherto been made to meet the deterioration
of the permanent way. Increased experience in the
practical working of railways has recently brought this
important subject prominently before those concerned in
their
management; and the necessity of making such
provision is obvious and unquestionable. Tho question
has a two-fold bearing, relating to the depreciation
already sustained by past and that which will rosult from
future traffic, and great consideration will be required in
determining the amount of the fund requisite for both
purposes, and the manner in which that fund should be
provided. And although the unfinished state of its lines
and works renders the precise and immediate solution
of this important question by the South Eastern Com-
pany difficult, if not impossible, the committee strongly
recommend that the directors be required to forthwith
commence the formation of a fund for the support of this
branch of expenditure on the principle of an annual reserve
to accumulate at compound interest. The working stock
should be maintained in a constant state of effi-
ciency out of revenue. The committee have examined
the statement of financial position of the company, issued
by the directors in January last. It was based upon
estimates which have been laid before your committee
and upon the books of the company; and the committee,
assuming the correctness of the estimates, believe that
statement to be a substantially correct exposition of the
ways and means of the company, and its liabilities on
capital account, so far as concerns the works contem-
plated by the directors in January. But the directors
have informed I.he committee that circumstances, and a
maturer consideration of the subject, and especially with
reference to the representations under which Parlia-
ment entrusted them with their powers, have led them
to the conclusion that an additional outlay of about
140,0001., not contemplated in January, will be ulti-
mately required to be expended in works which they
had hoped to avoid. Notwithstanding the extraneous
additions to the capital account sct forth in the report
of the acecuutants (which do not affect the stability or
permanent prosperity of the company), the committe are
enabled to state their.firm conviction that the position
of the company is sound and its prospects favourable.
Satisfactory results are especially to be looked for from
the opening of the North Kent line and the continued
development of the continental and goods traffic.

3IANAGEMENT.

After adverting to the disunion at the board of direc-
tors, the committe!. reoommend—
I. The formation of an efficient board of directors,
and that the system of dividing the hoard intocommittees
to undertake the more immediate superintendence of the
several branches of management be adopted; such divi-
sion may, in the opinion of your committee, be conve-
nizntly made for the purpose of
Accounts and Finance,
Road and Traffic,
Locomotion and Stores.
Such committees to be subject to the control of the ge-
neral board, to whom regular worts of their proceed-
ings should be made.
" 2. That the number of directors bo not less than 10.

" 3. That the directors be fairly remunerated
for for their services. While giving this recom-
mendation, your committee express their opinion
that the most useful principle on which to
apportion the directors' fund is to accord to
each member a moderate fixed sum by way of a retain-
ing fee, beyond which ho should be entitled only in pro-
portion to his attention to the business of the company;
the directors' remuneration to be the subject of an an-
nual vote of the proprietors.
" 4. That an efficient audit of the company's accounts
be established.
" Your committee recommend that threeauditors be
appointed—namely, two proprietors, and one' professional
accountant.
salary, AI7 iitohs rt
oeas
dp respect
ft
ttboo t
employment
e and
o fpayment eorik
soli-
citors a
in the ordinary way, your committee are of opinion
that that course cannot be adopted in the present state of
the company's works and affairs with safety or advan-
tage ; how far it may become desirable on the comple-
tion of all the company's works, when its business will
be solely that of traffic, is a question which your com-
mittee would leave to the consideration of a future period.
Whilst your committee thus discharge their duty in
commenting on the past management of the company,
and in freely offering their suggestions for the futurecon
duct of its affairs, they cannot too strongly inculcate
upon the proprietors the absolute, the N ita nsportance
ot of
the in j
theirouwr
injurious
o interests
disputes
which,
b iob, termination,
originatingspeedyin
t the and b
o final,ar-
room, have extended to the court of proprietors, and di-
vided,,itlna
tihne opinion of
f
your committee, the minority in the
direction are bound to retire as first step towards the
restoration of harmony and confidence.
"Your committee are anxious that all party feeling
should subside, and
past events be only remembered as
a beacon in the future progress of the company's affairs.
With that end accomplished, and an efficient directory,
supported by the confidence of the proprietors, your

