The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-04-10 00:00:00

CiINADA PAPERS.

The last accountalfrbm Montreal state that the majority in
the House of Assembli had .passed a bill appointing Mr. John
Arthur Roebuck as their agent in England. A salary of £6OO
has Ween voted to the honourable. gentleman, with an allowance
of £5OO for contingencies, and £lso for a correspondingsecre-
tary in Quebec, making in all £1,250.
These papers contain the reply of the House of Aisembly to
Lord Aylmer's speech at the opening of the session. In this
address the house states, "We beg leave to assure your excel-
lency that this. house is ever disposed to apply itself with the
utmost diligence to the discharge of its duties as representatives
of the people, by whom we have been elected, from amongst
whotii we came, and amongst whom we are to return to partake
of their rol. , , .

It is in that solemn capacity, and .after a recent eleetion,
that we thiuk it a duty respectfully to declare to your excellency
that the whole body .of the people of this province, without dis-
tinction, consider the 'extension• of the elective principle and its
iitifirt,cluci;Cria into the uolrettituti.rs fa*. les:olfteivo
'particular the full and .unimpeded enjov,nent by the legislature
of this prdvince, add by this house, of their legislative and con-
stitutional rights, and the reparation of all grievances and
abuses as essential to. the wants, condition, , and happiness of
his Majesty's faithful ,capadiAn subjects, and necessary th
strengthen their confidencfi in his Majesty's government. We
also most respectfully
.pray your excellency- to be pleased to
convey to his most gracious Majesty this our humble but firm
opinion, so that his Majesty and his parliament may removethe
causes which have impeded the prosperity of the -province, and,
Securelor the future the welfare and content of its inhabitants
under the government of his. Majesty.'!
In the reply•of the legislative council we find the following:,
—" We lament the consequences resulting from the separating
of the legislature fpr the last two years without making any ap-
propriation to defray the, civil expenses otthe provincial ad-
raiiaistration, WhiCh could not fail to create the most serious' em-
bariassments in carrying on_ the ordinary and indispensable
operations of government, and toeause extreme inconvenience
and distress to the judges and other public officers. It would
be most satisfactory to us to concur in aay•constiuitional bill
brought under our view.to remedy 4 state of things in the high-
est degree prejudicial to the, general welfare, and the measure
achipted under these Cilcurustance.s by his Majesty's government
shall receive our most serious attention. We are anxious to do
all that depends Upon the end that; the present provincial
parliament may hereafter be distinguished by the benefits it will
have conferred upon tke piovince.
A•cominittee had been appointed by the House of Assembly
to inquire cOncerning the means of preventing, for the future,
the introduction a Asiatic* cholera into the province.

The tOI to limit the number of passengers in .vessels coming
into the province from Europe was read a second time and
referred. .
It was estimated that the net revenue of the province would
be near £-10.000 this year less than the last, and that the pro-
portion payable to Upper Canada would be L 20,000 less. • ,
The House of Assetnbly 'had pissed a resolution to expunge
the speech delivered by the go4ernor at the close of last session
from the journals.