The Sun. — 1838-11-22 (London, England)

EXTRACT FROM ANSWER.  You have also correctly described the nature and object of the ordinance which has been annulled. It was one of mercy and forgiveness, not of tyranny and oppression. I cannot admit its illegality. It is strictly in accordance with the powers and provisions of the Act of Parliament under which I administer the affairs of this province. I may also remark that transportation to Bermuda has been the constant practice in both the Canadas. As for its policy—recent events have, I think, demonstrated its soundness. The late verdict on the trial of the murderers of Chartrand shows how fearful is the danger of exposing the sacred institution of trial by jury to the chances of its being abused, under circumstances in which the ordinary considerations of justice, truth, and conscience are superseded by the allabsorbing power of party feeling. Knowing well that such would be the result if the ordinary forms of judicial procedure were resorted to, I determined on acting on the powers conferred by the Act of Parliament, which I believed to have been passed by the Imperial Legislature, not from the abstract love of despotism, but from a conviction of the necessity which existed for supplying the Government here with means proportioned to the exigency of the case, and arming it with weapons sufficient to put down revolt, and eradicate treason.  It has pleased the House: of Lords to decree otherwise, and to declare by its enactments, on one day that the free and representative Constitution of a colony shall be suspended, and a provisional despotism created, and on the next, that the consequences of that Act are not to be followed out, or its powers enforced, even whilst they admit that it would be for the advantage of the public service. I bow with submission to their decree, but I never will acknowledge its policy or equity. EXTRACT FROM ADDRESS OF THE INHABITANTS OF NIAGARA We read with dismay and alarm the proceedings of the British House of Peers, casting a reflection on a part of your Excellency's administration. Whether these proceedings emanated from a spirit of philanthropic patriotism, or were the offspring of envious faction, we do not presume to decide. But we cannot withhold our opinion that this uncalled-for measure is fraught with dangerous consequences to the Colonies and the Empire, by destroying that confidenee which your Excellency had restored—by estranging those affections which your Excellency bad reclaimed—by blighting that prospect which an unhappy people had vainly hoped was about to open to their view. Tell our Gracious Queen that her loyal Canadian subjects owe her a debt of gratitude for the appointment of your Excellency, and that they lament the State necessity which compels you to return. There, under the protection of the Throne and the people, complete that work which here you have so nobly begun, and in which you have been SD untimely interrupted ; and transmit to us, or may we hope, personally to deliver to us a Constitution which may perpetuate the British connection, and will impress upon our minds the remembrance of your virtues.  In addition to the above addresses and answers, the Grand Jury, the Magistracy, and all the other influential public bodies in the Upper Province, have presented similar testimonies of their deep regret at his Lordship's departure. As the answers given to them by the Noble Earl are merely repetitions of the selections which we have made, it is unnecessary to fill our columns with them. Unlike the case of the schoolmaster of Syracuse, a brick in this instance is a fair sample of the building.