2. In consequence of the unexpected arr'val of vessels
with merchandise at the port of Quebec, it became neces-
sary for me to prcceed, on a short notice, to Parliament,
on Wednesday last, in order to give the Royal assent to
a Customs Bill which had that day passed the Legisla-
tive Coancil; and I considered that, as this necessity Lad
arisen, it would not be expedient to keep the public
mind in suspense by omitting to dispose, at the same
time, of the other Acts in which the two branches of the
local Parliament had at an earlier period of the session
concurred, and which still awaited my decision. Among
these was the Act so provide for the indemnification of
parties in Lower Canada whose property was destroyed
during the rebellion in 1837 and 1838, with respect to
which, as your Lordship is aware, much excitement has
unhappily been stirred.
3. I herewith enclose, for your Lordship's perusal, a
printed copy of the Act in question, and I shall not fail
by the first mail to furnish you with full information re-
specting its character and objects, :the circumstances,
which led to its introduction, and the grounds on which
I resolved, after much reflection, to sanction it. No
money can be paid under it as indemnity for a consider-
able period, so that her Majesty's power of disallowance
can be exercised with effect, should her Majesty be so
advised, notwithstanding the course which I have taken.
As lam writing this dispatch in haste, with a view to
its transmission by way of New York, I shall confine
myself for the present to a statement of the proceedings
by which the peace of the city has been disturbed.
4. In order, however, to render this narrative intel-
ligible, I must premise that for some time past the House
of Assembly, as at present constituted, has been the
object of bitter denunciation, and not unfrequently of
reckless menace, on the part of a certain portion of the
press of the province, and more especially of that of
Montreal. Your Lordship will probably recollect that
the body in question is the product of a general
election which took place about eighteen months ago,
under the auspices of the political party now in opposi-
tion, and after a dissolution, to which I had recourse
on their advice, for the purpose of strengthening them
in their position as a Government. The resalt of this
measure was in the last degree unfavourable to those
who had recommended it ; not, however, so much so in
Lower Canada, where the complexion of the representa-
tion was little affected by the dissolution, as in the upper
province, where several constituencies, among which
were some of the most populous, rejected Conservative
in favour of Liberal candidates. On a question of con-
fidence raised at the commencement of the session, im-
mediately after the general election, the Administration
was defeated by a majority of more than two to one,
and a change of Government, as a matter of course,
ensued.

5. This alteration in the political complexion of the
Assembly, and the change of Government consequent
upon it, were therefore clearly and distinctly traceable
to a revulsion of sentiment in the British constituencies
of Upper Canada. In Lower Canada nothing had
occurred to account for either. This circumstance has.
however, failed to secure for the decisions of the popular
representative body either forbearance or respect from a
certain section of those who profess to be emphati-
cally the supporters of British interests. To de-
nounce the Parliament as French in its composition,
and the Government as subject to French influ-
ences, has been their constant object, and the
wildest doctrines have been broached with respect
to the right which belongs to a British minority of re-
dressing by violence any indignity to which it may bo
subjected from such a source. I have now before me an
article that appeared in one of the principal English
newspapers of Montreal at a very early period of the
session, of which I transcribe the concluding paragraph,
as illustrative of the temper and language in which, even
at that time, and before the public' stiff & had been ex-
cited by the discussion of the Rebellion Losses Bill, a
portion of the press ventured to criticise the proceedings
of the local Parliament. The article treats of a measure
affecting the townships, to which, I believe, no great ob-
jection was raised in Parliament. It terminates, how-
ever, in the words—" We are very glad of it—the sooner
the cloven foot is made visible the better; the obvious in-
tention of that majority, composed of Frenchmen, aided
by traitorous British Canadians, is to force French in-
stitutions still further upon the British minority in Lower
Canada. The intention is obvious, as we said, and we
are glad that it is openly shown. We trust that the party
of the Government will succeed in every one of their
obnoxious measures. When French tyranny becomes
insupportable we shall find our Cromwell. Sheffield, in
the olden times, used to be famous for its keen and well-
tempered whettles; well, they mako bayonets there now,
just as sharp and just as well-tempered. When we can
stand tyranny no longer, it will be seen whether good
bayonets in Saxon hands will not be more than a match
for a mace and a majority."
6. To persons accustomed to the working of constitu-
tional government in well-ordered communities it may
seem incredible that such language should be employed
by the organs of any respectable party in reference to a
body comprising the freely•chosen representatives of a
constituency formed on a most popular basis; but the
cause of the anomaly is apparent enough to all who are
acquainted with the history of Canada. For a series of
years the popular representative body and the Execu-
tive, supported by the Legislative Council, were, in the
lower province especially, in a condition of almost con-
stant antagonism. To revile the one was the surest test
of patriotism; to denounce the other, of loyalty. In a
society singularly democratic in its structure, where
diversities of race supplied special elements of confusion,
and where consequently it was most important that con-
stituted authority should be respected, the moral influ-
ence of law and government was enfeebled by the exist-
ence of perpetual strife between the powers that ought
to have afforded to each other a mutual support. No
state of affairs could be imagined less favourable to the
extinction of national animosities, and to the firm estab-
lishment of the gentle and benignant control of those
liberal institutions which it is England's pride and pri-
vilege to bestow upon her children.

