Four divisions of the Guards, 400 each, have marched for
Ports- mouth, to embark for Canada on the 10th of April. On Monday, the fiat battalion of the Fusilcer Guards marched into Wellington Bar- racks, en route from Bristol, where they arrived from Dublin.
It is said that the outfit of plate and china for Lord Durham's mis- sion alone amounts to 15,000/. We take it for granted that this must be chiefly paid for out of his own pocket : and yet, even so, the Minis- ten, we suspect, will have to ask a Reformed Parliament to sanction a monstrous charge which an Unreformed House would have scouted with indignation ! We would ask Lord Durham, if we thought there was any chance of penetrating his vanity.crusted intellect, for what purpose he seeks all this parade. He is going to inquire into the grievances and allay the heats of a distracted colony : he is not going to assist at the coronation of M. Papineau, or at the inauguration of an indivisible republic under the presidency of Dr. Mackenzie. Why, then, does he go forth with a train of liveried lackies, with a shipload of costly furniture, and crates of porcelain enough to stock a china. shop? What un idea must he have of the duties of a political fune- tonary sent to tranquillize or subdue a disturbed country !— Times.
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