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Mr. Labouchere and Mrs. Labouchere have left town for Germany.

The Earl of Cardigan was ballotted for as a niernber of the Senior United Service Chib on Tuesday the 6th July. There were 28 white and 166 black balls : in all 194 ballotted. The noble earl was there- fore rejected ; and the ein.sequence of the rejection is that he helmet be again propoted as a meinber for ten years. It to happens that the other fourteen eandidatet, and among thetii, the Majdi of the Eleventh Hussars, were all admitted.—Morning Chronicle. [A. correspondent of the Chronicle corrects these figures : the white balls were 1,68, the blaCh only 28. The effect is the same, so far as the mere fact of Lord Car- digan's rejection goes.] In the Court of Chancery; on Tuesday, the Lord Chancellor invited Mr. Whately, lilr. GodSon; Mr. S. Sharpe, Mr. Knowles, Mr. Baines, and the Honourable J. S. Wortley; who bad been appointed Queen's counsel, and Mr. Austin, who had obtained a patent of precedency, to take their places within the bar ; which they accordingly did, with the usual ceremonies.

The President and Council of the Royal Academy have presented an address of condolence to the brother and sitter of Sir David Wilkie, on their brother's death. A similar address from the profession at large was transmitted to them thrinigh the Royal Academy; at the Mine time.

The Liberal House of Commons has become almost Tory ; another general election will complete the transformation, and yield a clear Tory majority.—Spectator, 5th Aug. 1837.

The Queen of Hanover died on the 29th. The Hanover Gazette contains the following notice-

" It has pleased the Disposer of all human events, today at twenty minutes past twelve o'clock, to remove from this life the most august and illustrious. Princess Frederica Louisa Carolina Sophia Alexandrine, by the grace of GOd Queen of Hanover, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Dutchees of Cum- berland, Dutchess of Brunswick and Luneburg, &c. (born Princess of Meck- lenburg, &c.) His Majesty the King, the Royal Family, and all faithful sub- jects, are hereby plunged in the deepest affliction. After being confined to her bed for three months, her Majesty expired from a decay of strength; constantly attended by the King, the Crown Prince, and the Duchess of Anhalt Dessau. Her Majesty will be ever remembered as a mother and Queen. " VON Scams."

The King of Hanover has dissolved the Chamber for their stiff-

necked behaviour. The stoppage of the supplies is said to be the reason"; but an address which was carried in the Chamber by a majority of on the nth June, is likely to have been a more provoking cause. After a general assertion of their loyalty, and an intimation that it is not re- ciprocated by the King, his " Faithful States" lay before King Ernest "a true testimony of the state of public feeling "- " Few of your Majesty's subjects who are acquainted with the matter, and possess independence of mind and action, can be satisfied of the legality of those steps which have taken place since November 1, 1837, with the purpose of