7: I am not without hope that a steady adherence to
the principles of constitutional government, and the con-
tinuance of harmony between the co-ordinate branches
of the Legislature, may lead in the process of time to the
correction of these evils; meanwhile, however, I must
ascribe mainly to the cause which I have assigned the
tone of arrogant defiance with which the resolutions,
not of the Government only, but also of the Parliament,
are treated by parties who happen for the moment to be
unable to make their views prevail with either, and the
acts of violence to which this inflammatory language
has in the present instance led.
8. That many persons conscientiously disapprove of
the measure respecting rebellion losses in Lower Ca-
nada which has been introduced by the Government,
and which the local Parliament has passed by large
majorities, and that in the minds or others it stirs
national antipathies and recollections of former
conflicts, which designing politicians seek to im-
prove to their own selfish ends, cannot, I fear, be
doubted. It is therefore emphatically a measure which
should have been approached with calmness and caution,
by all at least who are not directly interested in the
issue. Unfortunately, however, this has been by no
means the case. Not only have appeals to passion of the
most reckless description proceeded from the local press,
but they have received encouragement from quarters
from which they had little right to look for it. Passages
such as the following, in which a London journal of in-
fluenceh treats of the Bi itish population as allectiedtbey t e
measure in question:—" They are tolerably takeeanbsetruethe
care of themselves, and we very much misconstrue
public
in
tone adopted by the English press %dm English
eement which is
means of resisting
andconstrued
with avidity,
aimed at them," are read
theth e provinceheavy
h w they
and
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greatnot find
ci
ss;emn r
mean will be extended from influential
quarters at hyongatethoythose who seek to annul the obnoxi-
ouson of the local legislature, whatever be the
decision
thatisi s
eans to which they resort for the attainment of
that end.
9. The scenes by which the city of Montreal has been
lately disgraced are the natural fruits of an agitation of
this character, operating on a people of an exciteable
temper, who have been taught to believe that a race
which they despise, and over which they have been
wont to exercise dominion, has obtained, through the
operation of a constitutional system, an authority which
it could not otherwise have acquired. Hence, more es•
pecially, their vehement indignation against me person-
ally, and the conviction, in many cases I doubt not per-
fectly sincere, that I have been guilty of a serious dere-
liction of duty because I have not, as my predecessors
have often done before me, consented to place myself in
the front of an agitation to counteract the policy of Par-
liament. The nature of the constitutional doctrines
which practically obtain in this section of the commu-
nity is curiously exemplified by the fact, that it is not
the passage of the Bill by an overwhelming majority
of the representatives of the people, or the acquiescence
of the Council, but the consent of the Governor, which
furnishes the pretext for an exhibition of popular vio-
lence.
10. When I left the House of Parliament after giving
the Royal Assent to several Bills to which I have re-
ferred, I was received with mingled cheers and hootings
by a crowd by no means numerous which surrounded
the entrance to the building. A small knot of indivi-
sons of a respectable class in society, pelted the carriage
duals, consisting, it has 'since been ascertained, of per-
with missiles which they must have brought with them
for the purpose. Within an hour after this occurrence a
notice, of which I enclose a copy, issued from of the

newspapsr offices, calling a meeting in the open air. At
the meeting inflammatory speeches were made. On a
sudden, whether under the effect of momentary excite-
ment, or in pursuance of a plan arranged beforehand, the
mob proceeded to the House of Parliament, where the
Members were still sitting, and, breaking the windows,
set fire to the building, and burned it to the ground. By
this wanton act public property of considerable value,
including two excellent libraries, has been utterly de-
stroyed. Having achieved their object, the crowd
dispersed, apparently satisfied with what they had
done. The Members were permitted to retire
unmolested, and no resistance was offA•ed to
the military, who appeared on the geound, after a
brief interval, to restore order and aid in the extinguish-
ing the flames. During the two following days a good
deal of excitement prevailed in the streets, and some
further acts of incendiarism were perpetrated. Since
then the military force has been increased, and the
leaders of the disaffected party have shown a disposition
to restrain their followers and direct their energies to-
wards the more constitutional object of petitioning the
Queen for my recall, and the disallowance of the ob-
noxious Bill. The proceedings of the House of Assem-
bly will also tend to awe the turbulent. I trust, there-
fore, that the peace of the city will not again be dis-
turbed. The newspapers which I enclose contain full,
and I believe pretty accurate accounts, of all that has
occurred since Wednesday last.
11. The Ministry are blamed for not having made
adequate provision against these disasters; that they by no
means expected that the hostility to the Rebellion Losses
Bill would have displayed itself in the outrages which
have been perpetrated during the last few days is certain.
Perhaps sufficient attention was not paid by them to the
menaces of the Opposition press. It must be admitted
however, that their position was one of considerable
difficulty. The civil force of Montreal—a city contain-
ing about 50,000 inhabitants of different races, with
secret societies and other agencies of mischief in con-
stant activity—consists of two policemen under the
authority of the Government, and 70 appointed by the
corporation. To oppose, therefore, effectual resistance
to any considerable mob, recourse must be had in all
cases either to the military or to a force of civilians en-
rolled for the occasion. Grave objections, however,
presented themselves in the present instance to the
adoption of either of these courses, until the disposition
to tumult on the part of the populace unhappily mani-
fested itself in overt acts. More especially was it of
importance to avoid any measure which might have had
a tendency to produce a collision between parties on a
question on which their feelings were so strongly excited.
The result of the course pursued is, that there has been
no bloodshed, and, except in the case of some of the
Ministers themselves, no destruction of private property.
12. The proceedings in the Assembly have been im-
p ortant. I enclose the copy of an address which has
been voted to me by a majority of 36 to 16, expressive
of abhorrence at the outrages which have taken place
in the city of Montreal, of loyalty to the Queen, and
approval of my just and impartial administration of the
Government with my late as well as my present ad-
visers. Some of the Opposition approve of the course
which I have taken with respect to the Rebellion Losses
Bill, as appears from the speeches of Messrs. Wilson
and Galt, of which reports aro given in the newspapers
which I enclose. Mr. Wilsonis an influential member of
the Upper Canada Conservative party, and Mr. Galt's
views are the more important, because he has been re-
tinned to Parliament only a few days ago by a Lower
Canadian constituency which comprises a large British
population. Generally, however, as the amendments
they have moved to the address show, they desire to
avoid committing themselves on this point. The votes
against the address may be thus classed—Sir A.
M'Nab and his party; my late Ministers and
their party; and Mr. Papineau. The first acts with
perfect consistency in voting as ha has done on this
question; for he has always contended that Govern-
ment conducted on British principles is unsuited
to Canada. The course of the second class is less intel-
ligible; for, until the day on which they resigned their
offices into my hands, they uniformly expressed approval
of the principles on which my conduct as Governor-
General was guids cl ; and these, as your Lordship well
knows, have undergone no change with the change of
Administration. Mr. Papineau's vote conveys a useful
lesson which will not, I trust, be lost on persons who had
been induced to believe that the persecution of which I
am now the object is really attrthutelle to my having
shown undue lenity to those who were led by him into
rebellion.

