The people in Upper Canada are engaged just now in
the per- formance of what seems to be the universal political drama—All in the Wrong. Mr. MACKENZIE, late member for the county of York, has, for his attachment to the popular cause, been "ho- noured," or "disgraced," according as parties view it, by being twice expelled from the Provincial Parliament. A meeting of the freeholders, held in consequence of this strong measure, in York town, is said to have mustered three thousand strong. An appeal to the various sections of the Province was agreed to, and travel- ling and corresponding agents appointed to give effect to the re- solutions of the meeting. It was also agreed to form, in every township, political unions, similar to those of England. Mr. MAc- RENZIE comes over with an address and petition, praying- . That a new Provincial Parliament be called without delay ; that the Legisla- tive Council may be made elective by the people; that the present Lieutenant- Governor be removed ; that the Royal assent be withheld from the Upper Canada Bank Stock Bill ; that the representation of the people in the Assembly be made more equal; that education be promoted ; that the law of primogeni- ture be abolished; that efficient popular checks be established on the expendi- ture of the provincial revenue.
The Canadians have the character of being somewhat bigoted, but they are most respectable people. There is no mob in these provinces.
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