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COLONIAL.

The following ofﬁcial documents are co- ied from the COURIER of Upper Canada, of the lst ofMay, 1333'.—

To the Editor oft/Le Courier. York, 30th April, 1833.

Sir,—Having filled for the last sixteen , years the situation of a Law Officer of the Crown—ﬁrst as Solicitor General, and lat- terly as Attorney General of this Province: and having, without a previous intimation of any part of my conduct, oflicial or poli- tical, being disapproved of by His Majes- ty’s Government, been suddenly removed from ofﬁce, I feel it to be an act ofjustice to myself, as well as Mr. Hagerman, who is now absent from the Province, and whose dismission is announced in the same despat , not to leave room for unfounded ' and injurious surmises, as to the cause of our removal. I do not know that I can a- dopt any measure so satisfactory for this purpose, as the publishing, merely without comment. the ofﬁcial correspondence which has attended this unexpected measure of His Majesty’s Government.

Your obedient servant, (Sighed) H. J. BOULTON.

Government House,29th April, 1833. Sm,-—-I have the honor, by the direction ofthe Lieutenant Governor, to transmit to you the accompanying copy of a despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colo- nies, in which His Excellency isinstructed to inform you and the Solicitor General, that His Majesty regrets that he can no longer avail himself of your services ; and that you are to be relieved from the duties of your respective ofﬁces. I have, &C.

(Signed) WM. ROWAN. HENRY JOHN BOULTON, Esq. Ste. &C. Sac- No. 188. ’Corv.)

\ Downing-street, 6th March, 1333.

SiR,——By the accounts I have lately re- ceived of the proceedings of the Legisla- ture of Upper Canada, I have learnt that . the Attorpey and Solicitor General of that . Province, havein their places in the As- sembly, taken a part directly opposed to the avowed policy of His Majesty’s Go- vernment. As Members of the Provincial Parliament, Mr. Boulton and Mr Hager- man, are of course, bound to act upon their own view of what is most for the in- terest'of their constituents, and of the Co-

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lony at large—but in questions of great po- litical importance if they unfortunately differ from His Majesty’s Government, it is obvious that they cannot continue to hold confidential situations in His Majesty’s ser- vice, without either betraying thQ duty as members of the Legislature, or bringing the sincerity of the Government into ques- tion, by their opposition to the policy which His Majesty has been advised to purtue. His Majesty can have no wish that Mr. Boulton and Mr. Hagel‘man should adopt

the first of these alternatives ; but on they

other hand he cannot allow the meas'ures of his Government to be impeded by the opposition of the Law Ofﬁcers of the Crown. In order, therefore, that these gentlemen may be at full liberty as mem- bers of the Legislature, to follow the die- tates of their owu judgment, I have re- ceived His Majesty’s commands,” inform you that he regrets that he can no longer avail himself of their services, and that from the time ofyour receiving this des- patch, they are'to be relieved from the du- ties imposed upon them in their respective ofﬁces.

You will transmit copies ofthis despatch to Mr. Boulton and Mr. Hagerman.

I have the honor, &c. &c. (Signed) GODERICH.

Maj. Gen. Sir John Colborne, K. C. B.

York, 29th April, 1833 Sm,— Under the circumstances in which Ifind myself suddenly placed, without any prevxous information from His Majesty’s Government, and more especially ip the absence of the Solicitor General, who is e- qually affected by the measure with myself, Ifelt it due to him as well as to myself, and to our respective friends, to recfbest, that His Excellency will have the kindness to inform me for what breach of public duty his Majesty has been advised to re-

move us from Ofﬁce ? I have the honor, Ste. lye, (Signed) H.J. BOULToN.

To Lieut. Col. Rowan, Private Sec’y to the Lieut. Governor.

Government House, 29th April, 1833. SiR,——-I have the honor to acquaint you, in reply to your letter of this day, that the Lieut. Governor understands, that the part of your political proceedings to which _the despatch of the Secretary ofState particu- larly adverts, is that you and the Solicitor

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of a member ofthe Assembly, although the constitutional objections to that course had been conveyed to His Excellency by. His Majesty’s Government, and were,,it is

concluded, communicated by him to you. - . .. U

l have the honor, 8w. &c. (Signed) WM, Ropvw. To H- J. Boulton, Esq. 6e 6%..

O , The upper Canada papers leave ver lit- tle doubt that a‘completc change is ta ing place in the Executive Government of Up- per Canada. The pre ent Executive Coun- cil is to be snppresse altogether, and one composed of'the heads of the principal Ex- ecutive Departments and Crown Lawyers substituted; The ChiefJustice, .it is said, will be no longer Speaker of the Legislative Council. llr- Strachan will be allowed more time to attend to spiritual concerns. In case of'the refusal of Mr. Rolph to ac- cept as Solicitor General, Mr. Bidwell late Speaker, willnprobably have the, oerr of the situation. ; ‘

This change (leIinish-y in Upper Canada, having taken place while the ousted party had a large majority in both Honses, if the parliamentary majorities pride themselves in their consistency, a dissolution of the Parliament may become necessary ; but we think not. Loyal addresses from the opponents ofthe dominant party in the As- sembly, are preparing, to be sent‘ to Elg- land ; and some not very loyal paragraphs appear in the papers of the majority.—. W‘eilson’s Quebec Gazette.

REMOVAL or TH: ATTORNEY AND Sou- crron Guam Ls or UPPER CANADA.-—The Upper Canada papers announce the remo- val from ofﬁce of Mr. Boulton, the Attor- ney, and of Mr. Hagerman, the Solicitor General. This sudden and unexpected meaSure on the part of Lord Goderi‘ch, has produced a great: sensation throughout the colony, as it cannotfail to be claimed by Mr. M'Kenzie’s party as a s‘ugnahtri- umph. particularly as the removals are as- cribed to the active part taken by these gentlemen in politics during the last win- ter.

Nothing is said in the above papers as to the succession ofthe ofﬁcersjust renioved. We have it in our power, howeves, to state, and which we do upon the bestinformation, that the vacant situations are‘ to be ﬁlled up by two gentlemen.selocted from the English bar, and those gentlemen may be

General promoted the repeated expulsionlexpected every moment from England.

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