13. I have now furnibhed your Lordship with as ckir
a statement of these important occurrences as I can give,
and I can conclude by assuring you that the city is per-
fectly tranquil, and that there is no present likelihood of
a renewal of disturbances. A few days will show w hat
echo the proceedings of the violent party awaken in
Upper Canada, and to what extent they are followed
by reaction. Meanwhile, it is my firm conviction, that
if this dictation be submitted to, the Government of
this province by constitutional means will be impos-
sible; and that the struggle between overbearing
minorities, backed by force, and majorities resting on
legality and established forms, which has so long
proved the bane of Canada, driving capital from the pro-
vince and producing a state of chronic discontent will
be perpetuated. At the same time, I think that if lam
unable to recover that position of dignified neutrality be-
tween contending parties which it has bee❑ my unremit-
ting study to maintain, and from which I would appear
to have been for the moment driven—not, as I firmly be-
lieve, through any fault of my own, but by the unreason-
ing, violence of faction—it may be a question with your
Lordship whether it would not be for the interests of
her Majesty's service that I should be removed from my
high office, to make way for oue who should not indeed
hold views at variance with mine with respect to the du-
ties of a Constitutional Governor, but who should have
the advantage of being personally unobnoxious to any
section of her Majasty's subjects within the province.
I have, &c,,

ELGIN and KINCARDINE.
The Right Hon. Earl Grey, &e.

(Enclosure 1 in No. 1.)
An Act to provide for the Indemnification of Parties
in Lower Canada whose Property was destroyed
during the Rebellion in the years 1837 and 1838.
Received and read a first time, Tuesday, February
27, 1S 19. Second reading, Friday, March 2, 1849.
Whereas on the 28th day of February, 1845, an
humble address was unanimously adopted by the Legis-
lative Assembly of this province, and by them presented
to the Right Ron. Charles Theophilus Baron Metcalfe,
the then Governor-General of the same, praying " that
his Excellency would be pleased to cause proper
measures to be adopted in order to insure to the inhabi-
tants of that part of this province, formerly Lower
Canada, indemnity for just losses by them sustained
during the rebellion of 1837 and 1838;" and whereas on
the 24th day of November, 1845, a commission of five
persons was, by his Excellency the said Governor-
General, duly appointed to inquire into such losses arising
from and growing out of the said rebellion; and whereas,
it appears by the report of the said commissioners, dated
the 18th of April, 1846, that "the want of power to
proceed to a strict and regular investigation of the losses
in question left the commissioners no other resource than
to trust to the allegations of the claimants as to the
amounts and nature of their losses;" and whereas, in
order to redeem the pledge given to the sufferers of such
losses, or their bona fide creditors, assigns, or ayan(elroit,
as well by the said address of the said
Legislative Assembly, and the appointment of
the said commission, as by the letter addressed
by the Hoe. the Secretary of the province, by order
of the Right Hon. Charles Murray, Earl of Cathcart,
the then Administrator of the Government of the same,
to the said commissioners, on the 27th day of. February,
1846, it is necessary and just that the particulars of
such losses, not yet paid and satisfied, should form the
subject of more minute inquiry under legislative autho-
rity, and that the same, so far only as they may have
arisen from the total or partial, unjust, unnecessary, or
wanton destruction of the dwellings, buildings, pro-
perty, and effects of the said inhabiaants, and from the
seizure, taking, or carrying away of their property and
effects, should be paid and satisfied; provided that none
of the persons who have been convicted of high treason
allegzd to have been committed in that part of this pro-
vince, formerly the province cf Lower Canada, since
the Ist day ut November, 1837, or who, having been
charged with high treason or other offence of a treason-
able nature, and, having been committed to the custody
of the Sheriff in the gaol of Montreal, submitted them-
selves to the will and pleasure of her Majesty, and were
thereupon transported to her Majesty's islands of Ber-
muda, shall be entitled to any inlerenity for losses sus-
tained during or after the said rebellion or in conse-
quence thereof. Be it therefore enacted, &c.
And it is hereby enacted by tho authority of the same,
that, for the purposes of this Act, it shall be lawful for
the Governor in Council to authorise the issue of deben-
tures, payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of
this province, at or within 20 years after the date thereof
respectively, and bearing interest at the rate of 6 per
cent., payable out of the said fund on such day in each
year as shall be therein specified, provided the total
amount of the said debentures shall not exceed the sum
hereinafter mentioned. _ _ _ _