changing the acknowledged Constitution of 1833. s

" It is the generally prevailing opinion of the country, that the undisputed. validity of thelaw of the Constitution can alone restore that true inward peace to the country which all your Majesty's faithful subjects so ardently long for—that peace which is the essential condition of the power and unani- mity of the German fatherland, and the durable foundation of which can only be based in the assurance of the mutual candour of both parties. Until this be obtained, Hanover can never be pronounced a happy land ; then, and not till then, will it be in the possession of its true power. Your Majesty wishes what is right and good: that your faithful States have never doubted, and from this conviction they have never ceased to rely upon you as an anchor of hope in all the storms of the late years. But if the people's sense of right has been weakened—yes, even violated to its deepest foundation, and the sacred freedom of the subject against the power of the police has had the protection of the law withdrawn from it—if the recognition of those dearly-bought rights of the corporation, rights guaranteed by your Majesty's forefathers, have been denied us—if the burdens of your subjects have not been lightened as the prosperous state of the finance would have permitted, but, on the contrary, have become more intolet able, through the increase of those who enjoy exemptions—if the restriction laid on the publication of the debates of the Chambers, as well as on literary intercourse, go to hinder the candid discussion of the affairs if the country and the free interchange of ideas—if, lastly, the strife of political party with its unhappy consequences does not only destroy all unanimous cooperation among the servants and subjects of your Majesty, but also dissolves all the moat holy ties of family and friendship — if such be the case, we say your Majesty's faithful subjects can only conceive the ground of all these destructive evils to be that your Majesty cannot fully and fairly have laid before you the actual state of your subjects; and we can only attach the blame to those who from their position are in duty bound to inform your Majesty of the whole undisguised truth, and conscientiously to advise you what the inseparable welfare of King and country requires. Your faithful States, the more unshakeable as is their confluence in the good slid honest wishes of your Majesty, feel themselves so much the more moved in their conscience to this open and bumble declaration, namely, that the coun- sellors of the Crown do not possess the confidence of the country. May your Majesty, in your moat supreme wisdom, be pleased to examine this testimony ; a painful one, it is true, but which nevertheless, as being based on the convic- tion of the country, we felt ourselves bound in conformity with our sworn duty to give : and may your Majesty take into consideration what steps can be taken for restoring the satisfaction and happiness of a true and devoted people The King of Prussia has vented his spite on the politicians of Brea., lan, whose Magistrates and Deputies lately made so sturdy but temperate an assertion of the right of the people to a real representation in the government, by refusing to accept of any fête or other testimony of popular courtesy. The Magistrates and Deputies have issued a new address to the King, which is published in yesterday's Times. They assert their unimpeachable loyalty, and vindicate the propriety of their former address to the Diet of Silesia. They say- ,. We wish, Sire, to lay at your feet a protestation dictated by our hearts against the unfortunate manner in which our sentiments and those of our fel- low-citizens have been misunderstood. Besides, Sire according to general right, every one is allowed to make his Sovereign acquainted with his doubts, his objections, and reflections on the decrees and ordinances of the state ; and why should not provincial states be allowed to charge their deputies, according to their intelligence and their conscience, with the office of making propositions and petitions having for their end the amelioration of the institutions now in force ? It is this right which we have exercised in presenting through our Deputies, at the last provincial Diet, the petition concerning the states of the kingdom ; and we can see in this neither a result of crude theories, nor a cul- pable imitation of foreign manners. It is, Sire, but a pure and simple echo of the ever-memorable promises of his late Majesty, the King your father, and of our firm conviction that their fulfilment at the present moment would be as opportune as important."

Madame Catalani's numerous friends will be glad to hear that letters from her residence at Florence have been received on the 25th ult., at which time she was in excellent health.—Galignanis Messenger.

The British Queen steam-ship brings intelligence from Canada, by way of New York, to the 15th June.

On the lath, the Governor-General appointed the following members of the Legislative Council t R. 8. 8. Jameson, Peter M'Gill, R. E. Caron, George Pemberton' Barthelemi Joliette, Jules Quesnel, John Fraser, Etienne Mayrand, F. P. Bruneau, Captain A. Baldwin, H. P. Knowlton, Adam Ferrie, Honourable P. De Blaqulere, R. B. Sullivan, William Morris, Alexander Frazer, James Crooks, Adam Ferguson, John Macaulay, John Hamilton, John M•Donald, Olivier Berthelet, J. B. Tachd, and Thomas M'Kay. Mr. Robert Symnson Jameson was appointed Speaker of the Council, and Mr. James Fitzgibbon Clerk.

Mr. Thomas Parke had been appointed Surveyor-General of the Province of Canada.

On the 14th, the members of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly were sworn in ; after which the House of Assembly pro- ceeded to the election of Speaker. Mr. Austin Cuvillier, member for Huntingdon, was proposed by Mr. Hamilton Merits, and seconded by Mr. M. Morin : Sir Allan M•Nab was proposed by Mr. John S. Cart- wright ; but at Sir Allan's request, the motion was withdrawn ; and Mr. Cuvillier was duly elected Speaker without a division.

