The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-28 00:00:00

CANADA.

Mr. LEADER moved for the following Returns,
which were agreed to :—" Return of the charges incur-
red upon account of the Canadas, in respect of the army,
navy, ordnance, and commissariat, in each of the years
1835 to 1843 inclusive, and the amounts granted by Par-
liament, from the year 1837 to the year 1843 inclusive,
in consequence of the insurrection in Canada. Copies of
the Address of the House of Assembly of the Province of
Canada to the Governor-General,respecting the Civil List,
regulated by the Act fur the Union of the Provinces of
Upper and Lower Canada ; of the Message of the Go=
vernor-General in reply to the said Address, and dated
the 16th day of October, 1843, together with the me-
morandum alluded to in the said reply, and pre-
sented to the House of Assembly by the com-
mand of the Governor-General ; and a copy
of the Address to her Majesty the Queen, passed in the
last session of the Provincial Parliament by the House
of Assembly, respecting the said Civil List. Copy of
the Report and evidence presented by the Commissioners
appointed, pursuant to an Address of the 7th day
of September 1841, of the House of Assembly of
the Province of Canada, to inquire relative to
tho seignioral tenure existing in Lower Canada.
Alto, extracts of any correspondence of the Governor-
General of Canada and the Colonial-office respecting
the repeal of the Act of the Imperial Ptitliament, in-
tituled The Canada Tenures Act.' Return of
the names of persons who are or were in the
receipt of public moneys in Canada, who were de-
faulters on the Ist day of December, 1843 ; stating
the office held by them, the name of the Governor-
General by whom they were respectively appointed, and
the amount due by them respectively. Report of the
Select Committee of the House of Assembly of the pro:-
vinee of Canada, appointed in tho last session of the
Provincial Parliament, to inquire into the effect of the
British Copyright Act., and the policy of excluding from
the province American reprints of British publications."-
Mr. HUME wished to know from the Noble Lord the
Secretary for the Colonies whether he had any objection.
to lay before the House a statement of the nyniber of
Canadian exiles now in Van Diemen's Land? He was
aware a pardon had been given to several of these un-
happy persons, but the Noble Lord perhaps would have
no objection to give a return to the House in reference
to them. •
Lord STANLEY could not at that moment state the
precise number of persons who had been pardoned ; but
he could state generally that every case which was not
marked by aggravated circumstances had been mercifully'
considered by the Crown.
Mr. HUME wished to know if the Noble Lord was.
willing to give to the House the instructions to Sir C. •
Metcalfe, which had induced that functionary to refuse
his consent to the Secret Societies Suppression Bill?
Lord STANLEY said, that Sir Charles Metcalfe, in
the case alluded to, had not acted upon specific 'direc-
tions, but on general instructions given to all governor/
of colonies. The Bill itself he had received, but, the..
report of the Governor-General's reasons for not sanc-
tioning the Bill ho had not yet received.
POOR-LAW (IRELAND).

Sir DENHAM NORREYS rose 'for the purpose of '
putting to the Right Hon. the Secretary of State the
three questions of which he had given notice, with re-:
gard to the poor-laws in Ireland. Before he did that,..
however, he would ask the Right Hon. Baronet whethei- .
the Government would, or would not, object to the
pointment of a Select Committee to inquire into- thii-
operation of the poor-laws in Ireland ? lie then put•
the three following questions :—L.lNThether any steps had_
been taken by the Government to carry into *Meet