11. And be it enacted, that the said debentures
may be issued in such form and for such separate sums
respectively as the Governor in Council shall deem ex-
pedifint, and may be issued either to such parties as
shall be willing to advance money for the same, or to
parties to whom money shall be awarded for compensa-
tion of losses under this Act, or who shall demand them
in exchange for debentures of like amount issued under
the Act hereinafter mentioned.

111. And be it enacted, that the holder of any deben-
ture issued under the authority of the Act passed in the
ninth year of her Majesty's reign, and intituled, " An
Act to provide for the Payment of certain Rebellion
LOAses in Lower Canada, and to appropriate the Pro-
ceeds of tha Marriage License Fend," may, on any day
on which the interest on such debenture is payable, have
the same exchanged for a debenture fur a like amount
to be issued under this Act, and the interest then
payable on such debenture shall at the same time be paid
out of the said Consolidated Revenue Fund ; and the
proceeds of so much of that portion of the Marriage
License Fund arising in Lower Canada as shall not be
required to pay off the principal and interest of an unex-
changed debenture shall form part of the said Consoli-
dated Revenue Fund.

IV. Provided always, and be it enacted, that the Go-
vernor in Council may, at any time, by notice in the
Canada Gazette, require that all the debentures issued
under this Act be presented at a time certain, and not
less than six months from the date of such notice, for
payment of the principal and interest thereof in full ;
and such payment shall be made accordingly out of the
said Consolidated Revenue Fund, and after the time so
appointed no interest shall accrue on the debentures
which shall not be so presented.
V. And be it enacted, that the debentures issued
under this Act shall be distinguished from those issued
under other Acts, and that separate accounts shall be
kept thereof, and of all money expended-under this Act;
and that such accounts shall be laid annually before the

provincial Parliament; and that the due application of all i
money experidt,,d under this Act ,hall be accounted for I
to her Majesty, through the Lords Commissioners of her
Majesty's Treasury, in such manner and form as her
Majesty shall please to direct.
VI. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the
Governor to appoint five persons to be commissioners
under this Act, and from time to time to remove them or
any of them, and to appoint another or others in the place
of any so removed, or dying, or resigning office.
VII. And be it enacted, that each of the said commis-
sioners shall, before entering upon the duties of his office,
take and subscribe, before any justice of the peace, the
following oath :
" I, , swear that I will faithfully, and
without partiality, fear, favour, or affection, perform my
duty as commissioner under the Act intituled An Act,'
&c. [insert the title of this Act], and that I will allow
to each claimant under the said Act neither more nor less
than the sum which he is entitled to claim for compensa-
tion, according to the true intent and meaning of the said
Act. So help me God."
Which oath shall be entered on the minutes of the
proceedings of the said commissioners, and make part
thereof.

VIII. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for
the Governor from time to time to appoint a clerk to the
said commissioners, and the same to remove, and in case
of any such removal, or of death, or of resignation of
office of the said clerk, to appoint another in his place;
and the commissioners and their clerk shall receive for
their services under this Act, and for their necessary
expenses and disbursements, such compensation as shall
be allowed by the Governor in Council, and no other
fees or emoluments whatsoever; and such compensation
shall bo defrayed out of the said Consolidated Revenue
Fund.

IX. And be it enacted, that the amount of the de-
bentures to be issued under this Act, and the amount of
the said compensation to be allowed to the said commis-
sioners and clerk, shall not exceed the sum of 100,0004
currency, which sum shall also include the sum of
9,956/. 7s. 2d., raised by debentures issued under the
said Act hereinbefore mentioned.

