THE CANADIAN CLERGY RESERVES.

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

THE CANADIAN CLERGY RESERVES.

'Ji^ abandonment of the der»y resolves m Canada If) llic ibsolutc lii ,])os,il of (.lie* pioviiiei.il legislatine, is ri wise ,iLt on (In- pait of (he Sencduy o( the Stuie, (<>i the cnluiin-s-.i uisei .'iff I Inn Ins loi'Ktup.M'fiiih to beau ate of. In I. ok'i (iiev's dfsjiatc li on tins subject, which we publish. (I led i\(lv, iiml also in <ho despatch <>i Lend I ' l j.j 1 1 1 lo wlne'i it is ,in .nisvii i, roiJJi'l is expieswd tli.il the su!>|f( • <-', o ii|,| |, hi, , t^ vii Itoi'ii l>iou r ;lil under discus kiii. 1 Ins ie»iei aiwes (mm llui mistaken notion that llio disc u ,->.i)ii ol ii ;;in'\ m c is inoie Id I)'" deprecated tli.in (lie <;iie\an< I- iKi'M. 'i ho ieviv.il of ihe. dis(iisMnn ol t!i<> (•!( m y lesi-ives in (he Cinadiau le»ishiime, is a |noo( i Ji.it « lit" {rnovMKc is still Mt, .md Uuic (ll ,<•(!. >1011 VSIU IKlt lit' Jlllov'Hl K> ClflMJ llljlll 11 1H 10ino.iil. Li»d(»H«} iniiv M'sl Hs-nicd lliiit llw concuhhioii lie h.is.xlvisod her '\l'ij<"ly to make was indispeu■•iibl" to a continued i^oml iiikJl'i .landing between the: moilii i (ountiv and (.lie colony, .md nuiy llieieloie disini-, .any ipgror bo d nls in making it. It iMtinc ilrii tt»r> clergy reaoives in Canada havn c.'.iM'd, since llio I in ptiri-il /id J nnd 4 Vic , rip. 7H, was p,i>sed,(o pit si'iil I he «;,ini(' obstacles lollii 1 d'*\ olopmi'iit ol I lie le.ouices oi the, colony and the. tiatiquillity ol (he jinhlic mind ,ii lottnoily. ()u;;i(ially tlicy wckj ti^»KMl ;i niiisiuK c:h could will hn iim»iriid. In nddition to tlii'.sijifr they N'in.'il up in ( on ,'-(nic/iC(« of j llieir l)i ni!^ viewed .it nn fiidowmciil of n cliincli from which the maj'.iily o( lluj populiit'on dissented, they iibsolutoly j)icvi'»tu.l Iho piogioss oi soltlmifiU. Lingo block i of l.'md wcic planted lo tlio I^tabl^hcd (Jhuri'li whidi it had neithet lliuwill nor the ahdily to turn to pio/Haltle .K'connl. These blocks woo so mtersjiorscrt imonjj tin' lands open to scttlemont, that they clh-ctually jin vcnltd tlio opening up of tho noccasiiiy coinmuiiK'Jitions by food roads lietwoon llie Hcttled disluets. 'I lio Inmi'iiiably slow pio^rch.s inndo by (Jnnadn, as compared nilh the" United blatcs, piovious to theHovcrnmeiu ol Lord Diitluuu, v\as more owin^ to the cloij^y kn'ivcs than lo any other of tho übusus that pcvailcd in the colony. Tins evil lit, to a «;ront nvtont boon lomedied since tli<! passing of tho Act > and 4 Vic, cup. ?U. Undt-r that net tlir clergy jescrves liavo been tluowu open to sale and hcltlement, piovi-ion being undo for the disI dilution of tlio piocood-, among ttio clergy oi tli« Kstalihshed Chinches ol Kngland and Scotland, buico tho limn lh.it it was |).i«st'd, Hcltlt'incnt in Canada has made lapul pio'cress. On the boideis wo have reason tohelieio that C.inada still (in appearance, at least) lags behind, llio Sl.iios ; but m llio liiU-nor, wo Ir.ivo t!i<! niof.t uiihiispccted testimony that Ihe pi ogress oi llio lonnei counny is (jtnU 1 erjiial to that of the lattei. lUX the distulmlion o( (he ("«dH Irorn the Halo of tho rleij^y lesorvos Ims conliniiod lo bo a fejlile mmiico of mita'tioii mid discontent m Canada. Of V-! v" >;^ f'" 11 ' I.1 '. which the hstcei.sus c-cct us (ho population ol Upper Canada, only yS'),(j>l aiecien nominally connected Miih tho Chmohes of Imi^ljidil and Scotland. Of <>78,'I'N>, the popul.itiou of lou'ei Canad i, accoiding to the last (imisus, only 70,'^'t proless lo belong to these, coimniiiiions. 