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thanks for the great ebiiity, discretion and fidelity with which he has executed the difiicult and diversified duties. connected with his recent Mission, and to assure him of their great satisfaction with the report he has now made, and of their highest affection and esteem.

",That Dr. Alder be respectfully requested to embody the substance of the Report which he has now addressed to the Committee in a written document, to be preserved among the Records of the Society for future consultation; and also to prepare such a communication for publication as he and his colleagues may deem likely to gratify the friends of the Society, and to serve the Interests of our American Missions.

A letter addressed to Dr. Bunting, as one of the Secre-

v taries of the Society. by his Excellency Sir George Ar.

thur, K. C. H. &c. Lieutenant Governor of Upper Cana- da, dated Government House, Toronto, September 25, 1839, conveying the thanks of his Excellency to the So-

, vciety for the mission of Dr. Alder, was read to the Com-

mittee. . c _ “ Resolved, That the Committee receives Sir George

Arthur’s letter with great satisfaction, and that it bere- corded on the minutes of this Society."

HOUSE OF LORDS, Januanr 23. _ STATE or run FINANCES. V

The Earl of Ripon called the attention of the Lords to the revenue and expenditure ofthe country.

It appeared from papers laid on the table ofthe House last year, that the excess of expenditure over income in the year ending the 5th of April, 1838, was £420,000; and in the year ending in April 1839, £400,000, being on the whole about £1,000,000; and, according to estimates laid before Parliament last year, the expenditure would exceed the income of the Government in the year'about to end in April, £900,000. Since then additional expen- ses had been incurred, which had, not been calculated upon, and for the year ending the 5th of April next, the surplus expenditure would be found to have increased not less than one million; so that for three successive years there was“ a clear, avowed, and unmitigated excess of expenditure over income; and he thought he should be able to shew that there were no grounds for supposing they would be able to extricate themselves from that perilous system. ‘

He saw no prospect of reducing this expenditure. The internal state of the country did not warrant that expec- tation. Ireland was said to be tranquil; but then that tranquillity, it was said, depended upon the continuance in office of the present Administration. He thought the present Ministry would go on; but for the tranquillity which rested upon the circumstance whether Her Majes- ty should or should not exercise her prerogative in a par-

,ticular way, he would not give a snap of his finger.

There had been a considerable augmentation of the con- stabulary force in Ireland, though the number of regular troops had been diminished. He saw no prospect ‘of dispensing with a-large army in Canada for some time to come. It appeared from the President's Message to Congress, that a fresh boundary question had been raised; and he could not think it prudent, under all the circum- stances, to reduce the military force in Canada. The increase ofthe Russian and Frendh navies rendered addi- tional expenditure in the English naval department necessary. The unintelligible state of affairs in China was cause ofmucli anxiety. No body could tell how long an interruption of trade with that country would last. To say nothing of opium, the revenue from tea alone wgis three millions and a half per annum; and if the interrup- tion of trade continued, the revenue must suffer. The alteration in the system ofthe Post Office was calculated to excite apprehension. He concluded by moving for statements ofthe net income of the country for the last five years, of the amount of funded and unfunded debt, and a copy of the Post Office Minute issued by the Treasury in September last. '

Lord Melbourne expressed his entire concurrence in Lord Ripon’s general views, and statement ofthe position of affairs abroad and at home. He agreed that it was not satisfactory to have a clear admitted deficiency of revenue; but at the same time‘he could not entirely concur in Lord Ripon’s opinion that there ought always to be a surplus. When the deficiency was small, he would trust to the natural resources of the country for recovery. rather than burden the country with extraordinary exactions to make up that deficiency. He had strong hopes that tranquillity would be maintained in Ireland. He saw no possibility vof.reducing the military force in Canada. He could not enter into any explanation ofthe affairs ofChina. A large diminution of revenue had always been expected from the change in the Post-office system, which the Govern- ment had adopted bonafide. He had full reliance on the resources and energy of the country to overcome all difficulties.