X. And be it enacted, that it shall be the duty of the
said commissioners faithfully and without partiality to
inquire into and ascertain the amount of the losses men-
tioned in the preamble to this Act, as those for which
compensation ought to be made, and to report the same
to the Governor of this province.

XL And be it enacted, that the powers vested in, and
duties required of, the said commissioners, or of any
three of them under this Act, shall also extend, and be
construed to extend, to inquire into all sach losses sus-
tained by her Majesty's subjects and other residents
within the said late province of Lower Canada, and the
several claims and demands which have accrued to any
such persons by such losses, in respect of any loss, de-
struction, or damage of property occasioned by violence on
the part of persons in her Majesty's service, or by violence
on the part of persons acting, cr assuming to act, on be-
half of her Majesty, in the 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 houses or other premises by her Majesty's naval
or military forces, either imperial or provincial, subject
always to the limitations and exceptions contained in the
• preamble to this Act.
XII. And be it enacted, that the commissioners ap-
pointed under this Act shall hold their sittings publicly
at such places and times, and for such counties, parishes,
or other territorial divisions respectively as the U overnor
in Council shall from time to time direct and notify
to them through the provincial secretary, and
shall give such public notice of their said
meetings as they shall in like manner be required to
give ; and at such meetings any three of the said com-
missioners shall be a quorum, and any report, award, or
proceeding in which three of the commissioners shall
concur, shall be deemed to be made or done by the com-
missioners ; provided always, that no sitting of the said
commissioners shall be held after the Ist day of Septem-
ber, 1850, and no claim shall be received by thtm after
the Ist day of May, 1850.
XIII. And be it enacted, that the said commissioners
shall have full power and authority to examine upon
oath (which oath any one of them may administer) any
person who shall appear before them, either as a claimant
or as a witness for or against any claim, or fur the better
information of the commissioners concerning the same;
and shall have full power and authority to summon be-
fore them any person or party whom they may deem it
expedient to examine touching any claim, and to require
him to bring with him, and produce any book, paper,
instrument, document, or thinrmentioeed in the sum-
mons, and suppcsed to be necessary to the determina-
tion of any such claim ; and if any person or party so
summoned shall, after due notice, refuse or neglect
to attend before them, or being so summoned
and attending shall refuse to answer any law-
ful question put to him by the commissioners,
or any one of them, or to bring and produce
any book, paper, instrument, document, or thing in his
possession, which he shall, by the summons, have been
required to bring with him and produce, the said com-
missioners may cause such person or party, if not already
before them, to be apprehended and brought before
them, and may, in their discretion, commit him to the
common gaol of the district, for a period not exceeding
three months; and any person making any wilfully false
statement on oath before the said commissioners, or any
one of them, shall be adjudged guilty of wilful and cor-
rupt perjury; provided always that no claim shall be
allowed upon the oath of the-claimant, unless he shall
be corroborated in all the important particulars by indif-
ferent and unsuspected witnesses, or other testimony.
XIV. And be it enacted, that the said commissioners
shall, on or before the Ist day of September, 1850, re-
port their proceedings to the Governor, stating more
especially the sum they shall have allowed for such
losses as aforesaid to each claimant respectively; and if
the total amount of the sums so allowed, and the said
sum of 9,986/. 7s. 2d., and the expenses incurred under
this Act, shall exceed the sum of 100,0001., then the
expenses incurred under this Act shall be first provided
for, and secondly the said sum of 9,986/. 7s. 2d., and the
remaining sum shall be distributed among the claimants
in proportion to the sums allowed to them respectively,
by the commissioners, or any three of them.
(Enclosure 2 in No. 1.)
Extract from the Montreal Gazette, dated April 25,
1849:

The disgrace of Great Britain accomplished! Canada
sold and given away! The Rebellion Losses Bill passed.
The Governor pelted with rotten eggs!
This afternoon it was generally rumoured in the town
the Governor-General would proceed to the House and
give his sanction to certain Bills, but it never was sup-
posed the Rebellion Losses Bill would be one of them.
Ashamed of the part he was about to act, and ex-
pecting to steal a march upon the public feeling, Lord
Elgin sneaked down to the House an hour after the time
appointed, and, after it was believed he had given up his
intention, he made his appearance in the chamber of the
Legislative Council.
After assenting to several Bills of little importance,
the clerk read, with as little desire to attract attention as
possible, " The Rebellion Losses Bill !"

And to the eternal and damnable disgrace of Greai
Britain, Rebellion is the law of the land I

The announcement was received with groans and
stamping of feet. Thera were several other Bills to be
assented to afterwards; but the galleries, in disgust,
rushed from the Council Chamber, "muttering curses
both lo'id and deep,"—curses which will bear eect some
other day.

The few persons who had collected outside, on learn-
ing what had passed, burst into yells, hootings, and
groans for" the last Governor of Canada."

