CANADA.

New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 575, 18 October 1851, Page 3

CANADA.

A Hf>f I[ 1 1 lON 01. I'll CU SIASI ]( AT KmiOWMIMS, I'iiom tho follow mg ]> ijK'is wlm h were I nd hi loi i- I' >i - ii uncut on Tuesday, it nill be wi u tlint Her I\l,i]esly's iMniislcjs li.ivc given llicn sanction to the Ad ol tin 1 Canadian P.U (lament hy wlnck llio Clcii'V lleseivcssuc to 1)0 sold, subject (v) tho iillou.niLLM enjoyed l>y tin 1 enisling cleigy, on whoso tlc.'itli thoi«» will I>o mi and of ecclosiasticiil endowments in Canada : — IMjnlih 1 1 urn llic Right Hon. tlie I' ml of Elgin and Kinecu dine (o tin- litght Hon. tin- hiul (hey. Government House, Toronto, Jjly l ( ) 7 1 1 r>0. IWy Lord, — I have the lionor to transmit herewith, in compliance wit Ii tliu Legislative Assi'iiibly, lo be laid <il the fool oi the 'J hioiie, !ii) nddie.s-j horn that House lo Ilci i\l.i)cs(y, on the subject ol Clergy Kcscrve 1 -. Alter locipi; ul.it ing Iho proceedings o( the I louse of Assembly of U|)|)ci Canada, boloio the union ol' iho piovnue in coi)iif( lion mill I Ins question, it concludes mill the pt.iyei (li.it llt'i M.ijesfy will lie gi!iciou-,ly pleased to lecoiiiuiend to I'lirli.iiueiit a measure loi tlie vcj)c:vl of the Impel Ml Act. .) and 4 Vic, clmp. 78, and lor en,il»hiip tilt! Cdiiiuli.in J'.iili.iment to tlisjto'-o at tin- C'h'i jf> J{ohci vi'H, subject to tlio condition of Hccuniifj llic hiij)C7ida or allowances .i^sifjucil (rom tins lund to Ijio tli>i<;y of tlio Clhikli of iMiylind or Scotland, or to any otliu leiifjious bodies oi (lefiuniin.it'ons ol Clinsli.ins lo tlio pintles now rocemiitf tlicm during lliuir nnlurnl livl^j oi im uinbi-noies. It was fin.illy cimed by ;i jii.ijonlv ol b volis lo y.i; Homu of tlio minoiity voting againsl i( m constHiucncc oi (Ins lescivaliou. 2. 11. may bo propei, iiowcvor, lo obsorvo tlml ;i imicli (,lo.spi division looli pl.iec on the pa>-snj, r o ol tlie y ( )th, in tbo series ol lesoludons on wlncli the addie'is v\!is lon nd l'd, and whioli was thus woided — <l Resolved, Tlml ihis lloii'io is of opiniontb.il, when till ihocncuinst.inces ooniK clcd with this (jiiesiion <no Ulcen intoconsideiation, no leligious denomination c.in be bold to have Mich vehtid intere.sl in the revenue doiived fioin the pioceed.s of tlie haul f'lt'ifjy Hcscivcs as uliould jnovciit fiather lo^islalion with lefciencd to thodispos.il ol (.hem; bill the House la nevertheless ol opinion tlint Ihe cliinn of existing lnoumbentH should be treated in tho most liberal nmiiiiei." This resolution v.is opposed by ilnee classes of poisons — Ist, by those who dosno the existing settlement to be maintained. 2nd. Jsy those who, though they object lo tho Impennl Act of! ISJIO, jiiJ v.ol>li. its rcpoil, •ulniit, novpit\tc\oi.<t ccilnin ! cLinni on the p.ntof tbo Pjuteslant «lcigy undor the j Constitutional Aft of 171)1 ; and lastly, by those who aie unw dlmy to leco^mw even the < liiiiiih oi existing J nieuinbeiiis. it v\as earned on a division by a nmjonty of two only ; the muubeis being J(5 for, aud .i L< against it. .3. 1 deeply lpgul tb>> rovivnl of notation on this &ul)jert, of whiih Loid S^dciib.ini liuly oliscrved ihit it hud been in Uppei (Jan.ida tho one all-ahsoibme; and engio-iSiug tojiic ol iiiteiest, and loi ye.iH tin; pmuipal c.uiso oi the disconli'iit a. id dislnib.ince nhich bad .iusl'li, nnd uiiilei ulncb ib<> ptovnite bad lahoiuu!. '1 ho mtei ventiou ol Ihe liupcii.il l\uliaiiieut in JtilO w,is doubtless ptompted by a dosno (o settle, on (eims which bhould bo equitable and genejally batisfiicloi \, a (piention v\ Inch had, lor many veais,dibUubed tlie peace ol the colony. While the punciple, howovci , ot an establishment was abandoned by (ho Inipciiiil Act .'5 and I Vic, c. 7b", which admit led all denominations to share in the pioceeds ol theOlcigy lte.sei yes, ad vanla^ea wcio given hy it (o tho Kstulihsln d ('limclics ol Kn»land and i Scotland )i) tlie d)sinl)Utio)i i;( the funds which leniJeied I them Mill obji'f Is ol envy. 'i lin lecling has been mcieasedas regaids the Chinch ol Scotland hy (lie l.ip;e secession fiom Hi iuiiKh whiih tho Kiee Cliurch movement baa occasioned. 1 much fear that the ie,su!t will justify the disinclination which Lord John I'ussell ap pears lioin Iho lust to havo enteilaincd lo any leijislation by lln> Imperial J'ailiamont upon tins (|iie.stion. Jt vi an ovd of no mh ill ruiigmliide on a Miliject ol this natuie, that \shde the moie violent and uns< iiipulous of llio opponenlw of tlie cxi-tni{> selil.'inent ai»enabhd to cieato a pn>|iidico afffiinst it by lepiO'-eiuing it to be the result- ol impcri.il iMtciiei' lice in a m.ittc I of jjrovinci.il concern, its fni'iids aio (uniplcd ruthei to cndi'Sivour lo infliienco opinion in lOn;<lniiil ilnn to jesoit to measnriH which may btrengthen iluu posiUon in the colony. 1 havo, &.e , (Signed) Mr.oiN ,md Kivahdinl. Dcyulcli jmm ilw Ihght Hon. the Vml Con/ to Ihr lh»hl Jlon. llif luul oj lilgin and Kutiaulinr. Downing-Slioet, January 27, 1».>1.