The papers moved for by Lord Ripon were Ordered.

The “privilege” affair of Stockdale and Hansard, (printers to the house) has taken quite a serious aspect. The sheriffs have been committed to prison for not levy- ing on Hansard’s printing office, and Mr. Howend, Stockdale’s attorney, has been committed to Newgate, by order of the Speaker. ” ‘

An address expressing ” deep regret and poignant sor- row” that Robert Ovven shouldhave been introduced to the‘Queen, has been signed by 15,200 women of Liver- pool, and presented to her Majesty by the‘Marquis of Normanby.

In most of the provincial towns, the Queen’s marriage was celebrated by illuminations and other demonstrations of loyal joy.

The cost of the lace alone, on the Queen’s dress, was £4,000. The satin, which was ofpure white, was manu- factured in Spitalfieldsu

The followingdescription of Prince Albert’s personal appearance is given by the Morning Chronicle—

“ The countenance of his Highness is round and devoid

ofcolour; theforehead moderate, its greatest breadth being ' above the outer angle of the eyes, forming projections.

where phrenologis‘ts place the organs of musicandorder. The hair, worn straight and entirely off the forehead, is not what is termed fair,'but is a light hue, much like that of her Majesty. The brows are broad, lowest at the inner angle, and but slightly archéd. The eyes, cheerful in expression, are of a greenish hazel, and not large. The nose rather long, with a slight depression below the bridge and another rise at the point, somewhat similar in profile to that of the late-Lord Byron. The mouth is moderate, the lips well coloured, surmounted by a narrow short moustache, which, with the brows and eyelashes, are no ther lighter in tint than the hair. In figure his highesa lsslight, and not tall; but his carriage is erect, and his movements active." ""

' Prince Albert's brother is to marry the Grand Duchess

' R ' . 015i.ofl‘urli:sria (Lord Durham’s counsel,) .has been made vacate General in India. ‘

A(The death of Dr. Alexander M‘Donnell, Pomsn Catho- lic Bishop of Kingston, took place at Dumfries on the 14th January. The Bishop was returning to London from tour in the Highlands-of Scodand, havtn also am

Ireland; and his intention was to procee to Rome, on business connected with his church. While inficotland. Dr. M‘Donnall exerted'himsélf to promote emigration to Upper Canada, where few persons were so much beloved' and respected as himself. He was well 'known asthe Chaplain of' the famons Glengarry Fencibles, who dis- tinguished themselves in Ireland during and after the Rebellion in1799; and as a reward for their good con- duct received. from Lord Sidmouth, on the representation of Priest M‘Donnell, lands in: the Counties of Glengarry and Stormont, U. C. [Bishop M‘Donnell was chiefly in. strumental in raising a second Glengarry Regiment of Febcibles in _ 1812, and was himsalf very active during

, the whole of the war with France] During the late

rebellion, the Glengarry men were staunch an active in. support of the 'British connexion. Bishop M‘Donnell received £400 a-yelr from the Government; and, through his intercession, allowances were made to priests and schoolmasters, which he had himself paid up to 1820,

when Lord Sidmouth, who had authorized him to make _

those payments, procured from Lord Liverpool's Govern- ment all arrears and additional allowances. Dr: Mac- donhell lived on the best termsof christian fellowship With Dr. Strachan, now Bishop of Toronto, and the Rev...lohn Bethune, of the Scotch Church, who at one time resided in the immediate neighbourhood, in what is now called the City of Cornwall.—The' Bishop lived to the advanced age of seventy-niné.—C’alonial Gazette.

The Thames Tunnel is finished to within 70 feet of the

‘ wall at Wapping. The workmen finish 10 feet each

week. It will be completed in June.

