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[Price 8rf.] 3— U. ^0 I T s [ERICA, lAM, MIONER, lommand.) tbilMtiud, ^ 'yi VfK M* / > TO REPORT ON THE Affairs or BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, raoM TH£ EARL OFpURHAM, HER MAJESTY'S HIGH COMMISSIONER. Ac. &C. kc. ., » fPKESENTSD BV HER MjUESTYS COMMASD.) ! -.(J t.4 ' - 1 Ihdnti, bjf Th* Boon of Coranoiu, to U frinltd, II February 1839. [Prict »d.] BibUo'b^-"' ■%c|' I ri / f -;uM-jeCi 3.-11. l,e •- f! ^^,^Mr^v^^^'\ Que 4, Qy£ •'!^\ '*■ ■'^- r'' •Mia ■\ y ^j* M^ n liimtf ihio/ i{#»«jnfl i Cotmtm or Appindix (A.) Mo. I.— SptcU Riport to Hit CxctDtnejr tlw OowiNrgMMnJ I7 Mr. R. D. Hunm (A^iMwU •HnniMiaMr of Crown Laadi and Enii|raUoa), on Um OKeMsiv* ApprcyrUtioo of Pnbiio Lndinndir ibontmtofCltrgy RootrvM ..•••••p. 1 No. 1 Sp o c io l Report to bit EzooUonry tbo Govimor>|Meral from th« ComniiMionrr of Cio«mi> Load* and Emigntioa on Militia Clainu to |ranu of Land • • • - P«, 3 No. «.— »ato o( tho HotpiUla, Prioooi, CharitoUo httitotiow, Ac in lumti <:anada • pk ft • No. 4.-»^AddioaMi piwnMd tolfca Earl of Dnrlw to Hufiwnhor and October ilgt ■ - p> 3* '' Mo. •—•LMtorflom Mr. WilBamY'**-;,^ tbo Suto of Nova Scotia • • • • p< 8« Moi ai^YiMtor from tbo Right Rot. A. Maodonoll, Catholic Bidiop of Kiopton • • ^ M Mo. 7. — MooMrial of Anthony Manahnn, Ec^ > naqilaining of tbo totol Mcluion of Roomhi Catbolico (Iriab) frtoi all plana of ooMilnniont and hononr to tbo power of tbo OovcrnnMil of Upper Cannda p. 5«'""'?i» tanDe No. 8.— Moaerial of Ropnoontatim of Scotch Chnrch in Montreal • . - p. 58 Mo. •.— Addme from the CoMtitotieoal Aaeciatioa of Montreal to tbo lababittato of Britiah AoMfica •••••••••••••p.60 -. . ,■ t / • 1 ^ f ( i.tj.i MM t. m .vlJ British North America. ) I i I Appendix (A). — No. 1.— 8pB9iAt. IttroiT (o If is Excellency the Oovernor-geii«ral bj Mr. Jt D, BaK$on (AttUiant«c(HniiIi*iOMr or Crown Landi and Enigration) on the CMeitive Appro- priation of public Land, andcr ibe naow of "clergy reaenrei." My Lord, Quebec, ap October 1834. In coaplianee with your Excellency'* direction, I have the lioiHiur to furnish « rrport upon the subjeci of the cxceuive appronriaiion of public land in the two provincca of Upper and Lower Canada, mdar tb« name of " dcigy rcaenrca." The clergy reMnrei in both of theie provinces are made under the authority of the Act 31 Geo. 3. c. 31, ooanonly known at the Cuwiiluiiooal Act. The s^h let'tion of that Act, after enabling his Majcaly to authoriae the Governor or Lieuienant-governor of Lower or Upper Canada to inake out of the land* of ilie Crown, within either province, *uch an allotment and appropriation " for (he *upport and maintenance of a Proiesiaut Clergy" a* might bear a dnej>roportion to the land* previoualjr jgranted, enact*, " that wbeneter my grant of land* within either of the *aid protinces ihaniiercafter be made by or under the authority of hi* Majesty, hi* hein or *uccr«*or*, tliere (hall at the *ame time be made in rsapeetof tlie tame, • pruportionable allotment and appropriation of land* for the abore-meniioBed purpow, witnin the town*liip or pariah to which ancb land*. *o to be granted, *hall apperlam or be annexed, or a* nearly adjacent tiicrelo a* circumttanees will admit ; and tlwt no *uch grant (hall be valid or efieciual, unleu the Mioie ahall contain a apecificaiion of the lond* 10 allotted and appropriated in reipect of the land* to be thereby granted ; and liiat such hinda to allotted onci appropriated, ibailbe.i • neatly a* the circumstance* and nature of the ca*c will admit, of tlie like quality u the br I* in respect of which iha *ain« are so allotted and appropriated, and thall be, aa nearly a* the tame can be eatimatad at the time of m^ing such grant, equal in volue to the seventh part of the land* *o nranted." By inatrnctioni itsurd by the British Government, addressed to the Governor and Lieutenant-governor of Lower and Upper Canada, the nngranled public kinds in bvtii provinces were directed to be laid out in lowiubip* of certain fixed diuiensions, generally ten mile* square, containing, after making the necessary deduction for road*, about 63,000 acres. Tliese townsliips were divided into lots of 900 acres each. With a view to supposed, convenience and nnilormity of appropriation, it was decided by the Provincial Govern- ment, that the land to be appropriated for the clergy in respect of all grants should be set apart at the time of the survev of the townships ; and, in order to be sure that the land* appropriated for this purpoae sliould l>e of eqiml value to the land open to be gianied, it was settled, that the ckrgy reterves should be interspersed at eoual intervals all over the townsliip. But, instead of reaerving evrry eighth lot, which would have been eoual " to tlie seventh part of the land to be granted," every seventh lot was set apart for this purpose. The same mode of reaerving the Iota, and the same amount of reiervation, was pursued in. both provinces. In each province also, another aeventh of every township wa* set npiirt in a Mmilar mawMr, and termed " Crown tcacrves," in order that theae leaerve* might in after vear* fumiih the Government with a revalue independent of taxation. In Upper Canada a practice prevailed of making all grant* from die Crown whatever might be the amount of the grant, in separate lot*. Two or three, or more of these lots i&ight happen to be situate in the same township, if the person entitled to tihe gtaiit chanced to find in that townahip a •uAoienl quantity of land ot the quality and poaition that he de*ired. But it frconently happened that an individual having ^liberty of choice overallthe *urveyed land* of tne province, which had not been granted or appropriated, preferred, receiving his 3. — II. A a grant IK ■Mr i APPBND!X TO RBPORT ON THR AFf AIRS OF ^^ gnnt III Mpwit* leli( mi wmM oftm wtit for a oowlfcrah W p«ri«l, mill Im «mM uktaia wImi Im dUMMd • MMsMe loMlio*, niihcr ihm put ap wllh m iaferior lot. It ihtw fa w MMMily happtntd ihsl no grant in any on* lownihip mt$ wiaal lo aiort ihaa froai too to ooo aarw» nm that thcrtfbra it wai aaotttary lo tpceify ia tha granting department, and could have no effect upon the legal property in the land. It wa» a device adopted by the land«graniing deparimeni, in order to comply with an enact- ig deparin wArce in imply wii mcni evidently made in'ignorance of the de|ree in which the beit meihoJ of executing it would be found cumbrout and complicatad. At a later period, however, the practice of ipecilving only lix-teveniht of each lot wat changed, and, Inttead of a part, the whole of each lot was tpecilled ; but one-Mventh of the rcMrvcd lott in each townihip wat Itti in itt original character of Crown land. In the evidence of Mr. Radenhurti, the chief clerk in the Surveyorgenerari office, it ia iiated that thit excett hat occurred in about iwo-thirdt of the turveyco townihipt. Prom a caiefol coatMeratioa of the retnmi thai he hat MppHed, it, however, appaara that tha actual exccM at the pretent time it aboat 300,000 aeree. I have Mieoied the cbm of Upper Canada in the first inttance, beeauM it it mora timple, and becauM the practice of the Sarveyofganeral ia «akin|f' the actual appraprialioa to be ipccified in the grant, b^ itt conformity with ihe termt ot the Act, exhibitt clearly the nature and extent or the unginai error committed by tha Oovenii^ and Coaneil; in Mitiiig apart the tevenib of each townthip. In Lower Canada ih^ aaae aaotiat of r*Mf vation wat made for both the down and the clergy ; but Ihe diffrrent melhodt of granting lohd panned bv tha Government of that coiony. led to a praptice on the part of the Suhreyoiw g^eral whidi greatly aggravated thit origfaial arror. The 'Am grant made allMr the piiithig of thcCoBttituiionM Aet,appeart tolaave been to theHbnoaral>laThonMt Dnnn nnd 47 diliert, of the whole of the townthip of Ounhan, with the axoeption df ttw Crown and clergy rcMrve, or five>ieventht of the townthip, amounting to abont 45.000 aeret. In the patent for thit grant the Surveyor-general tpecilled the wlrale 9,000 8cr«t of elaigy reterva in the townthip at the alloimeot and approprietion in retpect of the landt granted, and that tiade the appropriation equal to one-fifth, inntead of one-tevcntht of the grant, being an excett'in that particular caM of 3,371! ocret. In the ten following yeart after tlie oMking of thit grant, nearly 1,500,000 acrct were granted by the Crowa io a timilar manner, una in each patent the whole of the land tet apart at a ^erve for tlie clergy in the aranted portion of each townihip wat tpecified at the allotment and tppropriatioa for tlie clergy in letpect of the grani. The practice ihot commenced wat coiitinoed after the ciroumtlancea out of Which it arow no longer ^xitted, and it become a tattled courM to tpedfy for the clergy in the patent for every grunt a pbrtion of laAd equal to one-fifth of tile auMinnt of ihe grant. So that inttead of the rewrve beiui< at the late of aSf for every aoo acret, it wat at the rate of 40 toret, being an excett in each caM of 1 if aeret, or tw»- fiftht npon the reterve awarded by law. When, however, the t^ilem of diipotinj^ of the public landt in the oolonj by Mie, hi- Btead of free grant, waa introduced, the Crown rewrve of one-Mventh wat omred for tale with the other pablic land. But wiien the purcfaaMft of thii land, aAer having paid the parchate-money, applied for a patent, the Attomev-genenil of the province, by whom theie patenU were prepared, conceived that any patent for the land thut told, at a ^aat of hmd nader the aathonty of the Crown, woold be rendered invalid Ir the clauae in ihe Conitito- tienal Act quoted above, aalett it contained a ipecifioaiiea of ah allatmctit for the dergy in retpect of the land it purported to convey. Under thit opinioa he refuted 10 tint the draft of any patent .whifcb did not codiain tuch tneeifiealien. At, liowever, the whole of the laad originally iH apast for thk pnrpOM in 'eich towMihip l>ad been already tpedfied in previotia paiehit, it wtat neeet w ry that a freih retlerve ttioaM be made either oat of th< Cto«m ^eteevto ib that ta«toihip, br ont of othier latfdt,"irnr the porpOM. Thit arat aeo^Mingljr done, bilk thit fi^h rtaerve waa ania aqmil tO' Me*Sith, ihitcad of OB c - M vcnth of theiabd giawfod; to that the reaervji forthe oie^ apobtlie' grant of 54,000 befog ih opiMieN htid b* tht Aiioniajr- ' rraali mI« of ihtw aMUieiial liM^hjnlM Actorikt lapwM or • IWiiMr ftMTW. Ii iippMffd M iIm AiiMMy>f«Nnl iImi iIm mIm Hodcr ih« ■Mboriiy of iliU Aot wtM grun by iho Oomi, mi, m twdk, n^mini • •pwilooiion of • nwrvo far Uw oUrgjr >• imjmwi of iho hmd ooMpriwd in mjt miooi, is ordtr lo ihoir boiii| valid. Thla iniarpMUiiiNi or tha law pravaliad, aad aeooHHigljr a tmnktt nttm of ooa-tfih HMHiada u|MNi ihfM lalaa, makiiif iba NMrvo it,6oi>, iaalaad of 7,914 1 acraa fer each lowMblp of 63,000 aorat, ami iho tioaia over iho naarva wbioli im«m ^ pbtad by iba Coosiiiaiioiial Aot, 4iMA| m**** Uadar iba gaoafal, aiaiilar Ktcnrta woaM hava lo baaiBilc apaa aay nnarfai, aad iba ratuli woaM ba to giva lo the riargy a portioii aqaal lo ooa-lbttrtb of tha craniad land, inaicad of oao-Mvantn, baing a olaar aioaN of 75 par oant. Tha raeait in Lmmt Oanada doaa not aoMrant at ptaiani 10 atora iban •«7,ooo aerca over 44^600, or about so par caol., bacauM fo«i«4a«a«iba of iba ekrgy raiarvaa ara yat unioU, nnd cun> M^aantly no addiiluiial raicrvat hava baa* auMla npon than. Tha amount for which tha land aat apart on tha map, aa rotervcd fur tha olaify, has baco lold in Upper Canada, ia ai4,iSO<., and of this ona-aavenih, or 44,878!., iiin fact tha proceed* of Crown land improperly mM under the name of " elerinr leaarvaa,*' and bchmga to tha public. Of ilia To Hit Exceilcney iba Oovccnor-gaoeral. SO,4a5'> produoed by the lale of hutd Mmilaily appropriated in Lower Oanada, one-third or i6«llo8/. w tha prooeedt of Crown faHid, and mm bekwge lo tha public. I have, tu. (lijiaad) Jl. Dtnin Hmttam, ktiSiomaf of Crown Laadi and Emigmtion. —No. 2.