The Sun.
London, England, 1826-01-05 00:00:00

CANADA PAPLEAS•

Th• Montreal Herald of the 30th of November
contains the following news from Upper Canada
relative to the fire at Miramichi :
UPPER CANADA 'ROUSE OF ASSEMBLY.
Youx, Nor. 14, 1325.
31ESSAGEs.

" P. 3faitland,

" The Lieutenant-Governor, feeling persuaded that the sym-
pathy of the House of Assembly will have been excited by the
distressing accounts which have very recently been published of
the injury sustained by the inhabitants of New Brunswick from
fires, which have laid waste large tracts of country, and reduced
the inhabitants of several towns and villages to great distress,
is desirous to assure the House that he will be happy to eon•
cur in any measure that the Legislature may have in their power
to adopt, for the purpose of alleviating in some degree the suf-
ferings of their fellow-subjects who have been visited with to
afflicting a calamity.

" GOVEUNMENT-1101.T9E, Noy. IS, 10416.

" I'. 31aitland,

" The Lieutenant-Governor, thinks proper to call the atten-
tion of the House of Assembly to a subject which he has long
regarded as one of much importance to the province, and o! par-
ticular interest to a large portion of its inhabitants.

"The House of Assembly is aware that of those persons who
have come to this province from forei;,rn countries, and more
especially at an early period of the settlement, many had been
citizens of the United States of America, and subjects of that
Government.

" Whatever difference of opinion way have formerly pee.
vailed with respect to the civil rights of persons so situated,
from the circumstance of the United States of America having
once been British colonies, the solemn decision of the question
in the mother country, whose laws we have adopted, leaves no.
room fir doubt ; and these inhabitants of the province are ex—
posed to the inconvenience of finding those rights denied,
which they have hitherto 'enjoyed, but which, whenever they
may be questioned, must be decided upon by those to whom
the administration of justice is committed according to law, and
without regard to inconveniences which might be mach re-
gretted.

" There are also in this province a number of emigrants
from other foreign countries, and many discharged soldiers of
foreign corps, who not having strictly complied with the pro•
visions of those British statutes under which they might hare
been entitled to the privileges of subjects, are equally by law
exposed to the danger of being regarded as aliens.

" Of all the persons thus situated, the greater part became
inhabitants with the knowledge of tile Government. Between
those and others it does not appear necessary to discriminate,
In the persuasion that they might all be safely received and
acknowledged as subjects, with no other qualification than those
which the legislature of this province halt from time to time
thought it expedient to impose, the Lieutenant-Governor has
earnestly pressed the subject upon the consideration of his Ma-
jesty's Government, and has it now in his power to communi-
cate to the House of Assembly, that he has received his Ma-
jesty's express sanction to assent to an enactment which may
afrord relief to such persons as are now in the province; and
the Lieut.-runt-Governor doubts not thrt a subject so important
will receive the early and attentive consideration of the House
of A ttt,mibly."

TUE SUN.

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LON 1) ON .
THURSD.II- EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1826.