01 a p(;|)iilaliou of nearly a million and ,i lull", litllo moie than ouedflli is allowed lodenveeven appaiont advantage Irom the sulo ol lauds held in tiust for the bonefit ol the whole community. Wo confess that in oidmary enrumstanros we qnostion both the v\ is loin and tho justice of placing t!io waste lands of tho colony at (lie disposal of the local Ij'gihlntuie. Either by conrnient or discovery, thesis tenitoneh liavo been aenmed ill llio cxponsn of the mother eounliy, 'ui<l vc-sU-d in tlio crown lor tlie bwiuiit oi the n^rpgate community of tlio whole empire. Lands planted m puviUe pinporty tire, and ought to bo, at tho absolute disposiil oi lliucolonislB; '»"t waste lands are common property, to which the inhabitants cf Ilampslmc liavo an equal titlo with the colonists. Wo would Uicreioio pi'fier seeing the 'iduuuistration ol colonial wnsii' lands imiDiisUml lo tlm ci>»l>.U of tbo empire, a-, il i, m the United Hia'e«. lint it is now too late to <lisc(is« this wilh tcofii 1 lo (he present question. 'Ihoclemy ii'seivcsettopttd, vll the ungranU'd landn in Ihe colony have bi-en pl,»ed at the disposal of tho | local legi-la'tnio. '1 lio exception is made, not loi tlie m- ! (crest ol the whole community, but lor the supposed i benefit ol the Iwo chinches (or lalbci ol their cl(i-.',y). ! 'I he wih'lom or pislice of this picferenre ia_a question w Inch conceins tho Canadians alone. 'J'ho inhabitants I of the rest oi tli" empne have i\o mU'iest. in it, no n»ht to a voice in Us docimon. The wasio lands of the colony ! havim; been j^iven up to the local legislature, the clcipy reseivcs ought cloaily to lollow the dcatinatiou of tlie lost. 'I be only consider it ion thai could waiiiint a moment's paii'-cbefoie nsseunnff to this conclusum lelares to tho I rights o( livin;;- individuals. Wo hehevo (hat the cUuna ofthose who are dovt id the enjoyment of incomes deuved from tho funds leahseil by the s-ilo of tho land in question iiii'jht mfely have been left to (hcj souse ol_ justice of iho Canadian k^isUlme. liut the lions.) of Assembly, in tlieir iidmc ■„ to llio Cioivn on the .subject, h.iv« wisely pice luded nuy doubt or l.esitati ti on this s-.ioie, I)y pi d^ui',-- lliemsolves to <l>e conlmiiiince «>l ibese incomes ibi tlio lives of tho pai lies by vthom they are received. Kiul (itey's despalcb, houevei, is of more con-^e-qucnee, on account of tho reasons it assigns for (he abandonment of lf)e clt'ify leseives to the free disposal of the local lejrislalim 1 , than even on account of tho edict it will have in assiia^inp local ispondes and icmoviny an impediment to ,\ continued good undoistanding between the oolony and tho nioilior couniry. " Tho (|iicstion," .says tlm noblo yecietaiy of .State for tlio^ Colomen, " la ono m> exolusiveiy adectmyf (l>e people of Canada, that it.-t decision on^ht not lo be withdiawn liom tho provincial le{;islatuic, to which H nrojicily beloiijjs, to tcpiil.it*' all miittcis concerning the domestic, lnle'oblsof the province." "it Ins iheiolnro appealed," continued the noble loid, "lo her Majesty's jroverunient, that i( would be niipoibiblc (or them, consistently wnh the pmiciple.s on u lnch they have always hold that Iho Government of Canada oiijjfhl to bo conducted, to advise bet Alnjenly to refuse to comply with the prayer ol the Addnssof the House o( Asscinbly." This la si bound and excellent pi inciple. and of much widei application than to Canadian affairs merely. Jt is to bo hoped I hat her Majesty's Government hold tli.it the government of all out colonios ought to bo conducted on tbi" piuicipli; whub they take to regulate then conduct tow aids Canada. Ji'h to bo hoped that lMvill not be lout si;;hl o! when the lepiosciitationn of tho South Ah ican colonists respecting then projected con.stittition come unilei consideiaiion. lls obsei vanco witb lfoaul to ('anada is smijilo (iistice and sound policy, Us" neglect in relalmn to olhei colorueH would bo oppre.ssive, and tlio e\-tiome of political folly.

