The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-23 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL REMARKS.

Most of our late arrivals are still outside the port. No pri-
ces yet fixed for the new Teas generally.
As soon as the frigates have repassed the Bogue, the passage
from Whampoa to Canton, closed to all foreign boats for these
last 16 days, will be re-opened, and the re-opening of the trade
will, we believe, be deferred only till certain forms of office have
been gone through, consequent to the new Hoppo taking charge
of his department. In so far as Lord Napier had quittedCanton
without being officially recognized by the Chinese Government,
the result of his proceedings must, we presume, be deemed a
failure. In all that has passed, the Chinese had decidedly the
worst of it, in the severe battering given to their forts, and the
carnage of their men, for neither of which have they even
ventured to hint a demand for satisfaction.

One victory, and that a most important one, has
been gained ; but to give it due effect it must be fol-
lowed up by another. The election of the SPEAKER
has defeated the desperate attack made upon the rights
of the people by the Tory government, under the mask
of supporting the KING'S prerogative; the amendment
on the Address, will put them completely to the
rout.

It is almost superfluous to impress upon Hon.
Members the necessity of being in their places
to-morrow at 4 o'clock, prepared, by having pre-
viously taken the oaths, to do their duty to thZ!ir
constituents. If some gentlemen, in obedience
to what they conceived to be the dictates of
of honour, were obliged to vote against the wishes of
those whom they represent, the same excuse cannot
avail them on the still more important question which
they will have to decide to-Morrow. They will then
have an opportunity—NEVEß TO BE REPEATED,
—of regaining that confidence which has been
shaken, and of vindicating themselves from the re-
proach of having broken the -pledges, direct or indi-
rect, which they gave on the hustings.
The amendment will, we have reason to believe, be
so worded as to deprive the waverers of every decent
pretext for refusing their support to it ; and it is cal-
culated that the majority for it will be at leastfiffty:five.

We have heard that measur:?s are in progress in
many parts of the country for holding meetings of the
constituents to address their representatives on the course
pursued by them on the election of the SPEAKER—
to thank those who voted for Mr. ABERCROMBY—
and to call for the resignation of those who violated
or evaded their duty.
We recommend the suspension of all such proceed-
ings until the amendment on the Address is dis-
posed of.

Montreal Papers to the 25th of January, an:
Quebec to the 22d of January, have been received a
the North and South American Coffee-house.
(From the Montreal Papers.)

His Excellency the Lieut.-Governor, Sir John Colborne,
opened the House of Assembly of Upper Canada with a
Speech, stating they have the satisfaction of being convened
to promote, by their councils, the welfare of the people at a
period when the increased activity with which every descrip-
tion of improvement proceeds throughout the province,
assures them the general interests of the colony are greatly
prospering. At the same time he entertains no doubt that
they will think it right to provide for the repayment of the
sums which have been distributed by the Board of Health.

Although by unparalleled exertions the Ministers
secured the minority they exhibited on Thursday last,
it is well understood that those who had been in-
veigled into promises of support on that occasion con-
sider themselves absolved from all further assistance to
them as a party. What, then, can they propose to
themselves, even assuming that they were tolerated in
office for half a dozen months ? To build their hopes
upon the probable absence, ocm,ionally, of their op.
ponents, would be too great an absurdity for even
Tories to entertain. They have already beheld
enough to convince them that the opposition began