- SPECIAL REPORT to Hit Bioellency the GovemoMkneral from tha CoMiiitaioMBa of Crown Lamdb and Bmioration. •* MvLoid To Hia Excellency the Oovemor General. B4VIN0 nearly concluded the inquiry into the ditpoeal of crown lands and rmigraiion SpMial Report to ia the Province or Lower Canada, I bra leave lo report upon the subject of ibe militia Hi* ExcvUvncjr Uw claims to grant* of land ; a matter whicn appears to require ilie inimcdiaie inierposiiiitn of OoverounGeMnl Government, and cannot, without {rreat inconvenience, be postponed till the cwmplelion from >!>• Cnmniis- of the inquiry in the oeighbouringProvinces, whioh mu»t precede any general report. *'"''*'' "'7'"*'" ttappaars that grants of land to individuals who served in the militia during the lasf j^unweneuniira- AmericaO tirar, were first directed by instmciions which in 1818 were transmitted by the ' Home Government to the Dulte of Richmond, then Governor of the Province, under which all subsequent proceedinaa seem to have been taken ; thouah, as no record of these instruction^ is extant in the Cohmy. aud no measures have been adopted to procure a copy of them from England, it is impossible to determine positively the Mrtics to wliom granu of land were directed to be made. From an Act of the Provincial rarliaroeni, 59 Geo. 3, c. ii3, appropriating 3,000!. for the survey of townships within which the grams were to be situated, it would seem that the insuuctions referred ahnoat entirely to the embodied militia. Under the Act referred lo, several townships were surveyed and laid out. and on the ad November 189a, a prodamaiion was issued by Lord Ualhousie. directing all persons who had served in the six battalions of embodied militia, and such as had marched to tha frontier, to bring in their claims before tha 1st of May iSas. The time fixed by this pr«>$lamation as tbe limit within which claims ware to be made, was afkerwarda enlarged, by another proclamation, to llie 1st of May 1894, and again on the 99th of July 1899, by anoiher proclamation, to the 1st of August 1830. Under these proclamations, claims to a very considerable extent appear to have been made, aqd upwards of 9oo/>oo acres have been sranted : a question, however, arose at an early period as to the diaracter of the individuus to whom tbe arisinal proclamation was intenoed to apply. In addition to the i&x. battalions of embodied militia, tnere were several corps of the sedentary militia, which had been called out during the course of tbe war, and had for a short lime marched lo the frontier, the membera of which contended that they W4^ entitled, under the terms of the proclamation, lo the same benefit as those who had belonged lo the six battalions of embodied militia. Tha claims of many of these individuals were favourably received by the Executive Council; and upon their report reeommending grants, two or three persons rcoeived location tickeu. When, however, the subject was brought under the notice of Lord Dalhousie, he refused to confirm the report of the Council, in the favour of on individnal belooginc lo the sedentary militia, who nad' for a short time marched to the frontier, on the grouiid that the prpciamation was only; intended to apply to the six incorporated battalimis. It does not appear that any ciaima of tliis nature have been subsequently allowed, with the exception of two or three which were sanctioned during Lord Dtibousie's temporary abaeoce from the Colony, by Sir Finmcia Burton, the Lieutenant Governor. 3.-II. A3 AU yiog aa agent, and partly by the nainre of the conditioiu they were required to fulfil. 1 o such an extent is tiiia sale of militia claims stated to have been carried, tliat it would seem almost as tliough the militiamen themselves were not more intervmed in ai.y facilities for the acquisition of these grants, or relaxatiorMidcnt niliilanMn, randtrcd ilwir BBGcata a* lotllar* impowible. Tbev would havo been iaolMtd, or thinly toolitrcd ovtr a larga iroct of wiMenwM. nway from lociaty, and rtnwwd from all manner of rrligloua in«iro«lion. lu which lh«y aiiach the highcat imporlanco } dtprivcd of allanoooar, anawithoat ibe aaporiaiMidwnct to which ihay had boon accuMomad. Under such eiieimf •unooa nothing eoold be expeeied but that ihey would mII their land, aad generally lor an inade<|nate oootidention, tinoa they wouM calimate iia value by what, iindor tha ciroma- ■lancea. it leemcd lo be worth lo ihcm. Vrom ihe evidence of Mr. Morin, tbia appear* lo bo to much iht caw, thai any indication of a ikvuurabic diipoviilon, on the part oi Qovem- ment. In regard of iheae clniini, ha* had no oilier elfaot than that of ■limuhiilng tpeonlation in ihom. and, inslrad of inducing tiie miUiiaman to obtain the laoda for hinMcll^ in order that he or liii familv might tetilc upon them, ha* only increaacd In *ome Moall ilcgrca tha price which he could obtain for hi* claim*. B«t while iha grant of land, a* land being uiele** io the miliiiaoiao. ii merely eqnlva lent to him lo a grant of *ouM very •mall variable amount in money, it* eflccla upon tha Provinoa have been mo*t ii^uiiou*. Under ilie vlaini* of llw niiliila of 1773, upward* of •yvooo acre*, and vndrr llMiae of ihe la*t American war upward* of 1 17,000 acre*, hava tM^n granied, hy far ihe largoat part of which ii (till perfectly wulc and uneetlkd. Wimle lownthip* which have been granied in ihi* manner, have not a eingle aetller caiablitbed upon them. In ihi* manner it ha* happened ilwt a *v*tcm which wu da*igned a* a n>~^na of eattling the Province, and of rewarding thoee who nad eoli*ied in it* dcmice, haa I jvod one of iIm great imtpedimeni* in ihe way of iho former object, and baa accompliahed iIm laller In the waMlleat posuble degree. There ba* been the maxlanm of i^inty to the Province, with the aMMimum uf henelk to the militiamen t and a *iaBUar rc*nlt moat, it wohM appear, ncceaaarilf MU^yi a prtpv^ance in the *ame *y»tem. IWre I* BO Mobabilky that loe Aoo^ooo or 4u«/hmi tu,/^ «hich valid claim* might be e*la>- Miahed, if pranled > the eaa < manner, would h* aetili^ g^gr ^mrc tlian the 4SO«eoo acre* which have already ufna gra-Mcd, or that the benefit lu ili* ^ ****** would be fraaier in any appreciable degree. '<«come*, therefore, a uiflUk, o( t^. ,^"* '" ***ry pC^Int of view, to (bma mmm plan .^ which the iateniiom oil f^^tumtm .> " " ^ tta g iki* bounty, might ba carried out; by wi, :'K ^an'o may be done 10 the clali^,,,^ wbila the Inicnata of the puhlio are leottrcd. Thr mo*t eflipeiaal m^aeure for ihi* pnrpote appeatu 'f,' bi'^ '^ fnOowMtgi—ltwii aaf claim ilabliahed *liu«lii b< oniidemi a* «nt'itling the cUimi. '>f *<* «* ;;;pooni ar|BivaleDt lo the value of the quantity of lanJ uuur«)#td to him, at tim nveiti^ ''ni^g (^'ics «f ttntn landa daring the la*t ten year*; and th«> aw '«*nf" e gtrc* *«Mm, which (houM be accepted a* money at any laia of crown Innd*- In all ca*es i,^"* Iklei *hoald be delivered to the claimant him*«ll, or, in the r*"nt of >n death, o Ihb i«gal repreaentative*, or upon the production of an orderi nif*^'^ by biai '« '^^ ,,, <'spncc «f wiinei*e*, after doe notification of the intention* of Gov, "wnt in att p«, ,^ ui - Pro- vince. By thi* precaution, the militiaman would be •t;c..,u4( a* far a* pombl* >■. '** enjoyment of the benefit deeigned by Government, and only Molh • wale of hi* rj iim **. ought in equity lo be held valid, could be enforced ugainit him. I have the honour to be, with the higheat mpect, My Lord, Your Excellency'* moat obedient, bumble eenrant. thaaUMa, Kaa. (*igned) CAai. Bmller, Chief Commi**ion«r of Crown Land* and Emigratigflu <)nab«c, 8 September 1838. 3.-II. A4 m »-{. , j;^ APPENDIX r6 RBPOn'ON THE AFFAIHS OP ' — No.a.— STATE OF THE HOSPITALS. PRISONS. CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS, ftc. IN LOWER CANADA RapokT from Cohmhsionbm for the Rslib? of Insanb and Invalid PsKioNk and FouNOLiNO* in the District of Quebte. Trb ConniMioaen ■ppointed for the relief of intane and invalid penoni and fonndiinga in the district of Quebec, in compliance with tlie reouett of Sir Jonn Doratt, Inspector- general of Hospitals, ezpreased in his circular dated 3d Jnly insunt, have the honour t» make the following report. There are now vnder the charge of the Commiaioiicia the foliowiDg individuals, vis. : At the General Hospital : 17 insane; 6 male. 11 females. 93 invalids ; 9 do., 14 do. At the H6tel Dien t 79 foundlings, for whose support there is due by Government the sum of i>35ol. ><^. 4d. currency, for the period from the tith Outober 1837 to the loth instant, inclusive. A luminous and comprehensive report having been made by a special committee of the .iMpslaiive council on the 10th Fcbriwry 1894, upon the establisliments in this province for the reception and cure of the insane, for the relief and support of sick and infirm poor, and for the reception and support of foundlings, with ilie expenses thereof defrayed out of provincial revenues, the Commissioners bc^ to refer to that document, which contains more information and greater details than it is in their power to offer, especially as no ohanae of any importance has since taken place; the. accompany ingoommunicaiions from the hdies of the General Hosplul and the Hdtel Dieu [Enclosures i 81 9] complete the sutemenia fion the year 1894 to the 10th insunt, inclusive. The Commifiionf'rs beg to observe that they fully concur in the opinions expressed it. the able document above alluded to respecting th^ insane and the foundlings, but they wish 1.3 represent that, as the population of tliis city has nearly doubled since 1894, the number of indigent invnlids has auo unfortunately increased in proportion, and even more, owing to the ravase made by the cholera in 1839 and 1834, which renders it urgent- tiiut a greater Dumber than heretofore (98 out of a population of 30/kx> souls) should be provided for. The whole respectfully submitted. By order. Quebec, 97 July 1838. (signetS; L. Maine, Comm' and tiecretary. Commissioners: The Rev. Mr. Baillargeon, Curate of Quebec. The Rev. Mr. Sewell. Messrs. Thoin^aa Wilson. „ Joseph Morrin, m.d. „ JLonia Massue. Enclosure 1. H6PITAI OayBBALde Quebte, 18 Juillet 1838. RiTroNna de b Sap^ricure de l'H6pital G^^ral de Quebec anx Questions que Louis Massue, ecnyer, commissaiie pour le sonlagement des invalides et inseiu^s, Ini a fait llKmneur de lui adresser. t. Nous avons recn pour la pension dea invalides du Ooavemement, par la voie de MM. Ics Commissaires, depuis le 1 Novembre 1893 jusqu'au 10 Octobre 1837, la somme de 7.»37'-«4»- Pour la pension des insens^, k la charge du Gouvernement, depuit le 31 Octobre iH^ iaaqu'au 10 Octobre 1837, nous avoni recu 8,9t6/. 