The Dundee, steam ship, drawing 13 feet water, pro- ceeding down the Thames, at low tide, grounded on the Thames Tunnel. The incident excited considerable alarm, both for the safety of the vessel, and the arch of the tunnel. After about an hour, the tide beginning to

‘ rise, she moved off, neither having sustained any material

injury. The workmen in the tunnel heard the grating of the vessel along the top of the arch. '

Tun Pitnsmrziv'r STEAM Sum—This vessel is now in Sleyne, having her machinery finished. She is 273 feet long, 41 feet beam, two engines of 600 horse power, and a main saloon 90 feet long. It is said Captain Fayrer will command her. '

The barque Tyrian, from London for Valparaiso, with a cargo of quicksilver, &c., worth £50,000, was run into off Gravesend, by the steamer Manchester, and so much injured that she sunk in about three minutes. Five per- sons drowned. The topmasts of the Tyrian were above water. Steamer not much injured.

The Hampshire (Portsmouth) Telegraph states that a great naval armament is to be sent immediately from Ports- mouth, to take on board 16,000 native troops for India, to lay the city of Canton under contribution, or destroy it_if necessary, and" then proceed-northward to Pekin, and to compelthe Emperor to submission.

EXPECTED mas 1N SAUL—There is a general run upon tlievsalt yvarehouses in Liverpool, under the im- pression that a durywill be imposed upon that necessary 'a‘rticle’of domestic consumption, and that an advance to 4d per lb; will‘ta‘kevplaceF—The scene was truly amusing in'Upper Division street yesterday, where upwards of fifty individuals were buying and carrying it off'in sacks full.— Livrrpobl Mail. ,: ‘

PROGRESS or Tsmrsnaucs m IRELAND.—The Rev. Mr. Matthew, of Cork, has recently, during three days, according to the Limerick Reporter, administered the Total Abstinence pledge to one hundred and thirty thou- sand persons, who flocked into the city from the surround- ing country,-in order to take the pledge from the rev. gentleman. There is at present executing by one manu- facturer, in Birmingham, an order for 70,000 temperance medals for Ireland.

The Commission upon the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies has come to the following resolutions—

" 1. That in the session of 1841 a bill shall be introdu- ced, to determine the period for the general and simulta- neous abolition of slavery.

“ 2. That the bill shall fix the indemnity to the owners, which is to be refunded to the State out of the wages of the emancipated slaves.

“ 3. That the bill shall fix the basis of the regulation to render the labour of the slaves certain, to enlighten and. moralize them, and to prepare them for free labour.”

No fewer than 1,013 bankruptcies occurred in Paris during the year 1839; the losses involved in which amounted to 60,000,000 francs.

- Mehemet Ali seems bent on war. He is making war- like preparations with great activity. Report says he will not submit to the terms of the great powers.

The excellent Bishop of Calcutta [Doctor Wilson] .has contributed £20,000 towards building a cathedral at Calcutta, of which the estimated cost is £40,000.

Tun Anou'rrou on THE PiLcnrM TAIL—It gives us, and we are sure it will give our readers, the greatest joy to learn that the Pilgrim Tax of Gija, as well as ofAllahabad is abolished. Thus has the British Government dissolved its connection with the abominable system of Hindoo idol- atry and superstition, and licentiousness, so hateful to the living and true God, at two most important stations. The money raised and received into the Government Exche- quer, which has now been sacrificed, amounts, we believe, to nearly £20,000 a-year. The poor pilgrims to Allaha- bad, a few years ago, mustered above 200,000, though the town has a population of only 20,000. This is cheer. ing intelligence. It shows the Christians of this country what a little zeal will do, and should encourage them to persevere in their watchfulness, and resolution, and pray- lers, till riot a iiistige remains of the British sanction to pub-

ic iniquity. ., as an empire, we would en'o th ' of the Most High,‘ whether at home or alirri’ad,e viiiseifiiilsgt lend no countenance to what flagrantly dishonours Him,

while it retards -His‘.cause and wounds the consciences of ‘

His peeple. We must not be ashamed to a t principles of His Word—Scottish Christian fiesta.“ ‘he . From New South Wales there is intelligence to the be. ginning of August. Sir George Gipps had made a finan- cial statement to. his Council, very much intthe style of 'the Budget-opening In the British Parliament, though Sir George had to, deal, with thousands instead of millions It appears that the expense of the Colony, or rather the exth “Government in the Colony, greatly exceeds

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the retaining and Sir merged-clans iii an 9",. ma” that matters cannot continue in their’preaent -flu.

vernmei'it cannot go on. The princeeds of dim”, 5.x“, and the land-fund, are not equal to the system of govern. ment with which the colony is burthened. .

