The Winslow Extradition case has ended in the release of
Winslow, by order of the Court of Queen's Bench, and the United States Government will probably denounce the extradition clause of the Ashburton Treaty. It is a remarkable proof of the apathy which has come over Parliament, that as yet there has been no debate upon the Winslow papers, although a strong party in the House must be convinced that the Government have mis- interpreted their treaty obligations. Nobody is going to war about the lucky forger, and whether justice is done or not, or the Government discredited or not, neither party apparently cares one straw. If Canada is turned into an Alsatia for American crime, that is Canada's look-out ; and if English forgers live secure and contented in the United States, so much the worse for the bankers. As to discussing such matters, the House, with weekly debates on breaches of privilege, has not the time for anything so tiresome.
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