141. 4d. J # i;-'V « et 3. Voioi I* laUfaa de* entr^, MMtw guerii ou toulag^t, et morU, « loge*, d«|>aii 1894 juiqu'i ce jour^— * ■^:'Mi . '■■^" ■ -^ 1 dei imentte dans Amitti. EDlf«t. Homan. Foaau. Uwti. Sonb. Mltiraf. •8h . . 15 7 8 4 to 1 !lll : '2 8 a 5 4 3 10 5 - i8a7 i8ai . . 5 3 6 _ 1 6 4 . i8fl9 1 3 a 1 1830 . . _ 1 _ 1831 1 5 5 ^ 1833 3 1 1 1833 - - 1 a _ 1834 . . 10 5 5 6 1835 1836 . . a 4 3 3 3 3 1837 - - « a - EhhAm - 9» 4a 40 »4 55 IB 4. II y a encore 17 |>eraonne* de deteoui dans not loges, 6 hommea et 11 feimmea. II fttte dfi pour leur entretien drpuii le 11 Oclobre 1837 jui rafoi k I'HAtbl Dibu da Quete, depuii le 1 Janviwr 1814, Jiuqu'a 10 Juillet ^838 indiMiTeimiit. OMfOM. ruiM. Muiu. PlMi««lrwiiiAlrarP«i«iu. 1814 IC9U !S8 : so :^ 3' 'i >7 •4 "7 '♦ ;!S : •f «5 99 10 retia 1 inanne. *8 «:5 37 iC 1809 „ •7 BO 3* '* 1890 „ ai go 2» 11 raate 1 infirme. 1831 „ ^ 63 69 51 »- > » 1831 „ ao 97 37 » ' »> 1833 » •5 33 93 9 » >6 » :834 » «7 4' 43 5 » 1. 7 9 6 9 > 1. 19 1. 33t 353 419 '94 78 353 , » 684 79 1 iafira w refu en 1893. 1 685 1 Recapitulatioms. . t - iMB'tfB '? EofluM d«c£di* . 41a ■■•»;»< Placte a ranM k lour pa • '94 Rettantt MX charge* de 1 - - 79 685 v». Total f. »9 IB II y a Bctoelieineiit box charge* de la CumuiiMioa, 79 eufau, dent aix au-d«as«* de I'Age de lis BDB aont infirme* ; pourqooi la pention a i%& contiDuee aur cc noaUMre 4e»iii; il ,'e|i troDve ud qui a it6 re^ u en 1833. BaWnce qui re*te & |M^er sur le* dernier* compte* preaeot^a 4 MM. le* ComnaiiMtirea.ie 10 Avril 1838 ----.--- n eat da depui* le 1 1 Avril jum|u'bu 10 Juillet induaiyement, pour ptoaioiia de 71 enfan*, formant 6^01 joum^a it to *ol* par jour ... Re^u depui* le 18 Avril juaqu'au 13 Juillet, 8 eolan*, formant 497 joomto & 10 aol* par jour - - - - -- Dfi pour a enfan* (non inclu* dana le nombre ci^e**u*) dicM^ depuia le 10 Avril, formant 83 joum&* .-----.. DA & M<>* Veuve Paquel, 3 moi* de lalaire du tour 6clure* le 10 Juillet De piui 4 la m£me pour le lavage, ouvrage, lucre, lait, Sic. &c. foumi aux enfan* --.--.....-. £. 4*4 »34 8 - -1- 8 H 7 5 - «3 • 5*> « 4 La mode pour la reception et le aouiien de ce* enfan* eat le m^me ^u'en 18S4, avcc cette exccplioa, que le nomwe d'annto 6x6 pour leur pemion a 6i£ diminu£e i cette epoque et a toujour* oontinn6 d'etre pay^ que pendant cinq ann^*. Le* cercueil* et fuocraille* ne *ont plu* paye au depend de la Commituon ; lea nourrioea «e chargent de faire tout H leur frai*. Le aalaire de la femne qui le* recoit au (our a ele diminue en 1834, et n'ett plot que de 33 /. per anii^, au lieu de 45/. qu'efte uvoit alors. BRITISH NORTH AMERICA« •.r," 4"«. Wt UMMBUniRh Mt nosiTiRit aic. • > . £. f. J. £.«.¥. i8h - 1,010 1 10 980 3 5 iSes - 6a9 s 11^ 743 >o 10 i8a6 . 513 13 4i 5>a 13 4i i8a7 • i8e8 - ♦4> >5 » 44> >S >* sag la 1} gag la H i8ag • 659 15 >o 059 >S 10 • ' >8->o - 44a 6 a| 44a 6 11 1891 • 183a • 597 8 * 7«4 - 4* 79« « 8 597 6 « 784-4* 7ga a 8 1833 • 1834 - 930 19 9i 939*9 9* 1835 - 1,040 17 ti 1,040 17 6 1836 . 835 9 5 835 9 5 1838 • £. 1,004 ig 7 580 - - 10,^10 6 si 91*79 >3 4 „tiilJ • !] B. ; ll 4.- 7 I It 7 a 4 elte aue Lede OBSEHVATiova by Sir Jokm Doratt, u. d., od ilie CuaTOOT of the Inbakb, and the Expediency of 11 Public Lunatic Abylum. 1. Thbrk it net any public building or place of reception for insane penoni in any part of Lower Canada, save the Ronnan Catholic e8iiibliklinirni« within the convents, nnder the denaminaiion of General Hotpiiuls, which etioblithmenu receive the poor and inSnn. The cells for tlie receution of lunatics belonging to liiese establishoK-nts are old, ill bnili, very offensive, damp,ana badly ventilated ; there is one estabiiahment at Quebec, one atTrois Rivieres, and one at Moi^treal. Tb« cells appropriated tor maniacs at Quebec are in number 18 ; tlie actual number of lunatics therein confined 17, 6 male and 11 females. The number of celk at Trois Rivieres are 6, being the actual number of lunatics confined therein. Tlicniinbci of celk at Montreal are 8; the actual number of lunatics 9, 1 mule and 1 female. The buildings containing these cells are without the great building or convent, and in winter are warmed bv a large stove placed in the passage, dividing the two ranges of cells, the eaternal doors of the building being kept quite closed ; a constant damp vapour must arise, very inimical to the health of the insane, and ihiw circumstance holds v ry strong at the Quebec establishment. These cells are mere receptac'es or places of close confinement for life, all enjoyment of fresh air and exercise withheld, as well as all moral and medical treatment prevented ; for ■o curative means of any character have been or could have been pursued under such a state of cruel imprisonment ; indeed, these places resemble cells for criminals, and are more aoited to produce and increaae insanity tiian to cure it. 9. It is a fact well ascertnined that insane persons htid in close confinement, and thereby prevented from receiving the natural and requisite effects of I'lesh air, and likewise deprived of the means to exercise the Itody, are by such deprivations exposed to tlie learlul effects ol decomposed blood and arrested circulation, from which not unfrequently mortification of the lower extremiiiea is the result ; and if the cerebral structure of an insane person should be preaned upon from niiy irregularity of venal circulation, the disease of inaanity will in all proba'jiliiy he much aggravated. 3. The average number of deaths in the inune establishment of Quebec (being upon a scale ouite equal, if not greater, than those of Troia Rivieres and Montreal) for 14 years is aa follows: 91 admitted, 55 removed, and 94 died ; an average too great, and far iieyund that of the eatablishmenis formed in the United States of America and Europe for the cuie and oare of iwane peraons. 4. It does not appear that a cenaus or calculation of any kind has ever been made in this province as to the proportion of insane to that of the population at krge, nor can sudi be accurately effected until there shall be an establishment for the reception of the insane; mis can the distinctions of disease or derangement be marked or ascertained in any u»eful inaoncr until ibey are congregated and placed nnder medical treatment. 5. The object in forming uii establishment tor the insane would niH only serve a* an asylum for their security, curolurt uiid maintenance ; but for a purjiose even more iuipon- ant, namely, to effect a curative principle, so as to restore, if poifcible, the unfoftunale indi- viduala pace Btoic to theii rcapcclive families, and to society at large. 3—11. p ■ .6, From mmvmmmi^ ."Wim^-^- •J*--*: k "■J«. (M APPENDIX. tO^ ftRPORV ON .V»«i 4fiVMM OF 0. FfMBMwgiMitinMNilwhiah lHwih«Mof Imc jMratMiifdbjr Um vVfioMJO^Htfra^iMits of ewofiraiMl-fh* Unittd Suimaf Antrica lewanli the rtlief mm cwt of Hwaiw fKHM^ iKcir tevtAil MtaUMiBMiU havo bam earmd lo a verv wide txtent loiranb ■«ftictiiM[ uit niM Md aaalol'anri. aidhd bjr tht miiad -lalaaii of Mveial madiaai nea* iib«b giving aevoted their lime and abiiiiin to the nbjcot, and hjr their hboun haviog aequiicd cyleiH ■iva kDowkdae thereon, have given to til* world a hum of informatinn comolid,«Md into facts founded upon naroerom and exieiidcd experitnenu; proving that bjr a paopcr tya- tem of trcaUBCBi pcnaanenl caret can be aflcctcai atid have been produced in a ratio of go to 6i>rable to iliemselvcs, and a nuisance io the other persons confined therein, independent of the scenes of im« mnralitv that must occur in consequepce. 10.' ft is deeply to be regretted that so much public money should have been expended in tb( several districts upon these miserable and useless expeolents, instead of an establish- ment for the insane ; when by the application of that money to the aame human* etject lyon, proper principles, a lunatic asylum might have been erected, calcalated to do bowMr ,tio tqe MQvinoe iiuiead of being a reproach. . ,11, tip KCnrity consistent with the safety of the insane, their connexions and geaehil .^ifgafUj, MQ,Mid\y evf r, under the sad circumstancea attendant un mental deran|MMlm, beeojaijrea in the dwellings of private families; removal from home, therrfbre, isgMe* rally necessary, in roost caaes desirable, and tends to destroy or weaken the iba^bid associations. ia« The establishment of an asylum for lunatics at Quebec, as also at Mcmtreal, ia ab- solately requisite for the comfort, relief and cure of the afflicted. ' It wonld be of the greatest advantage to the inhabiunts at large, both in a moral and social point; the frieMs and relatives of the afflicted would feel satisfied that every care, assistance, and every effort would be afforded them, not only to preserve, but to restore tbeii health ; tlie disgraceful system of incarMrating the insane in the comason gaol with the cnlprit sind prisoners committed for every oftsnoe would be erased from (be ealaidar, and the scenes of immorality wiiich spring irom such psoceedings cease ti> prevail 13. The enormoL* expensea incurred by the legislature of Lower Canada for the i^in- Icnance in solitary confinement of a few insane poor in the proviioces of Quebec and of liontnal, will be Ibnnd clearly stated in the Appendix attacned to the reports drawn up bv |i^ avp^ricutes of the two convents nominated L'H6pital G^^ral of Qnebeo and ifontreal, and for whom no curative means whatever have at any time been applied. t, The nuns of the convent at Montreal, ever since the year 1850, have refused to iidlnit !.fl|| jfnftbcr applicaats of insane poor, in consequence of the building erected by the Go- tmrnn^t of Lower Canada, io 1793, having gone into decay, and the cells for the unfor- tunate creaturea being too damp and cold ; nevi-rtheleu there still remain under confine- nant intim tame wretched cells two insane, tlie one an English woman, theoth^r a J^rencb Canadian; the first having been in confinement ever since the year 1794, and the Utter since the year 1796, both having been visited by myself. - "'^i (signed) /dAm Jknitt, mJn. i>(-r>nfl*f C. '''' 'fioposio AiTiiATioxa in the Qt/axARTiNB Rvlis, by Sir Jtkn Dttttt, m. ». '. In consequence of tlie great inconvenience caused to merchant shijps, and of the hcC|pj ■ xp sna s aMaHcd npon their owner* by the enforcement of the quarantine regulaiions tmw in np unii an , by «Mdi>cv«ry ship coming up the St. Lawrence is comprlied to slop at Oiosse Ma for IhapntlMiaa of beinn examined by ih« health dicer there, whether there is or is not any siekncsa- on bonro, it is proposed to make an alteration in the existing tkw «f the following nature. Ships having dean bills of health, and not having any sickness on board, and dither nw having passengers, or havinr then only in number equal to the number of the crew ahw* lm«« ia my »»> *— t nww wl iln w^ilihit, thntwiH W> «oaipi Me, in order 10'riililriieMMlifcra»llHH%aMfllMgiii»iiH Aid *1 Ifilk Si ill lenini lo wwnie (k'ddierpiMM iachMgeoriiMi(iipbefM«t»ojaMic«Mof tlMfwoe<^ xih n^r; »>,,,, .,v j,' A^iliei6r(|l|catien«iiwnbeilr»«B apMCDllM— « .