We have before us a striking proof of the re. of er. vilintion, in a Newspaper and Magazme w has-e reached us from the Sandwich Islands. _Th..fimna u entitled the Sandwich Island: Gazette. and Journal J camera .- the latter bears the euphopioua gppeltatfon of the'Hawat‘in Spectator. Both are printed In Honolulu, the'chief mum of Oahu, which is the'principal thoughznor largest Island in the group. The date of the Magazine, which is announced as being “conducted by git 0310610. tion of gentlemen,” is January, 1839: itdispiaya a very creditable degree of talent ;' and both Newspaper and-21.1:-

azine do honour toythe typography of the Sandmch

lands. Among the contents of the Harcourt Spectator is the notice of a remarkable tidal phenomenon, by Mr. Rooke, a surgeon, who has been living for ten years at Honolulu. We learn from private sources that the Eu-

glish and American population of Oahu amounts to no ,less than 800 souls. It possesses a theatre, at lecture-room,

&c. resentin . rhaps, the most extraordinary emsntpl. whidli) the worfil (Faen offer, of the rapid spread of civilian. tion.-—Briglilon Gazette. . , r , Tar-i N nwsrarnn Pnnss.—'—We are given to understand that Mr. P. S. Simmonds, of Chichester, Sussex, ispre- paring-for early publication at voluminous work on the Ilistory and Statistics qf the Britt'in and Fonagn News- paper Press, entering minutely into the historyof the

, ,existing papers, with notices of the extinct publications.

Such a work will prove valuable, from the light it will throw on the comparative civilization and desire for know. ledge among different countries and communities, as .well as tend to shew the commercial prosperity, the state of literature, and the freedom of discussion of every king- dom and republic, as evidenced in the character ,oftheir journals. We believe it will be found that a greater por- tion of Newspapers are published in the English language than in all the other languages ofthe world. _

It is to be hoped that Mr. SimmOnds will freely receive that assistance from parties possessed of information con-

’ cerning the Newspaper Press which the importance of the

work on which he is engaged merits.—Sh'ge paper. m COLONIAL LEGISLATURE.

_HOUSEIOF ASSEMBLY,

Tussnav, March 31.

The Bill to furtherpmend the Act establishing the stated time! and places for holding the Supreme Court in his and Prince Counties, was read a second time, and committed to a Committee of the whole House.

Mr. Clark, the Chairman, reported, that the Committee had gone throu h the Bill, and made several amendments thereto. ,

Or ered, that the question of concurrence be separately put on also said amendments. _

And the following amendmen’t being again read : . -‘

“ And be it further enacted, That in the event ofany Anni-tun Judge proceeding to hold the Court in any ofthe said Counties. in the absence ofthe ChiefJustice, that in every such case he shall allowed and aid the sum of‘Twenty-five Ponnds— the said mm to be deducted mm the allowance annually made to the Chief Justice for his travelling expenses." . _

And the question of concurrence being put thereon, the House divided :

Yeay—Messrs. Yeo, Dalziel, Forbes, Le Lacheur, W. Din well, Beck, D. Macdunald,Fruser, J. Dingwell, Macintosh, Macnci l. '

Nays—Honbls. Mr. P0 e and J. S. Mncdonald, Megan. rik, Montgomery, Hudson, orman, Longworth, Palmer, Thom'nen, Macfarlano, Young. 1

The numbers being equally divided, Mr. Speaker gave his coating vote against the motion. “ '

So it passed in the negative.

