LORD DURHAM'S LAST APPOINTMENT TO OFFICE.
TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.
"The Honourable the Chier Justice is to retire from the bench on a pension ; and is to Is• socamded by James Stuart. Esq., late Attorney-rieueral of the l'raviuce."-- Canadian Paper.
%VII° this JAMES STUART is, and his peculiar fitness to preside over the ode ministration of the law in Lower Canada, the following extracts from pub- Belled documents will show.
In the autumn of 1834, an angry correspondence took place between the Governor, Lord AYLMER, and Mr. STUART; which was terminated on Lord A Y I. 74 I.: it's part by his alecliuing to continue the controversy. Hereupon Mr. JAMES STUART aildrenened a most insolent letter to the King's representative, ending with the following threat—" When your Lordship shall have deecentled form that e lll i ll eoce you now occupy, and become subject to the responsibilities acknowledged in civilizes! society, I shall deem it necessary to call your attention again to this matter; and should hope with better success." In the mouth of August 1835, Lard A ELMER did "descend front his emi- nence." On the 8th of September, Mr. STUART reopened the correspon- dence, by addressing a letter to his Lordship, from which the following is an extract—" This impediment being now removed, your Lordship has it in your power to receive trout me whatever satisfaction you may thiuk yourself en- tithd to."
On the same (lay, Lord A TLNIER replied, that had he intended to seek satis- faction by a hostile meeting, he "should not have required to he prompted in rewiring such an intention into effect :" hut, had he been so disposed, he was precluded by the orders of his official superiors. These outlet s were conveyed in two letters, nun, front the Earl of ABERDEEN, the Colonial Secretary, and the other from Lord Hume Commander-in-Chief; and they are the natural results of the publicity given by Mr. Sits wr of his intentions. The Earl of A IlEILDEF.N.S letter to Lord HILL conveys his 31,niest3's commands to take effectual steps to prevent Lord AYLMER from noticing any appeal of a hostile nature which may be ovule to him on the part of Mr. Surat t ;" adding, "that this interdict callout possibly be remove,' until the period of Lord A■huer's acme' retina to Europe." Lied II et.'s letter, it is only necessary to state, is in accsodence with the " comma:id " conveyed iu that of the Earl of A nen ore: ; merely adding " the weight of his own tdfieial authority" to that of the Colonial Secretary. These extracts, on which comment is unneceesery, will serve to show the thorough contempt fur public opinion eviuced by Lord DURHAM ill this ap-
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