> "<'m4i :»at»<«ru{i)i >Mir fil. Bill w health. >''i comlieay. taMdnangafloeiw and- ' every deicnpuon. 4th. Nuaiber of paateogen (3 children aadcr 10, and a andcr 15, td aaaal al mH paMeagerX » ■ . , tV illncMV for which it shall be incumbeilt on the maater td MM' Ma Mf at O^Mea Jlfile ihall'beqcaffT defined in sclentiflc and popvfalrtemit. ?■:■..■.■, m Great caiit ihonld be taken that n6 iilncite* m included in thi* categor* whieh at* ttor awnlfciily infecilom ud dacgerow, the object of the pretent amendaHtnf ra tfae<|aehuitfMl laws being to spare ships, in future, all inconvenient-, which is not imperioally flM|^' ""^ for the protection of the public health. Svery pilot shall take with him a certain nttmber of copies of thii document, t» be sup* plied gratis by tbs Quarantine Office or Custom-house ; and he shall, immaaiaidy ju^ Doarding a ship, give one copy to the master thereof for his guidance. As it IS altogether his interest to do this, and as having the document or not will aNike no diftrenoe to a ship which has obeyed tne instmetidns » contains, no penalty ieattaehed to the non-perfbrmanoe of tliis regnlatioh. '"*" t"*"*""-^ '^* *^ u A-t-v^i . Mii- ,.. 1.>.iik..> Eicept perhaps the following :- •"""• ""' '*"* - """""^ ""^ " ^ " ' If any regulation is made for the payment of pilou during the performance cff quarantine (much wanted), any pilot having failed 10 furnish a copy ot the regnblions to the master ofa merchant ship, which may be sahsconenlly sent back loGiMse Isla fhm.Qu^ec, •bill not be entitled to an^ remuneration ror his services from the time when such order shall ba aMi^ed to her nntil her return to Quebec^ and he shall be bound to remain on board aad 40 M* ^aiy i|s pilot di^riog the whole period. Ships coming to Quebec, v^icn liave not stopped at Grosse ble. shall keep a signal fy- ittE(lo be agrMd upon by the Custom-house authorities), until duly visited oy the htalth «n(Bcr; and on being admitted to pratioue, she will strike the sinial; befcrv wWch time no person can go on board without rendering himself liable to the perfbraiaMe of any quarantine to which ilie ship may be found nable, in addition to any penalty tt> which he would be liable by the hws already existing on the subject. (signed) JoimDvtiUt, turn. -i ; . "J inuMti il .1 (iiij >x«ii i liiiuq iaiuiM 1,1 D. .''' RaMAaasoB the QnAaaMTiaa Station, Ommlik, from its Establishnent in 183a, by Sir JoAa Duratt, M. o. Tub appearance of Asiatic cholera in the North of Enghind, in December 1831, and iu extension to Scotland and Ireland, excited alarm llirougbput North America. ^ ^^^,, This alarm prevailed to a great extent in the North Americah teloaieti, ak (in tHeMl|ef of its cojitagious nature) the direct intercourse between these provinces ahd the pbrti| ;of ,(kea^ Britaiq wfu supposed to (Militate its introduction. Ip' the hope of keeping Lower Canada free from so dire a pestilence, it wa» deiemtined ,^y the executive to oblige every vessel coming from sea to submit to an eMiitfnafita ,p^ purification, under the direction of medical men. The place selected fbr this purpose WM Grosse Isle, disunt 33 miles from Quebec. Early in the spring of 183a, the neccMary officers were sent down to this place, tem- porary buildings Were erected for the sick, and every anangement made tb caitf into effect certain quarantine regulations. Ilisahnost useless to observe that here, as elsewliere, all :viatory reguhtions failed to arrest the progress of this extraordinary disease, though the utknost eautioo was observed in the inspection of ships and passengers; acU chongh no cases were detected in any vessel, yet on the 8th of June it declared itself in Quebec, and the following day at Montreal. An almoK dedmation of the inhabitants of both cities took place bci'cre U erased its ravages. The number of emigrants arrived this year was 51,489. Few of the number were detained •. ftom siefcnett at GKosse Isle. " NetwithsUnding the inefficacy of the quarantine establishment ia pw vaatiag the iatsn* ' Ihictiotf of Asiatic cholera, it was determined to continae in fosee jba regu l at i nas the nisaiag " year ; as, froib the immense and increasing emigration ibwiag miw the provinae^ it Urn nuUd that vaifouB diseases of a decidedly contagious nature were iaspa n ad < such aaaaaalU |iox, measles, scarlet fever, and above all, typhus fever.* 'kW i.n I ■■ Hi m I i .^i < < •• M« «MUllar1kT«l'MMMtcd ' in eMwds «f naeri* momI op- ia a'ansU sprn^ ud wh sAwt-hasawwt ducribed by medkal writm as pntrid.gMl, esapar JMatU fcv««,i»prshsMy ti^wnsl lil%i nstJMliM , efsny known diiesie. For many ysars prsvions to th« sstahlii l uMBt s( qoanatlBS itgdatti^ iSibin 3-II. B 2 ■>♦< ^ \% APPENDIX \0 REPORT 0)1 THE A'FAIRS OP \ \ ■ In iheiwiiiKof 1833, the qMnatiiw Matioa »u-r»«p«Md, «ddiiioMl acdicAl sflom, wn«aM»iMcll,'lh« ItMpital bnUdiDn wcra enlarged, and regular nonet •Dgaged 10 aiiend the lick. The nomber of eroigrania whu arrived ihit year waa contidemblVTeM limn the Jtrevioua Maioa. TIm dreadful ravage* of the epidemic waa luppoaed to be ilie caoM vf the ailing off. Out of sfliOdfl (the aumber that arrived), 939 were aeni to the hotpiul ; of tho«e, 34 were caiea of •maU-pox, 1 39 of fever, and 46 of other diMate*. Of ihii number 97 died. In 1834 the HBie eaiablithment wa« continued. The number uf emigrant* wa* 30,917. Many of the thipa that arrived early had a con*iderable number of their paiaengers ill with fever. On the 9th of July tlie cholera ajgain appeared in Lower Canada. The firtt ca*e that occurred on the i*lai)d waaa perton ju*l arrived from Quebec by ihe *chooner employed to communicate between the atation and town. It made fell havoc among the ptittenger* at that time on the idaiid. The number of *lck *ent tu the hospital during the leaaon wa* 844, of whom 964 died. The caiea were, fever 404, cholera 990, •mall-pox 19, other di«ea*e* 138. Amonf the dealhn that took place ihis year wn« the a«*iitanl medical luperintendeni, a Mntleiman of great leal and devotion for hi* profeHJon, to which he i* *oppu(«d to have fallen a victhn. The emigration of the «ea«on of 1835 wa* effected in a greater degree than 1833. . The number of emigrant* wa* 11,580, and a* the *hip* were not crowded, little *icknei» prevailed. The ca*e* admitted into the hoipital were, 94 of fever, 48 *mall-pox, and 54 of other diaeaae*. Of thi* number 10 died. In 1836 the number of emigrant* increa*ed to 97,896. Many of the diip* were crowded and dirty, and much fever prevailed. There were admitted to the horpital 338 ca*e* of fever, jo of *mall-pur, and CA of other diteaxe* ; of which number 58 died. Thte total number under treatment in the ho*pital at one period thi* year wa* 145. The medical *aperintendent, and five out of 11 attendant* in ihe hoipital, were attacked at one time with typhu*. Thi* wa* *ooa after the arrival of the barque Ranger, from Liver* pool, 90 of wiM*e pasienger* were admitted to the lio*pi".!. Thosgb the amoant of emigration the nest year (1837) wa* not *o great a* the pre- cedingv yet, from (evaral *hip* arriving in a crowded *tate after long pa«*age*. there wa* much fever. From two thip* alone (the Cornubia and William Ritchie), there were admitted to the hoipital no le** than 196 ca*e* of fever. The greateat number under treatment at one time wa* 177 ; to accommodate which the building* were found too *m iiv^ ..i ■.■t»»'W*>'iir, RKTCIIM •( Sin Imlri ia HotriMi., Inm im fmMUkmtt k Itsa to Hi|lirtn I*, IN*. natmt. 1 i ili J i h li J J ll J 1 1 ii 1 ■nuMi. ini •MM 1 1 ■-■ NatMnnaftkklUijMr. - - - - _ - IMS tt,MI - IM S4 46 laa - til Ill - 17 17 ias4 ao,Nt MO 404 11 isa 844 lai 441 580 188 106 164 tl885 1I,5M - 14 41 64 IS6 - 116 116 - 10 10 , l«M IM7 I7,W6 ai.W4 4(1 SO 104 66 18 454 696 k. aia 641 810 541 - 58 57 68 j 67 ..MMlofdMtallMtkM 1 MH)w«B'M«ft«fr. itw t,918 ai 16 16 63 - 46 4a - 5 6 im,e4t ISO 1,417 164 saa »AU lai 1,761 i,a98 168 168 411 ' l" (lifMl) Mit Omm, M, B, E. Lbttbr from ilie Rev. H. Sacell to Sir JoAii Doratt, od the Want of a Place for Ditimk WoRBHiP at GroMt Itte. 6kt ■ Quebec, 34 October 1838. As you hnve been liind enough to permit me to fumith you with a itatement of the eviia ariiing from the want of a Protestant place of wonbip at the (quarantine iialioni I tbinfc I thalT beat accomplish the object you have in view by laying belore yon a few brief detaila of facts which can readily be well subataniiaied. With a view to prevent the fearful ravage* then making by cholera, a quarantine slation was in the year 1833 established at Grosse Isle, 30 miles below Quebec, where all ahipa arc by law required to come to, and passengers, under certain circumstancet, required to land. It has freqiject to all species of annoyance. If a quarantine station ia to be maintained for the purpose of keeping away, infection from the province at large, those who are detained by the operation of tiie law aqd cannot quit the island should at least be furnished with the meana of spiritual insiiuctioa and consolation during their detention. A chaplain sluiuld be maintained at the pub|i<: expense, and a chapelerected, the coat of which would not exceed 195/. cnrrency. 36 notoriously remiaa, however, have been the authorities, that it was hot until the ' st ye«^ that, tbroDgh the kiodneu of the inspecting physician, aided by his Cafiadi^aii bbatmeb.i a sumascrxnotise^' originally erected as a.smoiiing-rooin, waa converted into a ptaoe at worship fbr Her Majeity's troops siatioiied on the island. This building ia^ boweveiv without the quarantine bounds, and cannot iherefoie be made available for the emigrants. 3— II. B 3 1 may t,ii-ii /*■- ^ (i I 'I J I ♦ APTENDIX .*b taPORT 4^ M illlfPAIRis OP rvAii»^ •iM.*^ l|»ii»ii|W 1^ I»» Wlbwrto Mat » MlialpMrj lo flM Mi^hM ■««• ^ W P B WW n. ta WWO »4Wimww» ibr hit avconBodMioii. for whieb ibij Imi«« MM yWlfja Ilwfft,lM. >n J fl W#T l Mg» »* of HoapiMh, m-fjunii > I'*? **• **•■ l«tle Rnidcnt MiHiomwy M OroMi Ulb; T.'l ill! .•'oi 1(1 p. «)->•!)