The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-19 00:00:00

mperial Partiamtnt.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY.
THE AFFAIRS OF CANADA.
Lord GLEsar.G presented supphnnentary papPr:t on (he
affairs of Canada, and gave notice that on Thursday he would
move an address to her Majesty on the subject. He was pre-
pared to enter into the question either now or on moving, the
address. .

Lord BROUGHAM concurred in the course proposed.
The Duke of WELIANGroN.—My lords, it would be desirable
to know what is the nature of the proceedings to be proposed
by the noble lord. I confess that I have a very strong opinion
upon the subject; and it appears that the course of proceedthg
by way of address to the crown is not the 'regular course.
( Hear.) My opinion is that the war, for such it is, having
actually taken place, the only mode of proceeding ought to be
by a message from her Majesty to both houses of parliament,
andiyour lordships would be called upon to express your opinions
in answer to the measure. lam the more anxious on this oc-
casion, my lords, that that course of proceeding should have
been adopted, because I think it the most likely to lead to a
termination—a successful termination—of the state of affairs in
that colony. (Hear.) My lords, I think ber Majesty and her
Majesty's government ought to speak out upon this subject—
(hear, hear,)—that the houses of parliament and ►he country
may know oil what grounds her Majesty and her Majesty's
government intend to stand in the relation between this country
and Canada, and the sooner this is understood the sooner will
be the termination of the present posture of affairs. I have no
doubt that her Majesty's government will before long have to call
'upon parliament to support the government in their transactions,
-tend I hope they will call upon parliamentto do so in such a manner
that both houses of parliament will pledge themselves to support
the government in those transactions. ( Hear, hear.) I hope
also that preparations will be made on such a scale as shall
bring to a termination the present state of affairs in that colony
as soon as the season opens. lam anxious to support her Ma-
jesty's government, and I entreat her Majesty's ministers not
to forget that we can nave no such thing as a little war. I trust
that the nature of the operations will be such as to make it quite,
certain that it will be attended with success. It would be ad-
visable to know what the nature of the address is which is to be
submitted on Thursday, and I think, as I have already said,
that her Majesty's ministers ought to declare themselves ex-
plicitly on the subject. (Hear, hear.)

Lord MELBOUdNE agreed with the noble duke thal her Ala-
jesty's ministers ought to be explicit, and that the preparations
ought to be such as to bring the matter to a speedy conclusion.
There were technical objections to the course of proceeding by
message; but he trusted that such a tone would be taken by her
Majesty's ministers and by the parliament, that would show to
the world a determination to maintain the dignity of the position
which this country possessed among the nations of the earth.
Lord GtENELG, in answer to inquiry, said that the address
would be couched in general terms, expressive of regret at the
events that had taken place, and pledging the house to support
measures to protect the well-affected, &c.
The notice accordingly stands for Thursday (yesterday,) to
which day their lordships aajourned.