Ski icii oi mil Uni ii i> Shivk i (Jiuis: mi Youniivi. (Jim ham 01 mji. liituisu Aimn. — The Ihulrd Xeibtce Jam mil msorts a clover skoU-h, iio.n a cohcmpotidont, oi tin' pci sound oi H«t Majesty's gunorul odiccis •— " i wmo up to London .» (uw dsvysn»o, wlicio Jam !i peifeet stnuii;*')-. A miliiaiy hiend kindly nnfcloilook to show me tlic si»lili., find, amongst othoi<<, took me to a very h mdsorue btiildui;; m W.ifoilooplaee, which I li'ivo bincc lciinitis tliu United Korviuo (Mill). 'Ilif I>hililiiij» is liiiudboiiK 1 , rooms lolly, and well dreomtcd ; but I «as siiipn^cd to two lli.it all tho occupants vscro vci.y old •{cuticiricn, gicy or Laid, nil c(>ni}il:iiniii^ of homoUunj,' or otliur. tlio gi eater part »uio Hitli"^ louml ilio Ino, but some woio tryni» to walk it|) and down Uio loom, undotliors, with Uum|icls to then <?at s, trying to hoai what thfir noighbouTa wci'ft saying. J said to my iiicnd, 'Is lliis an asylum for lnlinn gcntlonicn V lie laughed and icpliod, 'Jl'liis is die colobiatcd Undcd Semco Club, and all tlioso you sco .uo g( ut'iak ;ind coloiwls, tlio gjoaler purt anxiously looking loi employment. on soo tlmt yontJcmnii tijinj; to walk iioro.ss the loom, he was disappointed at not gottinjj (ho Uomb.iy command ; and that with th<; m'viio a-.thm.iiic oou^h is loolan<> for Noith Amciica.' '(Jood dod l ' ! s.ud.'ib it possible tli.it it ih to t/a-,0 tho (oimn.iridci-ni-iliK ( hib to loo! foi ollkcis lo coctiiiaiid out <oli in- ■, ' Am i!n>"> thu Icidcisnt the juMU(i h'bi.itt-d HiiUsh annv ' IntuoM'D il»ipwill not bi> one to tLll tho t.dc of luttlcj \->od.' My iiwrnl said, 1 \ ou arc v«( .us ac, peihups dial, (hou.J. i'i,'.s<-ii|»tm(> s.iynllnl tlircosuow yi'.iis.vnd i> n sh.ill !»> tin* a;V <' m.m, iliiil, by tlic iinlil.tjy toilo, (oi)iHi-oir- yfu-. aiul ton is tho .ij;<- of ,i milil.uy m.m, this addition) J (oio boiM, 4 n,, m tod m lu-ii of piomotiou, bt'i»[j no «'\ih'iim. to tl.« sl.itc; so ih.it .i mili(.ir\ in mn( ,c\«'nty ii virtually only li/ly, «llli»ii!;li old Jimi-will i.nj bo d.ctntod to, and will srt )»h in.nlf ol .^1.7 .»'.• *»•*>*»■ hcids and Jiowcvoi, thai docs nol si K iufy.' I admitted it \,,i's .1 vuiy {,ood mi inyemcMt, and a vi ly ['ie.it |i vilcyc