> , . *< 'I.fl1«ii Aon tht Ret. A. fldwtf to Sir John DtrHt, oa the Stale of llw GkMi of Um tr i.fitr' H ■><. .< QatbMv 15 October lis/L '' I A'lTB MMch p hrt Mre M fnraMihig yon with Mcfa infonMdon ichiiv* to ilw Mnperftcl ■WW Utllw of «mr prcwnt gaol m, mm My conMJtion with ike Gaol AnoBiatioo of ilkit citj (a Mieiciy of gentlemen who, a few vean ago, took upon them the volonlarv kiboan of fmprofiiig Ihe norab and inculcating habiia of niduitry among the priMnan)i I am aMbled to aflora* The gaol of Quebec it titnatcd in the very centre of the cilr, and aflbida diraotoonmiui- cation on four tide* between ill inmatet and the ttreel. No vigilance of itt oAcert can altogether remedy the pemiciout coniequencea of to euential a fault in all thai appettaint to mntct pritnn iliiclpliaei the very teotriet whose duty it it to prevent irregular com- nnnieation with iu inmatet have but too frequently been induced, under mittaken ftdingt of humanity, to commit or connive at the evil they are appointed to gtoard against. The interior of the building leaves little leti to lament, while it rormt the tole priion for the esieotive district, and it dettined to receive every varying claw of priiooers, via. thoie condemned, tbote committed for trial, tlie unfortunate debtor, the pitiable maniac, the hardened .villain, the uninitiated youth, all mingling in more or lest of common intercourte by day aawd night; to thai they who happily are pronounced innocent by law, may comider it a pMvideniMd Miveranee if thejr eacape in the mean lime the effiott of evil commoni- s«Mion and esampie. The association, in the first year of their organiaation (i8afr-i8M), svbmitted to the provincial l^thtorc their bumble petitioa, thatmeasnras asigb t Msakea At the aenaiation of pritouen under judicial tentence br the srtelion of a p arti e tMlary, and had the Ntiafactioa to tee meaturet commenced, and plans and esliaiatca proottred, whifh gave aangnine boaes that a nen«id of improvement in priioo discipline and reCarma- U,i|MVif9 tpft treiy little reflection it necettary to convince any one of the great aaoral m oopwuntly goina on from tnch an admixtnre of pritooert s if other rsasont region and moral obligation were wanting, they are aflbrded in contideratioo [Mt'^W^^y^ V^ '* *hown by other ducumentt laid before the tame lecitlaiore, that lie ezpente of the pretent prison and itt etublishment is 1,769/. tCs. old; per aaaum, |a)yl||f;th(e apparent result of those employed at hard labour is a loss of 56/. 141. 8 d. in ilheiyasc cpdjilg December sitt, 1831. A ttriking contrast it exhibited in diflhrent pritont i|B9 |N»iicnliar^ of the United Siatet, where a well-digested system of employment and yflfiparBUon.of ptitqoerij hat been tubttituted for idlenett and nnrcstivined interaoarte. In ;niB|iy of those^nqt ,only tbe whole expense of the priton establitbmetit it defrayed, bat an actual revenue derivci) to the itate; and the priiouer, having completed the term of hit ^MOMiwi^ it diacliiarged with habits of industry, and meant of gaining a livelihood of which Jm}g§n.pol.pet»fp possested. Many individual potet are recordMl of a refbraatioli of Jlre wd <^^ot u thote who have completed tlieir term of tentence in the penileniiariet ijpfi Alfbura, $cuy, Connecticut, and otliers similarly conducted. Of thote wno from tinw tt|o tilde Mve been committed to our gaol. 1 do not think there it more than one tolitaiy jSUffc li^j^a Kroal^ who on the expiration of her !««tence wat removed into the country at the expente of tne attocialion ; the married, and it now a reipectable aaembcr of .^ gnm the doeumeou above alluded to, it appeart farther, that the nnoiber of sick requiring ntedical treatment in the year ending 31st December 1831 was, asales I0t, ! feftf^l^ %!*>* proportion infinitely greater than in the prisons of the United States, and the /diipiiififfaioii iMy be reasonably atcribed to the want of regular and tytiemaiic employ- ment, coofineuent in jdlenett having alWayS bMn ibnnd an detiimetttai to iMaldi;at to :ljl0Mf)fci0dr^|)^jq^'sit^ject fs 'die wiint of a housit of induttry, ttt wHteh ftisoaeit on the lermiimtioii of th^ir punishopent may, if they feel ditnoied to lebve iMr'fotMte iCOursci, retire for thelter, and earn the hieaat of subsitttooeby tlieirdHnBlabMir. '^Mjldlimiie i where. .,'—- V ■h' in ^flT^H m>Wrj^ A^B||)CA. •««/. •I :,m-m.Jht tin awallM in the y«r. iht wmi al ' ' ultMitiieir vlaiMionlMMvw mmA in.itM !•«•, iW their vlatatlon h«Mv oat r timjitii iiiirfliiinAliiari!r I have ahvMiy liitwi. that no fawar than 135 of tha ewfeaiittalv Antng ih« yiitiSwmi •r this daM. To ihii rafnca might alio be irainliimd the ohiMran of p(riM«afri(1MilMWt and aAer .trial i tlKM art on«n broaghi into the noi with tlwir pare«it for WMWaf aaathar atjrhfi., I have even known intiaaoe* where children, deMrtad hv tM^aMMa hi Ika pablie itreeu, have been commitied to gaol bjr a magietrata ai th^ Miy plMa^f iINMM'mmI rapport. Sorely, sir, it it an evil that reqairei innnediata renedv, thai h» i OhrMaa aoaairy no better phioe of refnge ihaa the eorropt prccinett of a gaol, and ihirt ftwlMMilaa oan, ean be foand for the innocent oflhpring of parents who aaj aot, hi aH oMn. bt the** ■elvei guilty. Andwhat ■iiall wa lay agahi to the fact, that ihie lama gaol, the oaMia of etiaM and try, a vary dea of iaiaaiiy tkk turn gaol oning idiot, thelnnatCB and iba amtwaa 1 It 10 deprive of rea«M iboald ha nakatf ■hat «p with then in iha hum ward. Iha wiekednetc, the abode of every thing ihat ii eorrnpi, the "tcene of drankemMM which eantiot ija prtvcatad, of revelry aad dcfaaachery, irofien made a plaoe of detention for the bmb' that ihoaa whom God hi hit wiidom hu leen I with crhnhMl* of the woiM deacripiion, nay, that «p with then in iha ._. ww,, «•« bait of their ribaldry, and tha object of their niKhicr and cruelty, it too horrihia to dwell upon. God grant, lir, that the benevolent dctign wbkh, I trntt, be hat bimielf put into your iirarl may have the detired and perfect effect, and that you may enjoy the tatitftcthMi of aceing then pat into full operaiion. I have, lie. (ligncd) HnryStmtiit Hon. Secretary to the Gaol Anocfauion. Tff 8i|r,^i^n Doratt, kc. kc. tus. ■'a:i •JtWittj dieted and the piiaonert encoumged lo work; but from want of fanda it wai, wara^pctieiiay, found ncccttary to abandon both thete objecit; the prbvinciai legitfattnic, tthboaghfaptliM to, having refuted to grant any aid to the intiitution, and the amount bf private tOMcrifiUidnt being found wlwlly inadequate for the piirpote. One great object to which the attention of the committee hat been directed it the cbii> ditioB of the eliildren of pritonera, often left wholly dettiiute or drawn within the walh of the pnion by the confinement of their parentt. Convinced of the impetittivt! duty 'of removing tlie innooent ofitpriog of pritoneit from the corrupt preefatelt of a ^aol, ^hgj have, M occatioa ofierod, provided for them tuch meant of tuppurt and inttmction in the new tetilemenu in the neigbhourhood of Quebec at they could afford. Tlia ooMitoitice hat alto, in tome intiancet, applied ittelf with tncceit to providing the meant of gaining an lionet livelihood to a clait or unfortunate femKlet, who, in ao ta tk roa b l a nunbera, are found conmiited to what it called the house of correction Within Aw ckof, the tana having been from neceatiiy made the receptacle, not only of tKem, hat nanv bther unfortunate and dcttitute perioivi (perhap* not quite in accordance with ttHct ittfiHnpiet of hiw)» fron there being no atylum, no penitentiary, no refuge nor workhouie him j^iro^ftce to which they could be tent. If the oli^iaiHt and end of attnciaiion* of thit detcription wouM be coniidered niaAll and praitewMtby under ordinary ciicumttancei, bow mucin more mutt it upf^ to'be'M llrhen the attention it directed to the gaol of Quebec in parti(;uhkrf It it a baildiag wbidi, irvm itt lituation, tiae and conttmction (ind^ p eUdtei rt bf itt paHcnt ttate ef dilapidation), it wholly iqade^Mate to the purpotet lot Whidl it it detigned. . 'K i» tiinated'in the very aentre of the city, and being turronnded on the Ibwr *i4it'#f km ttifcm with which tha. building communicatet, there it no poiiibility of i>r<¥«itiag '#nMt iMacoariaibetwcen iu iamatee and tbot^ whhoiit. *r3^n. b4 It i I ypMb*iiii)tk«fe^*uMHFu^'.: -A J ]| APPBNDirtO ItSPOtT OM niH' Af FAIM OF ■Mine, roftMi m vagakMkfc, I MnMUaiarfyMth; or In* in nwato •II tMM •»!, m ■ bhljMtlMllBMMMiOMllMldMiSMtlM MMMM kt mmtmrniSMiiitAm, Md b MMia«4 tonu«iMn»t » 4$mmi m4 «mmiiiM» im mfetiaMM dfebim iIm pitiakl* MMIMlMPib'MoM. ■midcrtn, iht haHmwi illaiii, m ' MklhMWMMlkM mhI aiMcf Um gaol, ningic hmmw or ma m oww m mmmmfi ^T Sf M4Af idlRltl. No MUUImI. however imoomi, eu bt eoanaiiiad |o i| ^.W>'V« i, MIBdMl00 4M niMMsht In wIcllMMti* ,. CriMslM tMicmlly tf*«, with how mwtk greater force doe* ii apply to Juvenile oA como^it- ; diplomas turgery ■ludjr had act of the ^pODttesior I in ooaw- t to ibe ijld CMily hnaKHity imtdical I obtained to be Jaiet from, I^M, or the eibnw •r ,iH«l (•HM) ..'I'^ltl i#llo from ilie distant ookwiM of Mew Brunswick, Nova Bcoiia, Prince Edward's Island, ftc. Itc., desirous of studying medical science, are compelled to visit the United Slates' school for such pur- poses, a* there is not at the present time a legal British medical Kbool in Her Hajcsty's aavaml medical praetitione n ,aad thoaa persooa of labat 1 Q aa b oo botaig the piiacipal barboar for aU shippiag arriving dir sea and nocidenia in great numbers are oontiannlly brougbt by quiring the aid of medicine and surgery, and most porticuiarly 1 It is the opinion of the principal medical men nsiding in Quebec aad iu Hoigbbonrbood, that there arc^ in the course of cnch ycnr, diseases and nccidenis in anmbar and obarnoter equal ib the occunaiian of too beds in the Marine Hoapiial, independent of the lutvi JDlieu ; and that during tae period of an extensive emigration, 900 beds wouM be quite necesmry to a0ord required aelief. From what has been staled, it is evident that a permanent asedical mImoI ought to be esmUished by ihe legislature in Quebec with as little delay as posaibte, aflbiding lu such sdiool full and accesanry legal powers to instruct young mea in the medical aeknoc, with all the branches of knnuag thereunto beleagiog. >^'" Rtfit* and Rb^vlatioms to be observed b; <<<•:< dldaiw fdr Stttdenu ill to be observed bv young Men desirous of bccpaaiag Can- the School of Medicine and Surgery ssaalilished i>y the {.H ,.1 . XMUature at Quebec, anu bearing the name of the Qoxaac AtiMCAi.it/bmwoL oyouag maa flan pecscatkiiaself before the board of medical eianiiawn let anewnnin » ^uagi loandii tion a* oanSidaie until he shall have arrived at the age of iS years. Every yoaag maaas caadidata for a atndcnt in the school ol' oMdicine eatf Mirgn>y msist , have received nn edacatioa in so me sobo olor seminary of known u i pu iabifc j , ewd mmo. peodnoe a oastfame of bis having an doiw fmm the direcic* or prineins* of mhI» ankMol a»aeminnry,to«iiiahaevtiicaw iMname of each director or prineipaliaa . or certiSoate shall also state the leagth of time the said youiigman may I such school or seminary, aad aho bia schoiastio acquirawients. IW cvmdU had a good chmical edaeation, be pevfoctly coaveiaaat with the Bagliib aad gnagia, aad also have nequimd the lirat priacipkn of awtheawtics. ].