My Lord, — Tliavo hitlinrfo deferred nnswenng your Loidhlnp'.s despatch, No. 19fi, of tho t'Hli ol July last, in which you unnsnulUMl to mo iw addiess to Jli>i Majesty, fiom the Moiiho of Assembly, on the subject of tlio Clii j»y Reserves, because when lliiH <lt'S|ialcli ic.'icliccl mo (lit* Session of the I'iovint i.il J .ogialatino having alieady been hi ought to an end, ami tlmt of the linpuiiul J'ailiamenl being about to close, nothing could foi somo months be done on (ho subject, lofoired to, and I theioloio thought it advisable tliat it sboukl be leseived lor (lie (till .md di'liberalo consideration of Ifei Majesty's Government 'which ila difliculty and nnpoitance desei ved. '2, I liiivo now to instinct your Lordship to inform tbo Ilousi'of Assembly wlirn it sliall again bo call««l together, that their address to tlio Queen, winch was tiuiiKtmttcd 10 mo in youi dcsjiatch, has been laid befoio Hoy Rliijcbty, und that Her Majesty has been pleased to receive it very You will further iriionn tbo House that, wlulo Her Mujcity'.s scivanls gieally regiet that a Hubjoct ol so niucli difiicnlly as that of tho Clergy Kcsoivi'h slioulil, aftei an inteiv.il of I some yuaiH, have a^.iin Ijeen biou»ht under discusHion, it has ii|)[ieaiGd to tlieni, on niatuie df-hbeiiition, that tlio dt'Hiie expressed by the Assembly in this Address ought to bo acceded to, and they will aeeoidm^ly be I»e|)iicil to lecommend to I'.irluinont thai an Act Hhould bo jmssed, &ivni£ to tlio J'lovmcial l,e<.i;islatuio full authority to make such alienations withjcgiud to the (Mor^y Revjivus, piovidud that existing )»len>hts in o lespected. .'5. In coming to this conclusion, Her Ala jo-sty's Government liui'o been mainly influenced by the considui.ilion that, gieat as would in then judgment bo the advantages, which would lesult fioiu leaving undistuihed tho existing aridiigeiuent, by winch a ceilam jiorlion ol the jmblic lands of (Canada are made available for the pinposo of creating a fund for the loligious msti notion of tho inhabitants of tho piovnce, Htill the <]u<>ttioii whether that nuangcinuut ih to lx> miintaiiwd. or altorod, is one so exclusively afiectmg tho people of (Jaiiadi), that its decision ought not to be >\ilhdiiwn from tho I'lovinoiiil Le^isldlnie, to which it piopcily hcloiigH to icgiiliilo all m.ilteis conceiniii" the doinostie inteieslsof the piovmce. -1. It has, theiefoie, appealed to Iloi M.ije'-ly's (Jo\eniinenl tlitit it would be impossible lor ihein, consistently with the pt maples on whidi (hey have always held, that the (i'o\einmeni of (J.imida ought to ho con ducted, to advise Hi i W.ije,ty to leluse to loinply with the piiiyn- ol the .nldic-.H <if tlie llmiio ol Assoiuhly ; and they h ive h.id the less dilhuiltyin coining to tim ( one 'usion, betaiise they have ohsei veil w itli Hatjsf.iclion lli.it iho Assembly, m then addics, haveiecoiyniscd (ho claims of those who aid now in tho mi|n}iutmt ol incouich denved liom the funds iciiliseil by Iho Mile ol the land-* in ipiesii«», and biive not d.-tlfcil , that m .1113 allci.Hion ol Iho Ad ol J'.iili.iment now 111 fouc, ;\ullif)iii\ should be given 10 the Pi ovine i.il l.egisl ilure to muif>'re \» ilh the cuntimniicc 1 ol the c inconu"j fui iho

liws ot (In 1 pulus l)\ u liom tlioy !in> jetciwd. 'I lio 1 iDiii'-c I Ins taken by tlio Assembly m .ilikc roiis,i-,lciit u illi sound polity iikl uilh pi-Ufc, aid li s olu i.ilcd w liTi wi.nUl otli»i «...D li.m \,wn ,i j;ir,il difiinilly in I Ih> way ol .HToinpii lini^ llio o}>)fc\ they li.iv in vicu. o. \ an will run c ((i|ik-s m ilns <l<"<|i.i!(li lo lie laid brloio lioili House;, ol the Ruiuiiieiit ol Cauadii at tin ir IH'.Nt Illt't'V\ll^. I liiive, ft, „ (Sll.;(i('d) CIIUS. I'lio Ihil of Klt;in oiul Ivinc, inline, tic, *&.0., &<\