Next day, the Governor proceeded in state to the Chamber of the Legislative Council, in the Parliament Building. He commanded the attendance of the members of the Assembly. The House obeyed the summons, and the Speaker demanded the customary privileges ; which the Governor granted ; he then opened the session in the following speech from the throne-

" Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the Rouse of Assembly—I have deemed it right to assemble you at the earliest period which the circumstances of the Province and the duties imposed upon me by the Imperial Act for the Union of the Canadas, under which the Legis- lature is constituted, have admitted; and it is with sincere satisfaction that I now meet you to deliberate on the great and important interests committed to our charge. "A subject of her Majesty, an inhabitant of this province, has been forcibly detained in the neighbouring States, charged with a pretended crime. No time was lost by the Executive of this province in remonstrating against this pro- ceeding; and provision was made for insuring to the individual the means of defence pending the further action of her Majesty's Government. The Queen's representative at Washington has since been instructed to demand his release. Of the result of that demand 1 am not yet apprized; but I have the Queen's command to assure her faithful subjects in Canada of her Majesty's fixed determination to protect them with the whole weight of her power. "Arrangements were completed during the course of last summer, by which, under the directions of the Treasury, the rates of postage between all parts of this colony and the United Kingdom were greatly reduced, and a more speedy and regular conveyance of letters between different parts of this province has since been established by arrangements made by the Deputy Postmaster- General, under my directions. A Commission has been appointed by me to inquire into the report upon the whole Post-office system of British North America; and I confidently anticipate that the result of its labours will be the establishment of a plan securing improvements in the internal communication by post within the colony equal to those which we have already obtained in the communication with the Mother-country. " Many subjects of deep importance to the future welfare of the province demand your early attention ; upon some of which I have directed bills to be prepared, which will be submitted for your consideration. " Among them, first in importance at the present juncture of affairs, is the adoption of measures for developing the resources of the province by well- considered and extensive public works. The rapid settlement of the country, the value of every man's property within it, the advancement of its future tortoises, are deeply affected by this question. " The improvement of the navigation from the shores of Lake Erie and Lake Huron to the ocean, the establishment of new internal communications in the inland districts, are works requiring a great outlay, but promising commensu- rate returns. To undertake them successfully, large funds will undoubtedly be required; and the financial condition of the province, as it stands at present, would seem to forbid the attempt. But 1 have the satisfaction of informing you, that I have received authority from her Majesty's Government to state, that they are prepared to call on the Imperial Parliament to afford their assistance towards these undertakings. In the full belief that peace and tran- quillity will be happily reestablished in this province, under the constitution settled by Parliament, and that nothing but a relief from its most pressing difficulties is wanting to its rapid advancement to prosperity, they will propose to Parliament, by affording the guarantee of the Imperial treasury for a loan to the extent of wo less than a million and a half sterling, to aid the province for the double purpose of diminishing the pressure of the interest on the public debt and of enabling it to proceed with those great public undertakings whose progress during the last few years has been arrested by the financial difficulties. I shall direct a measure to be submitted to you embracing a plan for this pur- pose; and I shall lay before you, for your information and that of the people of Canada, extracts from the despatches which convey to me this most gratifying assurance. "In immediate connexion with the outlay of capital upon public works, is the subject of emigration and the disposal and settlement of public lands. There exist within the province no means so certain of producing a healthy flow of immigration from the Mother-country, and of ultimately establishkg the emigrant as a settler and proprietor within the colony, as the power re affording sure employment for his labour on his first arrival. The assistance of' Parliament fur the public works which may be undertaken here, will in a great measure provide for this; but, with a view further to aid emigration, 1 Nil authorised to declare to you, that her Majesty's Government are prepared to assist in facilitating the passage of the emigrant from the port at which he is landed to the place where his labour may be made available ; and that a vote of money for this purpose will be proposed to the Imperial Parliament. The conditions which her Majesty's Govermrent attach to this measure will be sub- mitted to you at the same time that I shall draw your attention to a scheme for the settlement and disposal of the public lands. "It appears highly desirable that the principles of local self-government, which already prevail to some extent throughout that part of the province which was formerly Upper Canada, should receive a more extended application there, and that the people should exercise a greater degree of power over their own local affairs. I have directed a measure upon this subject to be sub- mitted to you ; and I so:icit your earnest attention to the establishment of such a form of local self-government of those districts of the province which We unprovided with it, as may insure satisfaction to the people, whilst it pre- serves inviolate the prerogative of the Crown, and maintains the administration of justice pure from party and popular excitement. "A due provision for the education of the people is one of the first duties of the state, and in this province especially the want of it is grievously felt. The establishment of an efficient system, by which the blessings of instruc- tion may be placed within the reach of all, is a work of difficulty ; but its great and overwhelming importance demands that it should be undertaken. I recommend the consideration of that subject to your best attention, and I shall be most anxious to afford you in your labours all the cooperation in my power. If it should be found impossible so to reconcile conflicting opinions as to obtain a measure which may meet the approbation of all, 1 trust that at least steps may be taken by which an advance to a more perfect system may be made, and the difficulty under which the people of this province now labour may be greatly diminished, subject to such improvements hereafter as time and experience may point out. "Gentlemen of the House of Assembly—The financial accounts of the pro- vince will be immediately laid before you, and I shall direct the Estimates for the public service to be submitted to you with the least possible delay. I rely upon your cooperation in the financial measures which it will be my duty to propose to you for taking advantage of the assistance which her Majesty's Government proposes to afford, and tor carrying into effect the public improve- ments which are deemed most desirable. 1 shall earnestly endeavour that whatever you may appropriate fur this latter purpose should be economically employed and rendered effective. " Honourable Gentlemen and Gentlemen—In your wisdom and prudence I confide for the regulation of the different important matters which must neces- sarily come before you. Canada, united under a constitution which the Imperial Legislature has framed with an earnest desire for the welfare of this portion of the British empire, cannot fail to prosper under prudent and sage counsels. The generous aid which 1 have already announced to you, the deter. mination which I am also empowered to state on the part of the Government to devote annually a large sum tor the military defences of the province, the fixed and settled determination which I have the Queen's commands to declare, that her North American possessions shall be maintained, at all hazards, as part of her empire, are pledges of the sincerity with which the Mother-country desires to promote the prosperity of Canada, and to assist in the well-working of the new institutions which it has established.

