The Express. — 1849-06-16 (London, England)

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1849.  were carried? Way, they would naturally nye that there was to be compensation for the sufferers In Upper Canada, because they were of English dewent, bat that there was to be no compensation for the sufferers in Lower Canada because they were of French descent ; aed he need hardly explain to the hours what unpleasant feelings each an impression woldl °Helmut emeng-t the Canadians. (Hear, hear ) The house may find Nome definition by which the rebel. may be excluded from laws, but how could they expect that .hey could force it on the Assembly of Canada as a definition on which they could act ? (Hear.) The right boo. gentleman who had just spoken said that he had the high. st retp. et for Lord Elgin, and that be would not do ony:hilet to imply a doubt ou his unsullikel character. Now he would remind the house that Lcrd Elgin stated that it was 'wet the intention of this act to compeueete rebels, and that if this motion were earrii d, it would be tantamount to a declaration that they did cot believe the declaration made by lend Elvin ; in fact, that it was a fals:hood. ar.) For his (Lard J. Russell'e) own part, believieg as he did in the uneullied heaovr of L:rel Egin, that the legislative assemhly and council of Canada f.rate.d a sufficient legislature for Canada; and that in the present instar.ce its Interests were ant impaired, he thought that the best way in which he could aupArt the character of Lard Elgin, and respect the government and the view* of the assemhly, was to give his vote against the amendment of the right bon. i.entlemen (Mr. Henries), as one which would injure the cennection between this country and that noble province., and as one which would seriously enda-gsr their tuture relations with every colony in which this country was interested. (Cheese.) For the etc elution of Supply 291 For the amendment  Kill revolt from Great Britain, and seek to be incorporated with the United States. Would the forms of a democratic republic enable the minority to govern ? It is cot, however, of the Canadian minority we are now speaking: we have diecussed the question in so far as it re!ates to them often enough. Oar present purpose is to hold up to view the miserable mixture of reckless factiousnees and cowardice dia. play( dhy the cooservative a liberal and illiheral. St/long as, by encouraging the agitation of the Canadian minority, they had hopes of weakening ministers without committing themsnlves to adopt any o her course than ministers have adrpted, they were de' tarred from playing their game by no regard for security of person or property in the colony. But when the time comes for them to declare whether they are prepared to act upon other principles than ministers have acted, they back out of the scrap• leavirg their colonial profivis 'll the lurch. Without encouragement from this aide of the wat:r, the ascendancy party in Canada would not have ventured to carry on their opposition with so high a band. But for the counten ince afforded them by the conservatives in the trother country 80. ttion would rot have been carried to ea h a heigli: as to end in arson ar.d treasonable deedaratione. Toe Manus and GLADSTONE satt:ons may decide between them which has had the greater share in this goodly wo•k : it lies between them.  The resolttli-n was then agreed to. The Assaults (Inland) Bin, and the Ecclesiastical JudiBill, went though cJunnittce. Third row& gs ou Moadar.  Jr is difficult to decide whe'her the French CMserv3tlro or the French dectrucives have displayed greater guilt or greater fitly. Tee bombardment of Rome by the one, Bud th- insurrection got op apropos of it by the otter, do both of t.l.em seem such signal acts of suicide and stupidity, that two su b pehtic el events, the result of the wisdom of the two gnat political parties, induce ono almsst to deeper of France and the French alt.s.ther. M. BARROVS corduet towards the Romans, at d the shameful sophisms with which he excused it, were quite enough to damn and ovenbrow a minister in any country. Yet this meat culp..ble and absurd ant, instead of destroying the minister, eaves him. For It provokes to overt treason and to a still more stupid act of insurrection, the very men who were in a position t t profit by the ministerial blunder. What a complete theatricml stage is French public life ? Ilow sadden st artling t ech itiges ? Before the elections they were to be ultra-mad. rite, sod to make a clean sweep of repuli icannim. Inste.d of tnis, upwards of 200 fietee republicans are retained tofunn an ardent Mountain. Several of these, moieover, arc returned by the votes of the soldiery. Never were red-republicanism in a batt r position. They formed the largest and most compact party iu the Assemble, whilst those opposed to thine were divided. Knis'ers hal just made an outrax.ous blimd.r, and a disrupion of the moderate party was inevitoblr. In the very moment of victory the red-npublie ens lose their wits. Passion overcomes the judgment not merely of, •heir new recrui:s but of their vetersn men— of LEDRU ROLLIN himself. And what must have seemed hopeless to the mo..t Far:guile moderate as the result of a thre3 or a six years' parliamentary strogalo is achieved in a trice, aisl ttar. Msuntain of oppnition swept c'ean away to perdition, without strife, without bloodshed, and in a few home. No pantomime ever tquailed this for magical effect. Great eveics in other e3untries proceed from great motives and great mind-. In France this seems reversed. There events are gnat indeed and startling, but man amidst them seems a dwarf and an idiot, powerless, senseless, without dig..ity or foresight 'the vanquished, instead of being a hero, piled in his fad, or a villein, who claims at least the reepsit of fear, is on the contrary a fool, to whom you would award a cap and bels. Wt•i'st the vietnr' instead of beieg worthy of the laurel, is a blunderin4 blockhead, who wins merely because he has encountered a greater blockhead than himself.