-«4I. c If * 1 V AP^IMDIX TO BIPORT ON tHB APFAIRS Of Ad ll ir iIm !foMl ■«*; aiWr iMving iMtn duly m4 fniiy MMihiMl^ h* AmmmI m i I MU^ to •ImN rwtivf. bjr Ofotr of •nob bowri of rxutintn, ■ ctrUloM* of opffoval, lo bt muM «•! ■iklMeallcd.whicbotriileawilMll nMlify bin lo vadtnakc ilMMwdy of wrftc' t —4 writrjr In tbt Qutboc Mbool orBtdickM. RvUM mmI RMavfcAVioHo for joong Mm hovlog obMlnod ibtir OowUctH «f AppVDvai ikoai ibo Bmti of Baominoni noainMoil fer tbot porpoM, Mkl, !• •wft* M^OMoo* boviog ntortd MSiodcoM bi tbo QvaoM MtoicAi Bcaoob. Etrtfy ■lodcni of ib« ichool of gMdioinc ud •urgtr; ahall MricUy leUow Uit plon of «o«TM of aiody M laid down in iht rtivlotioM. Tbot iho wheio pariod allotted bjr tbo Itgidalara at a lann lor rdacatioa tH iha aiadl a ai •cbool 1 1 Qatbae naji b« ftrevean. Tliat tbo f nt lliret yean of^tbe allottH prriod for odooalioo aball ba p aiia d in MrisI atteodanc* in tbc Nbool of medicine, and the httcr two yaora in oloaa a t ta w t i on lo th« duiica of tb« boapiial, under tbc direotiont of tka nMdieal altandaoia to luah boapiiaL Bwry alndenl of the ichool of OMdicina and lurgery shall prflMol bimralf lo Iha board of Ckaminera at the termination of aacb three mooihs, to ba by then daly eMmined in iIm variottt bimcliM of medical icience. to arhieb luch tiodent may l|avc applied binHelft I* tlie end that the progrcM of each »eparate tlndenl may be folly veeriained by the teacher or lenchcn of inch braochca of medical iciencs ( iliould the Madmt neglect or itlbaa l» preaeni bimielf for auch examlDation. be will not be permitted lo attend the roHowiag eoane of lednret without the |>crroiMioii of the board of examiners, niid any fartliat omiMion or refusal to be examined shall be followed by expulsion from the medical school altogether. Any student refusing to aiienil to, or not following strictly Iha rules and regulationa iai4 down for the belter management of the school of medicine, will, after due inquiry, ba sue>v pended from attending the studies, by the authority vested in the board of ex tmiaers ( and should rvsistencc to the Uws and regulations be continued on the part of ti>e studaai.th« said board of examiners shall refer tM case I9 the board of direction, who let >llv shall bavo the power lo expel the indiridual from the school of medicine altogether, « icli expulsbM being final, shall preTeut the individual so expelled, after due and strict invc«tigatioa, Aon receiving medical education in any part of Lower Canada. That whenever a student shall navr duly and properly attended to his various studiea at the medical acbool, and shall have passed a full and publie examination on all the branoliea , of medical science therein taught oy the board of examiners, a certificate of aualiAvaihMl from such board shall be given him, which certificate being presented to tka madioal faeaky at the University ofMooireal, tlie medical degree shall be granted to him, aooord- ing to the rules and regulations of such University, as laid down by the Aot of tba Lagia* . lamre, such medical degree being doctor in medicine and surgery. It is strongly recommended that students of the medical school should establish • medioU library, consisiina of the best works and writings upon the various bianchas of medical science, both in English and fiv'wch. The form and order of education to be followed in the school of medicine of Quebee. There shall be for the present six lecturers, who will divide the subjecU of medical science in the following manner, and lecture thereon, according to the rules and regnlatii 3 '•*!. iO A.M, to „ 11 •! LicTiriit. Anatomy, structural and practical surgery, principles and praoiioa, institntiona or prin- ciples of medicine, practice of medicine and physiology, materia medica and botany* chemistry and pharmacy, midwifery and diseases of woineo and children. Each leeturer to deliver a lecture three times a week, of at least one hoar's dnmtioa. The days and hours fixed are as follows : — Anatomy - Monday, Wednesday, Friday Materia Medica ditto - ditio • ditto Chemistry - ditto - ditto - ditto , Surgery - - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Practice of Physic ditto - ditto • ditto Midwifery - ditto - ditto - ditto - 3 v.M. Each course of lectures to be of six months' duration, that is, from the 1st of Vovembar to the end of April. Tba rooms for practical anatomy to be open every day during the course, fh»i eight o'clock A. M. till four r. u. Hours of attendance at the hospital from eight o'clock until ten a.m. The lecturer who delivers the lecture on physic will also give a separate lectme on phyvMogy ; the two lectures to be considfitd as one course. The lecturer on midwifery will give a full and separate lecture on the diseases of women and children, folloyring the lecture on midwifery ; the two lectures to be conaidered u on* coarse. , Tiie chair for lecturer on pathology will be established at a future period. The lecturer on anatomy to be cunsidered the director of all arrangements and studies pursaed in the dissecting-room, subject to the rules and regulations ; that a prosector be chosen ,»• • »y. llCt ube m I >/rf- ■*^ miTMH mum ^hwuca. .< • ' •9 ■> — ty M iMtft wk* •n iMtraBt llit MudMU dwiiii hit abicM*. Tkt ollct of m». C«f poae of vniting the patienu within the hotpiiai, and daily to make accMaM ' minutes df each case in the hioapital that may be under the charga of Ihe professor to whom he may he attached, which minutes or notes shall be inserted into a book being colled '< Hospital Cases," which is to be preserved for the inspection of the mcdival prolcsiiors. That a fuU examination shall uke place by the professors of the hospital every six months of each student attending the hospiul, to ascertain their knowledge in the treat- ment of disease, medical as well as surgical, and likewise their acquaintance with the various authors, medical as well as surgical. That fa dissecting-room be built, with all the neceasary aocommo undertake the direction of the Quebec medical school, lave and except the managrment of education, which kiter will remain under the immediate directbn of the board of medical lecturers and examiners. That the board shall aunme the name of The Board of Quebec Medical Direction; and shall receive full powers from the kgitlature to execute all the duties tliat may be attached to such direction. That the board sliall hold direct communication wish the legislature on all subjects legwding the medical school. That ml applications relative to the Quebec medical sclwol coming within the cogui- sancc of the ooard shall be received and acted upon. That the board of direction shall upon ail occasions appeal to the leeklature withonl loss of time, whenever tliere may be circumstances requiring such irau.sdiate appUcaiion. That the board of direction shuti be accuuniitbie to the legiskture for all monies ex* petided and received on account of the Quebec medical school. That all payments and monies received for every purpose appertaining to the medical school sliall be made and received by the board of niedicHJ direction. That the board of medical direction khall, without any iiiil, produce at the end of every tluree monUis, for the satisiaction of the legislature, proper vuuctiers for all monies expended and received. That a secretary be appointed, to act an such to the board of inedieul direction. That the board of meiiic!)! direction shall meet for the busineiu of the medical school once in every month. That all disputes or differences that may arise among the lecturers or students, or between botli, shall be reported by the parlies so differing to tne board of medical direction, witicli board shall be empowered to settle such dispute. If any vacancy should take place among tlie lecturers of the school of medicine, iu con- sequence of death or retirement, a report of the same shall be made without delay to the board of medical direction, and if sucli vacancy shall have happened from death, the board shall immediately report the same to the legislature,, or if .Lch vacancy is intended by such resignation on tne pan of one of the lecturers, such intention shall be communicated in writing to the board by the individual so intending, one month at least before the close of Ihe course of lectures, for the infermution of the legiHlature. All vacancies among the lecturers of the school of -medicine thall be filled up by the lei^islature with as little delay as p<. nsible, having firs, obtained the opinions ana recom- mendation of the board of medical examiners as to (he fiineiui and rrquisite qualifications of (he candidate. Tliut (he board of medical direction sliall be authorised to establish, in cot\junction with the medical board of lecturers and examiners, any byc-iuw or laws which may at any time be found necessary to meet the wants of the sclioel after it shall have gone into operation. UnleMi BRITISH NORTH AMERICA-^ •1 school etween wltich iii cun- lothe board by aucb >aie«l in cloM of ion wilh at any kne into ' r,|lBltM liMvy fSnrt are eM«blialM<e of I'hysiciuns in London. That every apothecary, chemist and druzgist, on being visited by the authorized board of visiting medical menj slinll submit to the examination required on such occasion.^, and consider themselves liable to the penalties that will be levied by the legialature, should the drugs, chemiculs, or preparations of medicine, in- their keeping, not be found' good or of the best quality, or not prepared in the manner according to ihe approved laws of chemistry. The practice of medicine and surgery in many parts of Lower Canada is conducted in the most reprehensible manner by persons under the denominations of physicians and surg>gislatiire during the above period appears to have been 1,950/. '.currency), in consequence ol the deficiency of 50/. in one yeor. In the same report it appears that the nuns of the convent L'H6tel Dieu have received inio the.r care since the year 1834, 684 foundlings ; and that there are in the said convent at the present time, under the cliurge of the Legii'luiure, 79. It SMMMMMMUHMI S')niRIB(t NORTH AMBRICA. ^^m "n It alio ^ppMW fton the mub« reiiort,-llton ihe Itet ieeomt deMvcred td the oMdes80ui. Lei bieni funds dei pauvrei de I'H^tel Dieu ne pouvant loutenir ordinairement par lea revenus que 85 uu 30 lualadei, et ce nombr£ n'^tanl pai luffiiant pour mbvenir aux beioini S.