Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-01-16

fffs toniaci "a Armagh had seudcd &"
if.Aucr an inwegion 10 h,s favor lis in'
sifuci,ous b, seldom sluacd 90 without ca
rt-tfi, asserting thcif lbcai1s Il ar
coni iscsd. said his lofdthp, ta contctsA-
too nIih lcsdius member Il lhc As-,la.
bis. fcs ds,s bcfafc the cummenrc nirHt
r. ihe .csslon 4 am convinced ths. m,
ins,faclioos uiil satisfy you vir,u doe, air
known. The day an,i tn.inouou Nill be-
the Great IA, n frs,'siors; the uh0'c
csuttn nili ihcn know Co. pgch as know
81 tie intentions 81 Dos MaJe,,r ! shall
sp,ai al lngw wii'l. 10 reserve. IN con
sequence of ihis f4lr speaking, pfcuous 80
the commencement ot the session, Lord
Cosio'd gained tho goodwill, If not tic per
feet confidence # the members ofihc As
srmblv. and indeed, 81 toe mass 81 the poo
PIE He gained. also, the bitter hatred Of
the colonial Torres. whose Journals abused
biin IA terms of the uimos, ,fu'oucc. prov
Jag that the, too had been Geccncd los his
professions.
Al lcne,h came tic promised "dny Of re-
Violations = bat nothing al the KIND cNpcc-
tcd from the Goy.fnors professions was re-
Ncalod. There MS a speech from toe
throne without II. tie beautiful copy oi
the BRITISH Couf'iu,Cn which prevails ~
{ .uada would not haze met with due ohscr-
vance II was however, wholly unsa,is-
i,ciory 20 the Canadians. IL was silent on
uil the topics They deemed most important.
lfford Go,icrd did speak all hc knew 1t
wns clear be knew nothing he said moth
,ns Of change IN the constitution OF the
Council. lIc SAID nothing OF giving up the
81 n. q. L.
were the head and front of the popular dc
lnunds The consequence was, that tie
degree Of hopc--wc cannot call II conf
dcnoc--.o which Lord Gostords profession
had given birth, was we'll nigh destroyed.
Slll the goodwill of the Members Of
Assembly towards the Governor was not as
We, impaired. The Commission, the As
,Cmb,y did not. IN fact, could not, rccog-
nize but. as Governor, Lord Goslord was
,rcpied with all possible respect.
TIE Instruction, being thus, notwIih
standing the promise Of Sir George Grey
and the statement, Of Lord Gos!ord, with
held from tic Colonial Legislature, 1t be-
came the duty Of Mr. Rocbuck again 10 ask
tor them IN lis place 10 the House of Com
mons. Thus be did on the 10Th of Fchrua-
AIRY. Sir George Grew, after ackno" lcde
iug that the Ilousc of Assembly bad shown
they were aciuatcd by ,hc most honest aad
ardent wish 10 promote the interest, Of the
colony, urged upon MIR Rochuck's cou,id-
Grafton HAT, "inasmuch a. there VS. uoN
fai prospect uf adjusting the dnurcuru,
between this cuun;ry and Canada hc dot
that. while negotiations were still pending,
u would b. cNlrcmsly injudicious and might
lead 10 great Inconvenience # the mstruc-
tons gwen to the Commissioners were 10
be made public" IIcrcupon Mr. Roehuck.
being determined TO let the ministry have
= complete trial ua this matter consented
10 withdraw bis motion. ~ the very mo-
meut tia, SIf George Grey was thus czpa-
iia,ing ON the great Inconvenience" tie
"rSitcmc righteousness of permitting the
instructions 10 bc made public, they were
IN every one hands IN Canada, 10y mCgn,
Of n diplomatic blundcr OF ST. Frsncis
Head.
The Legislature Of Upper Canada was in
session when Sir Francis reached the pro-
vince IN February. Accompanying hI, first
message were extracts, giving nearly all the
material pat, Of the instructions to the Com
mlssionets. II appeared that he had been
permitted to communicate the substance Of
the Commissioners instructions with his
own bu not having been long enough in
the official ranks to have learned that SUD
'iasee in diplomatic language means siadar,
he committed the ITemcdablo blundcr
which wc have described
Tho dislike Of Sir George Grey that the
instructions should see tho light, and his
conviction that their publication would pro-
duce great Inconvenience, would be Tex
lremcly inudicious." were now fuly ex.
planned on the face of the instructions them
selves In suisigaoe they amounted 10
refusal OF the demands Of the Assembly,
whilst there was some slight h7d5rs of hb-
cfal,i, IN their tone. Lord Goslord had con
fined himselfto the after; Sir Francis Head.
as We have seen, bundcrud ia the former.
The objcc, Of iac Colonial Minister and
the Governor IA attempting TO deceive the
Assembly AMI people Of Lower Canada. by
dealing ~ ialrcr words than their real IN
ien,lons justified, Is obvious enough. The
Assembly bad refused supplies for some
years, b. order 10 enforce tho reforms f.,