When Lord Elgin—he no longer deserves the name of
Excellency—made his appearance in the street to!etire
from the Council Chamber, he was received by the crowd
with hisses, hootings, and groans. He was pelted with
rotten eggs; he and his Aide-de•Carnps were splashed
with the savoury liquor, and the whole carriage covered
with the nasty contents of the eggs and with mud. When
the eggs were exhausted stones were made use of to
salute the departing carriage, and he was driven off at a
rapid gallop amidst the hootings and curses of his coun-
trymen. _ _

The end bas begun.
Anglo-Saxons! you must live for the future. Your
blood and race will now be supreme if true to yourselves.
You will be English "at the expense of not being
British." To whom and what is your allegiance now?
Answer each man for himself.

The puppet in the pageant must be recalled, or driven
away by the universal contempt of the people.
In the language of William IV., "Canada is lost, and
given away.'
A mass meeting will he held on the Place d'Armes
this evening at eight o'clock. Anglo-Saxons! to the
struggle; now is your time.

ANCIIESTER QUEEN'ti 'IuEA.TRE•-Mr. George
Owen, the tragedian, made his first appearance at the
above Theatre, in the arduous character of Hamlet, on
Monday last. He was loudly applauded, and called on
the stage at the conclusion of the play; he obeyed the
summons, and addressed the house with thanks for the
warm reception he had received in Manchester. He was
requested to repeat the character on Friday. Mr. G.
Owen possesses youth, a fine voice, and a good figure. So
great was his success in the sama character at Birming-
ham tvo years ago, that the house was crowded, and he
then by desire repeated the character. On Tuesday he
played Shylock; Wednesday, Richard III.; Thursday,
his benefit, King Lear; Friday, Hamlet; Saturday, Mac-
beth. In all he acquitted himself to the entire satisfac-

tion of the public.
DANGEROUS ILLNESS OE ME. SHORE.—Although
in a very- bad state of health, the Rev. James Shore
firmly decline's liberation from prison, if purchased by
payment of the costs. In answer to a letter, acquaint-
ing him with the decision of his Committee, he ob-
serves:—" The more I reflect upon the subject of the
paymenrof the Bishop's costs, the more am I convinced
of the propriety of my former determination in this
matter. While, therefore, I cannot sufficiently express
my thankfulness for the kindness intended, I can, in
no- way, be a party to such payment." At the same
time, a letter has reached the Committee, from Mr.
George Atkinson, of Torquay, stating that, having visited
Mr. Shore, he found him exceedingly iil, and under-
stood from Mrs. Shore, who is now permitted to attend
him night and day, that since Saturday week he bad been
dangerously ill. Sir Benjamin Brodie having particu•
larly advised Mr. Shore not to put himself under the
treatment of any ore for his complaint, Mr. Atkinson
suggests, that the committee should immediately request
Sir Benjamin to visit him. The committee, we have no
doubt, have already complied with this request. It is to
be hoped that Sir Benjamin Brodie's certificate of the
state of Mr. Shore's health, and of the influence of im-
prisonment upon him, will be forthwith transmitted to
the Secretary of State. Both Church and State may have
much to answer for, unless the requisite measures be
quickly adopted for preventing, if possible, a fatal catas-
trophe.— iot.

Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Co-
lonial-office, for, the Governors of the West India Co.
lorries.

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prER MAJESTY'S THEATRE
GRAND EXTRA NIGHT, THIS EVENING.
11;4-

It is respectfully announced that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT,
on the scale of former seasons, will te presented THIS EVENING
May 17, when will be performed Rossini'scelebrated Opera,

LA CENERENTOLA.

Angelina (under the name of Cenorentola), Mdlle. Albonl ; Don
Ramiro, Signor Calzolari ; Dandini, Signor Belletti ; and Don Mag-
nifico, Signor Lablaclie. _

To be followed by the principal Tableaux of the admired Ballet of
F ORITA.

By M. P. Taglioni ; the Music by Signor Pupil ; the Scenery by

Mr. C. Marshall.

Pincipal parts by 31dlle. C. Rosati, 31dIle. Marie Taglloni, and 31
Dor.

The Selection will comprise the principal Pas of the Ballet, and
the admired Tableaux of the Waterfall.

To be followed by the Last Act of Bellini's favourite Opera of
NORMA..

Norma, Mdlle. Paredi ; Pollione, Signor Bordas ; and Oroveso,
Signor Lablache.
The whole to conclude with the much admired Ballet of
ELECTRA ; or, the Lost Pleiad
(Omiting the First Two Tableaux).
The principal parts by Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, Mlles. Petit
Stephan, Marta, Thomassinl, Julien, Aussundon, Lamoreux, Mdlle.
Marie Taglioni and M. Paul Taglioni; and" comprising the admired
Pas de Deux d'Action " La Lutte," Mdlle. Carlotta Grist and M. P.
Taglioni, and also the celetrated Scene of the Restoration of the
Lost Pleiad to the Regions of Light.
Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Ticke's to be made at the
Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as
usual, price 10s, 6d. each.
Doors open at Seven ; and the Opera to commence at Half-past
Seven o'clock.
ST.