—U. ' C4 «•«• <4 APPENI)1J^,T0 IBPOUT OH THI ArFAIRS OF dn ptwoowe i ^«i' i ^t lt i il on* chwiiaUc tmmtmet, M •» iimn qb'imt l« i6liK|t«Mt 4e doflMT Imt mmm i fhamMit^ looftialr, h i^giihuin 4ms m la gMn m bica vwiU Moordtr. en i8s6, nut mmmm de too(>, pout aider k k MibiUicMe dc la ■eladctMraea^wet, «e quelle a cootinute i faire d'annee en ann^, comme suit : iSadr— Aooord^ - - i.aoo i8fl7.— Rien. i8a8.^Rlen. iSfp, — AoiH>rd6 - i8sar--I>iUo 1831.— Ditto 1833.— Ditto i834.^Diuo 1833.— Rien. iSyL— Aceofd^ - i8mw — Rieo. 1^8.— AoconK - too OKMDOiun'aToiurefuque 151I. iii. lA •00. goo. M. Rbpobt fron QmUe Gbnbral Uo*pital, 5 July 1838. Momiear, H6piMl G^ntral, 5 Jain 1838. En r^ponie k votre adreite du 35 dernier, notre mooaiiire, vo>Uant ae rendre an d6«ir du public, rett toujoun oharg£ de quelquet invalidett dent le nombre et le prix de* pentions ont plutieun foii variit lelon le* circonttnncet. Maintenant nou* n'en avont que 93, ■outenu* anx frait de la province kit. par jour. Depnii 1834, ce tout des commistairei appoint^* par le gouvemement, qui d^vignent let invalide* qui doivent occuper let placet iOKi^ par la province, et c'ett k eux que nona pr^ienton* not comptet. Let commitaairet toot aciuellement le Rev. O. J. Mountain, cv^que de Montreal, Rev. C. F. Baillargeon, cur6 de Quebec, Thomat Wilson, Louit Mauue et Joseph Morrin, ecuyert. En 1809, la legislature ayant d^airi que nout nout chargastiont de* inseni^s de la province, nous I'avont fait dans le d^sir de nout rendre utiles au public. Le nombre eat actuellewent de 17, 4 It. 6d. par jour. j,^. ^ (aign6) S. S. Atuclme, Sup^rieure. L'Hon. J. Doratt, m.d. Intpecteur-g^n^ral det Hopitaux, 8cc. 8ic. &c. N. Rbport from Montreal Qukkbw Hospital, July 1838. Monsieur, Montreal, 15 Juillet 1838. En rfef^rence k votre lettre du 3* present, me demandant comme un des commissaires pour le souticnt des intense* et dea enfans trouv6t, de vout donner tous les r«naei|tne- roents coooemant les moyens pecuniaire* pour le sontien de ces deux claaaes d'infortunies ; en r^ponse, J'ai rhooneur de vous informer, qu'ayant pris conn&issances de la r^ponse que font k votre lettre let Damet de I'Hdpiul General, je n'ai rien k y'ajouter, et que oe aerait abuaer de votre tempa que d'enirer dana det d^tailt, qui ne terait qu'une repetition de ce qu'ellet Tout diieot. Permettes-moi, cependant, d'obterver qu'une institution telle que celle det inientea, ne pourrait convenablement retter plut longtempa tout la direction d'une maiton de fillet, d&jk tr&s-occopes k d'autres devoirt, et pour d'autrcs raiaona qui ce augg6reront facilemeot J'ai, ac. k votre id^e. Sir John Uoratt, m. d., In»pecleur-general des H6pitaux, ttc. &c. 8cc. (tigne) P. de JRoekeblave. H6pital General de Montreal. LII6PITA1. General de Montreal a &tk (ond(t en I753, pour le soniagement des pauvres invalidca destitu^s de tout secours. Les autres tcuvres ci-apr^ mentionnces n'etoieot pas dans i'origine des OBUvres de I'inslitution. Let sceurs de rH6pital G^n^ral rant elles^vSmet administratrices de leurs bient, sous I'autorite de t'Evique Caiholique du dioc^. Bitrn ^u iB^hiSH NOmH AMERIbA. «fi Bien p«u df trmaapti* Mi fondaiiop, cet ^labliMtment k comnmiein }i Mcoarirlet pauvrw wfuu abmdonn^i «k>n, at •oontion^ Alct Noevoir et i en preiklire toin ; raiaile, poor le metira en eut de eontinne'r nne oeuvre aoHi ncfeiMire, et do&t let dipenies dete- noCent contidcrablei, le ffouvemement est preiqne toujonn venu au Mcoun de I'^ubliue- mcnt en lai octroyant on lomniet de denier* pottr le mainlien dea enfanttrouv^ et la Idgitiature a continue k faire II I'Hdpital G^n^ral det octrois d'argeot pour le ai£me objet ; mait le in oint det d^peniet a €t6 pay6 par THfipital O^n^ral. Vera I'annde 1703, le goavernement d'alon a propot^ & oetie eooimnnavl^ de le charger tcnporairetncnt, mail ponr nn tempi qui n'a mu ii6 6x6, du loin dei pauvrei inieni^i, noyennant que le gonvernement fit conitruire, a m fraii, inr le lenrein de I'Hdpital O^n^ ral, un bailment avec dei Irset pour let placer, et pay&i le* d^peniei que neceuiterait le ■outien det diu imeni^i. Cette propoiiiion ayant M accrpt^e par la communant^ dei iceon dn dit h6piial, il a ili comtruit lur leur terrein, aux trait du gouTernemcnt, nn 'ifttiment contenant dei logei pour let intern^, qui ont 6i£ places, tout let toint de la dite cammnnaut^, et dont le gou> vernement et la l^gitlature ont juiqu'ik pr^nt paye In d^peniet. Vera Tann^ 1830, la communaut^, lant renvoy^ let intent^ qoi le Irouvaient alon tout sea toint, a ce«t£ d'en admettre de nouveaux, parce que le b&timent intuit dettin6 a let loger eit devenu vic-ux, mal-tain et iniuffitant ; de torte qu'il n'en reste plot maintenant que deux dam let loget, auxquellet I'hfipital fail k cet frait let reparations let pint n^oettairet pour le logement de cet deux individut. La communauUl' n'a pat entendu se d^clinrger pour toujourt det internal; elle a cett^ d'en admettre dam let logei du vieux b&timent, porce qu'elle a jug6 an'il ne pouvait plua •acnnement convenir & cet pauvret malheureux ; mait eile auroit prooablement continue . i donner tei tains aux iment^, si la l^giilature avoit pu conitruire, lur le dii terrein de rHdpital General, une maiion convcnable pour leur logement, et proportionn^e aux beioins actuci de la population. L'Ho^iital Q^n<>ral n tout tet toint : 1 . Det pauvrei invalidet et inBrmet. a. Dei petits enfant tro'iv^i. 3. Det petites orphelinet det emigr^t. 4. Quelquet inieni^t. Let revenus de I'Uupiial G^n^ral previennent : 1. Dc quelques terreim et b&timents dam la ville, et Title de Montreal et aux environt. i. D'un iief a Chateanguay. 3. Du tra- vail del sceurs qui compoient la communaut6. 4. Dcs tecours volontaires accordes par les meitieurt du teminaire de Montreal. 5. Dei uctroii de la legitlature provinciale, comme il a £t6dilci- 33 „ „ 13 f) )» retir£ de nourrice 1 Nov. - 91 »» >» I. 10 II 11 1 — j> >» mort la „ „ I a » »i i> 18 ,1 ,> 1 ? 1> w » 31 „ „ 1 10 .1 11 retiree de nourrice 35 „ 1 14 » » morte 5 Dec. „ 1 35 » » retir£ de nourrice 10 „ 1 39 >» »» „ 11 Janvier 1837 3 .1 n II 13 .1 II 3 1 »» ,* II 14 If II 3 3 »» »» morte 19 „ „ 3 9 i> »» retire 95 Fevrier „ 4 ,14 II » mort 1 „ „ 3 39 » » retiree 15 Man „ 5 4 l> » morte 59 „ „ 5 19 3.— II. I :;- 1^: ■ rti' ■'•X I (continued) . «,, , f '.^*^-' it" I* 'rtw iiipw s6 APPENDIX ite REPOirr ON TSl AIFAIRSOF Muie - AlesandM Waijf Mmimiii - J ieph - jMMBqptiM ClMflM • JoMoli • Marie Philomcne Marie Joaephto Louis Pierre Cliariea John Alarguerite Jaque* - t Adelaide • Manuerite MwieAdeliiw xviUiam - Dsvid Ridiard Fhilomene Marie Osiaa ct i8as .N«Me 99Sbn - i » « 3«> » morte a Aim » » 7 n » * » H n n ledrt 13 „ n » 17 » J (Hant enooN 10 Oet n nort 9 Mai » 9 >i retirie 7 Juin 16 AoOt 19 » 1 Septembre i> 3 11 : 8 If 8 II morte ig retire le ai y 6lant encora 10 Oct '. <7ombre de Moia et dc Joun ritultant de I'Etat Mrii. tmm. 37 5 18 fP 5 19 •,p 5 5 'A n i •9 1 n « a •1 6 6 99 IB — »i c «9 II 6 39 » 7 ar II 7 "7 II 10 f 91 10 19 10 31 » 10 aa II 10 'a^ II 10 II 10 a8 II 11 8 II 11 la 19 la - It la - - a5a a6 IL Etat des Emtahs ref ui depuii le dit 10 Octobre 1 836, mentioimant le tempi qu'ili ont it£ aux wina du dit HApital G6n£ral pendant le p^riode suidit. MoU. Joun. Jeanne .... reju Iei7 Oct. 1 83G morte le 34 Octobre .836 _ 8 Marie Adele II ao 91 II y (tant encore 10 • 1837 11 at Louis tt 35 «| 11 mort 18 Nov. - 1836 35 Bridget • »9 a Nov. II „ asJuillet - 1837 „ la Nov. - 1836 8 aa Fracnoia Rwit . 91 3 It II _ 10 Elizabeth II 4 19 99 II 14 »» » .. 11 Jacqaes Touiaaint 99 S 99 II y £tant encora 10 Oct. 1 837 11 6 Charlea • 19 9 99 II mort 37 Nov. - 1836 — 19 Jeanne > tt 10 II It » a8 ,1 1, M 19 Felix . ■ 91 15 9) It » 37 „ „ _ 13 Anne 99 17 99 11 morte le 4 Sept. • 1837 9 19 Marie Philomcne II 34 It II y 6tam encore 10 Oct. „ 10 34 Marie Feliciti - It •7 99 19 II II II 10 17 Either - II 'd II II II II II 10 16 Jacque* - It 19 19 dann£ 3 Dec. • 1836 _ 6 Mary • • II 7 Dec. 91 y £tant encore 10 Oct. 1S37 10 4 Jotephine II 14 II II mone 4 Fevrier „ 1 aa Joseph II 16 It )> y (tant encore 1 Oct. „ 9 35 -Anne 11 34 II ti morte 34 Dec. • 1836 I Jacques • William . It 99 Si 7 anvier 99 1837 II * 14 Fe\Tittf 1837 9 >£ai 1 4 10 3 Jeanne II 7 It II y Ctant encore 10 Oct. „ 9 4 Helene - II 7 II 11 II II II 9 4 Susanne . II 11 It II morte 14 Janvier „ 4 Antoine - H 16 II II „ a.-; Fevrier „ 1 10 Fhilomene l» >9 II II „ ■ 6 Avril „ a 19 Catherine II 34 II II „ 8 Fevrier „ . l(> Jean tt 35 It II „ 34 Mars „ a _ Alphonzine II 39 11 11 „ 14 Fevrier „ „ 17 Jerome Eustache II 5 Fevrier II >i 35 1, „ . 31 George - Theodore • II 19 6 10 It II 11 II II 34 „ „ „ 13 Mars „ 1 19 4 Helene • 19 11 II II II 16 ,1 1, 1 6 Marie Domithile 99 15 II II y £tant encore 10 Oct. „ 7 36 J^lorpiierite II ao It II II II II 7 ai ManeAroable - II 31 It II morte 14 Avril „ 1 35 Itieophile II aa ti II y (-tant encore 10 Oct. „ 7 19 Marie Celina Benard • II 33 II II morte 37 Mars „ 1 s Angelique tt 1 Man II II 7 Juin 11 3 7 Marie II 7 II II 15 Mai a 9 Zee ... It 8 It II II 37 Mars „ 11 38 „ „ _ ao Oodfroic - II 9 II 11 _ 30 Marie Clothilde 91 10 It II „ (i Juillet „ 3 37 Simeon - >» 11 19 II mort 35 Mai „ a 15 m 16 17 ai 19 4 6 36 91 35 19 5 7 9 no 30 a? 15 «'■ .: ;.,5^ •■•■••^v,:;.- BRI1IBH KOKin AMBtlpA* t • Ifah. t-n. AaMiMll* ■•' N«H I* 17 Mm it87 nMMi«aA«l . 1137, _ «7 Janet DotoiMb- » «7 ft M 1 « agUm • , , ^ 9 Maxinln - » so „ » ,1 7A»ril . „ _ 10 Marie - • • » ai » II ,1 IS Mai . „ 1 aa Franfoia Patriak ■ H »7 >. •It t „ laAvril . „ 18 Anna » 93 » »> y itant encore 10 Oct. „ 6 ll Marie • . . II «4 1. >t morte 16 Mai • „ 1 93 Marie Philomene II 97 » ft y 6iant encore 10 Oct „ 6 14 Maurice Onrime »l "7 » »> mort 15 Avril . „ « ao Leandre Hyppolite • II 30 „ n y £tant encoiv 10 Oct. „ 6 11 Joieph Vincent - II 30 1. » II II II II 6 11 Auguatine Eugenie • II 31 II » II II II II 6 10 Marie Anne II & Avril » Morte 35 Avril . „ ^ 94 Marguerite » 5 » » „ ijJuillet - „ „ 8 Juin . „ 3 13 Joieph • Mane Philomene 11 7 II »t s a II 10 „ It „ 14 Avril - „ _ s ■ John II la 1. it y l-lant encore 10 Oct. „ s 99 Marie Louiie . • II 19 » tf raorte ag Scntembre „ ,, 7 Juin • „ s 11 Antoine • II 34 » n I 15 Mary - Emilie • II 34 » 19 „ 17 JuQlet - » a 94 II 3: >i „ 36 Aoftt * „ 4 a George - II 19 „ loJuillet . „ a 15 Louis II 39 » If „ 3 Mai . „ ^ 5 Marie Philomene II 1 Mai 9t 3ju»Uet - „ a a WUliam James • II 1 » >9 „ 13 Mai . „ 13 Octave Maximin » a » I* „ 13 Ao(kt - » 3 11 Julie - • II " If II 1, 33 Mai ■ „ 16 Reine II II II fi Avril - » 3 ^ Jacques • II 9 » II „ 36 Mai . „ _ Jo«eph • Pierre II 14 1. 16 „ II 33 „ - » 11 30 11 - n - iS Marie Philomene II II y £tant encore 10 Oct. ., 4 35 Marguerite II 19 II II morte le 6 Juin . „ 19 Margueret II 19 •• 11 y 6tant encore 10 Oct. „ 4 3a Joseph II 33 „ II II II II 11 4 19 Augustin - » 39 „ II II II 11 n 4 19 Marie Anne II 34 1. II II II II i» 4 'I Marie 11 34 » II morte 31 Juillet • ,, 3 Marie Anne II 35 1. t> „ 10 Juin . „ . 17 Pierre ... II aO » II 1. 16 „ • ,1 . 