" The eyes of England are anxiously fixed upon the result of this great es- periment. Should it succeed, the aid of Parliament in your undertakings—the confidence of British capitalists in the credit you may require from them -the security the British people will feel in seeking your shores and establishing themselves on your fertile soil—may carry improvement to an unexampled height. The rapid advance of trade and immigration within the last eighteen mouths affords ample evidence of the effects of tranquillity in restoring confi- dence and promoting prosperity. May no dissensions mar the flattering pros- pect which is open before us; may your efforts be steadily directed to the great practical improvements of which the province stands so much in need, and under the blessing of that Providence which has hitherto preserved this portion of the British dominions, may your counsels be so guided as to insure to the Queen att .ched and loyal subjects, and to United Canada a prosperous and contented people."

There is not much news by the British Queen from the United States The case of Mr. M'Leod had been brought incidentally under discussion in the Senate. The debate was signalized by a very decided expression of Mr. Clay's sentiments : he declared his opinion in the most emphatic and explicit manner, that Mr. M'Leod was not personally responsible for his participation in the attack on the Caroline, upon the general ground that that was an act of • ar, conducted by a government which had a right to command or receive the services of M'Leod. He had expressed the opinion, before Mr. Webster's letter was written, that the point of international law was clear, and that every consideration of pride and honour should induce them to enforce so lofty a principle. He argued, forcibly and earnestly, that the relation of the General Go- vernment to the world, and to the powers of peace and war, made its whole intercourse with the State of New York in respect to the affair quite proper. He wished to know whence this sudden war spirit of the Opposition ? They had slept for three years on this outrage : the whole course of Mr. Van Buren's administration, and his mission to England, had been marked by subserviency to England ; and now they were smitten with a passion for war. Was it that, having lost power by peace, they would recover it by plunging their country into a war ? The discussion ended in agreeing to a motion of course to refer certain docu- tnents on the subject to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

The Abolition question had again excited some angry discussion in the House of Representatives.