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whether or not they would .take further steps in the fees
days that rerndoed for the consideration of the que,'.ien.
He did not think that the Noble Viscount opposite had
done enact just'co to the argualeats of the R.ght Rev.
Prente, espez.ially in respect to the ordinance of tht
Special Council of Lower Canada. The Noblo Vis-
count hmt passed over a point open the, Right
Rev. Prelate had particularly dwelt—it was this, that,
the ordinance was passed by the Council under the
superintendence of the Governor-General, the repre-
sentet;ve of her Majesty, who had a knowledge
all the irregularities, and urged the adoption
this particular measure.—(Hear, hear, from Cie
Bishop of Exeter.) There could be no doubt that this
body, which was now turned into a corporatiote, and a
Roman C stholic corporation, had no legal title previ-
ously to the property which was vested in them by the
ordinance. Only for that ordinance the property would
have come to her Majesty, and her Majesty would have
the power of conveying those seignories. He (the Duke
of Wellington) was very much struck when he read
the petition, and the ordinance, by the total departure
from the principles of the Reformation, principles un-
touched up to this moment.—(Hear, hear, from the
Bishopof Exeter.) He entreated the attention of their
Lordships and the British public to this, as the first
blow struck at the principles of the Reformation—
( Hear, hear)—principles maintained in Canada from
the conquest down to the present day. He
felt strongly with the Right Reverend Prelate,
that this was the act of the Governor-General on the(
part of the Queen, whose rights, interests, prerogatives,-
and duties he ought to have maintained and lulfiile
—(Hea-, hear.) On these points the Noble Viscount
had given no answer.—(Hear, hear.) By the Act of
Union of last year, all the property of the Crown,
whether in possession or reversion, was made over to
the disposition of the Canadian Assembly. But the
very Commission of Inquiry which discovered the equi-
table right of the Seminary of St. Sulpice to this pro-
perty, also discovered that the Crown had a valuable
reversion.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Viscount who
set up that Commission so highly, had no right—but
that was a mistake—(hear, hear, and laughter)—the
Government had no right to dispose of that property,
and particularly under an ordinance which was uncon-
stitutional. These were all points for their Lordships'
consideration. (Hear.) For his part, he felt
obliged to the Right Reverend Prelate for let•
ting them know where the information was to be
found, and for the luminous manner in which he
had laid the subject before them. It would be for
their Lordships to consider in the next t:n or twelve
days whether they would proceed further in the matter
or not. He was one of those who thought that the
union of last year was premature, but he had been un-
willing to press upon their Lordships, and he was
equally. unwilling to press upon them now, his own opi-
nions on the subject. But he entreated them to give it
their best consideration, as it involved some of the most
important principles that could come under the consi-
deration of Parliament—the principles of the Reforma-
tion, untouched to the present moment.—(Hear, hear.)
The petition was then laid on the table, and the
House adjourned at E:ght o'Cleck.

110 USE OF COMMONS, MAirem 4.
There being but 37 Members present at Four
o'Cluck, the House adjourned till to-morrow.