JAMES'S THEATRE.
Season 1849.
FREXCFI PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE.
TO-MORROW EVENING
The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with

LA. VENDETTA.
To conclude with
(For the last time)
LE PRE AUX CLERCS.
Mergy, M. Octave; Comminge, M. Couderc ; Isabelle, Mdlle.
Chart on.
Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the hi-
=eased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis-
sion are determined as follows:
Boxes .. • • • • .. .. Gs. Oil.
Pit • • • • .. 3s. Od.
Amphitheatre .. • • .. 25. Od.
Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's
Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ;
Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the
Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.
MADAME PERSIANI.
The Directors of the Royal Italian Opera' have the honour to an-
nounce to the Nobility and Subscribers, that they have entered
into an ENGAGEMENT with Madame rERSIANI for SIX FARE-
WELL PERFORMANCES prior to her retirement from the Lyric
Stage, which arrangement will enable them to give once more,
the chefs d'oeuvres of Mozart and Rossini, with unprecedented casts.
GRAND EXTRA NIGHT.
THIS EVENING, May 17, will be performed Mozart's Opera,
DON GIOVANNI,
With the following powerful ensemble, viz.:—
Madame Grisi, Mdlle. Corbari, and Madame Persianl ; Signor
Mario, Signor Tamburini, Signor Tagliatco, Signor Poloninl, and
Signor Marini (who will appear for the first time in the character of
Leporello).
The Opera will be supported by a Triple Orchestra and Double
Chorus.
Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa.
To conclude with the Divertissement from the favourite Opera of
MASANIELLO,
Supported by Mdlle. Mahler, Mdlle. Louise Taglioni, Mons.
Alexandre, and Signor Casati.
The performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—GERMAN OPERA.
TO-NIORROW,
Will be performed (for the third time these eight years), Weber's
Opera,

DER FREISCHUTZ.
Agatha, Mdlle. Romani ; Annchen, Mme. Marlow ; Max, llerr
Ed; Casper, Harr Stepan ; supported by a Band and Chorus, each
consisting of 60 performers.

Performances to commence at Eight o'clock.
Private Boxes and Places may be obtained at the Box-office; and
at Messrs. Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent street.

I'D ATHE, HOYAL, H A YAIAKIS ET.

Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lcsseeand Manager, Old Brompton.

THIS EVENING -
Will be performed RUNAWAY HUSBANDS.
After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX.
To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND.
To conclude with MAKE YOUR WILLS.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed HIS LAST LEGS.
After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled TIIE DEVIL'S
VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS.
To conclude with the Farce called SLASH) I$ AND CRASHER.
Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Vied 'Bedford.

itOTAL I.XChUM THEA'CRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestrla.
Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed USED UP

To be followed by a Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha-
racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss H. Gil-
bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestrls.

To conclude with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN
DOM.

Dress Boxes, 53. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, la. No
lief-price to any part of the house.
The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington, street, is open to the
public FVEry day, from Ten till Six.

PRINCESS'S THEATE,N.
Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager.
TO-MORROW,
_ _

Will be performed a new Opera, entitled THE HEART OF MID
LOTHIAN. Characters by Herr Mengis, Messrs. C. Braham, Horn-
castle, and Weiss; Miss Poole, Miss Lanza, and Mdlle. Nan.
Alter which, Mdlles. W. and A. Neruda, and their brotheriVicter
will perform on the Violin, Violoncello, and Pianoforte.
To conclude with the new Domestic Opera, entitled THE BLIND
SISTER ; or, the Mountain Farm.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, &c.
Last Week but One of the grand Easter Spectacle.
In active preparation, and will be produced at Whitsuntide a new
grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled
MOOLTAN and GOOJERAT ; or, the Conquest of the Seikhs.
THIS EVENING,
The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec-
tacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR-
NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean.
To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE
CIRCLE. in which the first Equestrian talent of the day will appear.
To conclude with a favourite Afterpiece.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.

IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS.
Inder the patronage of her Mss: Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the
Queen Dowager, h:s Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS_
The Nobility, Gentry, and the Pablic are respectfully informed
that this favourite place of fashionable resort is open every
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY.
Representation of the STORMING of BADAJOZ by the British
Army, under the command of the illustrious Wellington!
The distinguished patronage which this establishment has for a
lengthened period enjoyed, and the triumphant success of each suc-
ceeding spectacle, has stimulated the proprietor to increased exer-
tions to maintain its envied celebrity.
Messrs. Denson, by whom the present subject has been modelled,
designed, and produced, have devoted many months to it, and the un-
sivalled skill which they possess, assisted by Messrs. Turner, Adams,
and other first-rate artists, have enabled them to produce a picture
unequalled for magnitude, accuracy, and beauty of execution.
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