The residue ofthe said amendments reported from the Committee, being again read, were, u on the question being separately pin thereon, agreed to by the l- ouse. .

Ordered, That the said Bill, as amended, be engrossed.

The Hon. Mr. Pope, from the Committee appointed to prepare and bringin ii Bill to amend the Act for regulating the. performance of Statute Labour on the Highways, presented to the House I Bill,il prepared by the Committee; and the same was read the first time, and ordered in be read a second time to-morrow. ‘

The remainder ofthe day was spent in Committee ofSupply.

\VEnNissDAY, April 1.

The Bill to amend the Act for regulating the performance efSta- tute Labour on the Highways, was, according to erder,read nascent! time, and committed to a Committee of the whole House. .

Mr. Hudson, the Chairman, reported, that the Committee had one through the Bill, and made several amendments thereto; as 'cla amendments were again read at tliaClerk‘a Table, and agreed to by the House.

h'l'iéenflon. Mr. Pope moved, that the following Clause be added to t c i :

“ And be it enacted, That Township Number Twenty, and that Erin of Township Number Twent -one West of the Southwest

iver, New London, do hereafter orm part of Roadbiltrict Nun. ber Three, instead of District Number Five, as heretofore—any Law to the contrary notwithstanding."

The House divided on the question : ~

Yeas —Honbls. Mr. Pope and J. S. Mncdonald, Messrs. Forbes, Longworth, Palmer, Yeo, Macneill, Macfarlaue, Clark, Montgomec ry ilelometiln, HudGson—l2.M ‘

ays— essrs. orman, acintosh Youn , Dalziol Le Lacheur D. Macdonald, w. Dingwell, Fraser, 11. Dinggwell—Q. ’- '

Ordered, That the said Bill, as amended, be on rossed. -

The Order of the Day, for the House in Committee on the forth. consideration of tho Bi 1 to establish a fixed salary for the Colonial Secretary and Registrar and Clerk of the Executive Council, bei read; the House accordingly resolved itselfinto the said Committ .

Mr. Hudson, the Chairman, reported, that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made several amendments thereto. _

.The Hon. J. S. Macdonald moved to amend the said Bill, 5 Chi- king out ofthe Preamble all that relates to the subject ofthe erron- pondent of the Road Commissioners. The House divided on the question: Yeas, l3. Nays, 7. So it was carried in the affirmative. “ 'tll‘lheéilrnekri'drr'i‘eratls repgrted lfrom the Committee were then read

0 ersaeanonteuea‘ ‘ me Home. , q tion put thereon, agreed to by q Ordered, That the said Bill, as amended, be engrossed.

Tnunsoav, April 2. .

Read athird time, as engrossed, the Bill intitulcd “An Act b ; amend the Act relating to Merchant Seaman." ' -

Ari engrossed clause was offered to be added to the Bill, b any of Rider, limiting the continuance thereof to three years, an Goin- thence to the end of the then next session of the General Assembly: ahd the said engrossed clause bein thrice read, was, on the nee-- tion put thereon, agreed to by the once, to be made part 0 the. Bill. by way of rider. (

Resolved, that the Bill do pass. ‘

Ordered, that Mr. Lon worth do carr the said Bill to Lepq.‘ lative Council, and desiregtheir eoncurreynce. m.

The Hon. Mr. H 'l d b ' ‘- - ' '- delinred me followingmgznge y—command of His Emu.” I ,

CHARLES} A. FITZ ROY, Lt. Governor. ' v The Lieutenant Governor transmits to the House of £9- sem_bly, a Petition of the Militia Ofic'era of the Brigade of Artillery,_ and First Queen’s. County Regime”. "In" names are thereunto ‘attached, praying for certain alters.- tions and amendments in the Militia Law. in order to rendcr the Law more eflicient in its operation—which Petition is addressed to the House of Assembly. and has been placed in the Lieutenant Governor's hands, with a.

, request, that he would recommend its prayer tothe favorite-

ble consideration of the Bottle; and the