88 Robert • II 30 » 11 y Ctant encore 10 Oct » 4 11 James II 31 ,1, II II II II II 4 10 Francis - II g Juin 11 II II II II 4 8 Jean B'te - II 9 « ff mort ig Juin - „ 11 Joseph - II 13 „ II ■ 1 35 „ - „ - 14 Marie Antoinette II 13 » II II 34 II - II .. 13 William • II 14 » II „ 5 Juillet - 11 . 38 Samuel - II 19 II II „ SAoCit - ,. 1 31 Marie Henriutte II 33 „ >l „ 7Juaiet - 1, . 16 Camille . II 'Z •• aS „ ll II 4 II " >> - 8 Jane II II II 9 » • » — 19 Joseph Leandre- II 6 July )l donnC it „ - » . 6 Sophie - )l 13 H }l y (;tant encore 10 Oct. » 3 38 Marie Catherine II 19 I. II II II II II 8 aa Jean II 35 » }f mort 4 Aodt • » - 11 Damase - II 38 „ II II 4 11 • " >i - 8 Esthere - II 38 „ II II 9 .1 • ■ II — 13 Pierre Alexandw II 7 Ao(kt II „ 3 Septembre „ - 38 Pierre - 11 19 II ll „ 31 AoCJt - ,. - 13 Clemence. II 31 I, II II 31 '1 - • >> — 11 Joseph - II 39 » II „ 4 Septembre „ - 7 Mane - II 3g ,, II .1 13 II ■ II - 16 Helene • II 1 Sq[>t. 11 11 14 II ■ " - 14 Angele - Archibault II i: II y i-tant encore 10 Oct. » 1 7 II II II II II II 1 3 Joseph - Mane Philomene II 11 >i l> mort 30 Septembre „ - 90 II 13 II It II 35 II II — 13 Jean B" - II 33 >i .. „ 5 Octobre „ - 13 Helene - • • II 35 II II y £>tant encore 10 Oct. ,, - 16 Marie - _ - II s8 „ II II II II - 13 Marie Delphine II 30 It II ji II If - 11 Elizabeth II 30 „ II II II II - 11 Edouard - II 7 Oct. II 11 II II - 4 Maximin - - • • II obrede 10 1, 1, Mois et de Jours II II II resultant de I'Etat II. - • - 1 Noi 3"- 39 ' i 3.-11. D i ■1^ l8 APPBNDU^TO REPORT ON THE AFPAIRS OP ni. Stat iIm BatAWt, qoi n'^Unt bIm m Nounka, ont M nm mim du dit Hdpital tout oa parlta du dit ptriode 4u loOctobra itattM lo Oetobn ita?. MMte Olive • Franfoit - Maria Anita EiiMnia - Maria JcanB« • Francob Zoaima Oelppine Anna Agatha Lmiiw .Toacpb Raphael Joaqihte • Janaiy Jean Fhikmiena WiHiam • RoMlia • Ulalie - Samuel - Sophie Catherine Joaephine Catherine Joeeph Ouillaume Jean B" Jacqnea Unule Etienne • Helene - Jeaephte An • Maria Jean B'* - Chriitine • Marie Danuue • Victoire - Mnrie Denit Marcelline Marie Anne Joreph Catherine WUiiam . Marie Julie Ftranfois Xavier Marie Solomie Adeline - Simon Pierre Leon Paul Joeeph Marie Anne Bernard • WiUiam • Marie Marie Tarcill Joseph - Mane Lucie Catherine Marguerite Marguerite Alexis Eliiabeth Franfois Magliore Monique • LouiB Marcelin Michel Marie Guillaume Roae Helene • Jean B" - Mlili JfMffc 1 10 Oct. 1836 y Ctant ancora 10 Oct 1837 | Ifl - » » 99 99 1« — ff M 99 99 It - II M 99 99 It - f» >. 99 99 It — II » 99 99 It - II n 99 99 It •' II n 99 99 '; ** — II » 99 99 Ifc — •1 t» 99 99 Ifl - II » 99 19 Ifl — II » 99 19 Ifl - II >» 99 99 Ifl - II » 99 99 Ifl — II n 99 99 Ifl - II fi 99 99 Ifl — II » 99 99 Ifl - II n 99 99 Ifl - II i» 99 19 Ifl - II » 99 91 Ifl — II n 99 99 Ifl — II 99 9» 99 Ifl - II »» 19 99 Ifl — II i> 19 99 Ifl - II 9» It 99 Ifl — II 99 99 99 Ifl - II » 99 99 Ifl - II »» 19 99 Ifl - II » 99 99 Ifl - II »l 99 99 Ifl — II » 99 99 19 - II »> 9t 99 Ifl - ♦1 >» 99 99 Ifl — II >» 99 99 Ifl - II » 99 99 Ifl — II >» » 91 Ifl - II l» 99 99 Ifl - II » 9« 99 Ifl - ♦1 >» 19 99 Ifl — II » 9» 99 Ifl - II )9 99 99 Ifl — II » 99 19 Ifl — II 11 9» 19 Ifl - 11 »t 19 99 Ifl II 9* 99 19 Ifl — •1 99 19 99 Ifl - I* 99 19 •9 Ifl — II 99 99 19 Ifl — II 99 19 99 Ifl > II •9 99 99 13 — fi morte . 3 Juin 7 35 II mort le . 38 Oct. 1836 >9 If »9 1 Dec. 11 I 3fl II donn6 . 11 Jan. >«37 3 flfl II 99 36 99 II 4 >7 If inort . 35 Avril II 6 16 II 99 5 Mai II 6 36 >i 99 ai II 11 7 13 II 99 a? II II 7 18 •I 99 39 « II 7 30 II »9 30 II »i 7 31 II 19 30 ti 11 7 31 II donn6 . 6 Juin II 7 38 H morte . 33 II TI 8 14 II doiinu • 16 Aoftt II 10 7 II morte • 31 »» « 10 13 II 99 3 Sept. »l 10 34 II donnve • 3 Oct. II 11 33 1 Nov. mort le • 35 Juin II 7 35 10 „ »» .-J Mai 11 5 s6 35 » y lUnt encore 10 Oct. tl 10 iG 10 Dec. mort .. 35 Juin VI 6 16 11 Jon. 1837 y <;tont encore 10 Oct. >l 8 12 ,. .. ») 1 *l 39 14 » >. mort • 88 Avril II 3 15 BRITISH NORTH AMBMCA. Zo« JaoquM - MHgiMfite Alnandn Jmw B" - - ChariM - Jmuim Marie Jotaphie Louia • Samuel • Maria Anne • CalhniM FiMie Cliarltt - Jean MargnariM Jacmiaa - Adelaide • - Addlne - - Maifuerite Davide Richard dapuiek SO » »S »» >5 n 3> II la M >7 II 19 II 7 II 7 » >9 II «7 II 'l II 16 II «9 II 1 II 8 II 4 II II i II ai Far. 1837 n ti Man II II It ATril II 11 II Mai It Juin » t> II If » *» II l« It AoCtt II »l Sept* II f» II II If 11 II » II ft » 6 Juin 1 Mai y iuint encore 10 Oct. Mart le . 8 Mai II a M „ 95 Juin 95 Mai J 6um encon 10 Oct. II II inort le • 8 Aout J ttaot encore 10 Oct. Nombre de Moia et de Jours r£wltant de I'Eut III. Mult. Jtw*. n 18 » J^ II II 91 » II II II It II II It II II II It It II 3 II - 90 - 895 7 95 »9 99 M ^l 16 96 19 16 ao 91 91 98 >4 7 19 93 35 96 16 16 99 15 llECAFiTULATioMa ct Compto do Dfpemcf dca Enfiint Trouvts. II y a eu aux loina de Sceur* de I'Hdpital GCn&ral pendant le pfoiode du 10 Octobre 1836 au 10 Octobre 1837, 43 anfiuw tenui en niurrice qui (toient rcf u« avant le dit 10 Octobre 1836, connne il paraiten I'^tat I. ci-devant lea<^ueli ontform6 entemble, iiraiion du tempi que chacun y eat reate pendant le dit p£ricde, 959 moia et 96 joura ; ce qui, it raiion de 1 /. par moii, forme une lonome de 118 enfiua qui out £te refui pendant le dit piriodei No. II. ci-devant ; leaqueli ont form£ ensemble, & raison du temps au y est ieat6 pendant le dit pMode, 311 mois et 99 jours, ce qui, a rait i. il p^rait en l'£ut aue chacun iison de 1 /, par mois, forme une somme de 95 enfiuia n'itant plus en nourrice, comme il parait en I'^tat III. ci-devant ; lesquels ont form£ ensemble, i raison du temps que chacun est rett6 au dit hApital pendant le dit nGriode, 895 mois et 7 jours de pension, sur le pied de 7/. io«. par annei, a fiut une somme ......... Pour entretenir ces dsmiers enfluia mentionnis en I'itat III. de vctement et de lits &c. Ac. pendant le dit piriode, A raison de iok par ann(« pour chacun • Montant de la dipense pour les enfans trouv6s pendant le dit piriode du' 10 Octobre 183^ au 10 Octobre 1837 Montreal, 90 Dccembre 1837. 959 17 4 311 19 4 515 >5 5 137 JO 9 1,918 9 10 CsignC) S' Marguerite Beaubien, Super<. S' Elixabetk Forbes, dite M' Mullen, Dpst. Etat dea insensis qui ont £t6 aux aoios des Sceurs Crises, de I'Hdpital G£n£ral de Montreal pendant le pvriode du 10 Octobre 1836 au 10 Octoore 1837. Mar^erite M'Doneil depuis^e 10 Octobre 1836, y ktwaX encore le 10 Octobre 1837 365 jour*. Antoine Bailan ... jjig^ ^^ 7.3a I, RicAPiTULATiON et Compte de D6pensesdes Insensus. II y a eu aux soins des Steurs de rHoiiital Ovnvral, pendant le pC-riode du 10 Oztobrc 1836 au 10 Octolwe 1837, deux inseni^g, qui ont forme ensemble, comme il parait en I'^tat ci-dessus, 730 jours de pension, ii 9 j. par jour, a fait une somme de ..-..-.-.... Montreal, 90 Decembre 1837. £.Ti - - (signu) S" Marguerite Beaubieii, Super". Sf Elizabeth Forbes, dite M' M'lUen. Dpst. o. Report from Montkbal General Hospital for ihe Support of Insane and Obphans. Monsieur, Montreal, 6 Juillet 1838. Je viens dc recevuir I'honneur de voire lettre dn 3 du present, me deainndant comme un des Coinmissoires, pour le soutien des insens^ et enfans trouv^'s pour le district de Montreal, et pour rinibrmation du gouvernement de son Excellence, tous les renseigne- 3- — 11. D 3 menta APPENDIX 9 BBPORT ON THB AIFAIRB OP I ooiMcrnaat In moycm ptennwiiM d« riubliucatnt oo Mil* dti inwDi^i ct enfant tnwiT^i. En rAponw, j'ai I'honncur de vout iafonscr qiMj'ai eoamaniquib votr* leltre uux danct dc l'H6pilal GoMral. lont In loini dnquclln le trouvMi on penonnea, et en dnan om promelteni viw rapoMc i« plw i6t potublc, que jc ne manqucni pu da vow Ure parrenir de loite en allendant. Je mil, lie. Sir John Dorait, m.d. Inpcctor-general of Hnpitalt, See. 8ic. Sic. (lign^) P. de Rochtblavt. RspoRT from Montreal Orphan Asylvh. Sir, Montreol,A July \%^%. I HATB ilie honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 35ih June, and beg, in aiMwer, to submit lo you the following statement for il>e information of the Oovemment of bia Excellency the Qovcrnor>gcneral. The Montreal Orphan Asylum wm ntabliabod in the year iSan, under the immediate anapion of the Protntant clergy of this city, who framed the constitution by which it is soverned, and delesated the entire management of its internal economy to a committee of ladiea, conaiating of a first and second direetreaa, a treaaurer, secretary, and a committee of management. Since iti ntabliKhment to the present time, the asylum hu afforded a home to 964 children of both aexn,af whom aitt have bnn provided for, many having been adopted into mpectable familin, and oihera apprenticed to farmers and tradesmen ; during the tore- going period there have died only 30 children, of whom aix by Aaiatic cholera, in the years 1833 and 1834. The financial reaourcn of the aociety brii^ entirtfy derived from voluntan/ cmtributioiu, ita uacfnlnesa baa, of coarae, been limited to ita revenun, which preclude the admiation of more than 33 at any one period. Thia ia a aulyect of deqp resret to the managera, there being no other Pioteotant aaylum fororpliana in the city of MonUeal. From ita foundation to the year 183a the meana of the aociety have been exclusively derived from charitable donations, and an annual aubacr\ption from iu patrona, the epidemic of that unfortunate year having compelled them to increaae the number of their inmatn, '■ they were under the necnsity of applying to the provincial legislature for aid, when u sum of (100/. was graiued them, and ainee that period the Legialature (when in Seasion) has ^ annually voted them the aum of 50/. Tlie mean annual expenditure of the institution is The mean annual leoeipu from anbacribcrs 75 The difference to meet the expenditure is raised by appeals, from lime to time, to the charity of the benevolent, in divera ways. During the lui two yean the society has deeply felt the depression of the timet, and it has only Deen by great personal exertion on the part of the ladin managers that the institu- tion hat been enabled to support its usual number of inmates. I have, &c. (signed) Anne M'Cord, Sir John Dorait, m.d. Secretary, M.Q.A. &c. &c. &c. Memorandum by Sir John Dorait, m. 0., of the Expenses incurred by the Legislature of Lotcer Canada, for the Insane, Invalid Poor, £cc., through the Convents at Quebec and Montreal. ExPENasa incurred by the Legialature from the year 1823 lo 1837, for the maintenance of insane persons in the convent termed L'Hupital General at Quebec, 8,236/. 14 s. 4d. currency. Expenses incurred by the Leeitlature from the year 1833 to 1837 for the maintenance of poor invalids at L'tlopital Oin^ral at Quebec, 7,137/* 14*. currency. Exncntea incurred by the Legislature from the year 1826 to 1838, for the maintenance, of sick poor at the convent L'Hutel Dieu at Quebec, 3,950 /. currency. Expenses incurred by the Legislature for the maintennnce of foundlings at the convent L'Hotel Dieu, from the year 1834 to 1838, inclusive, 9,879/. 13«. 4^. currency. Expense!* Birmv NORT I AMpnmt'* ExpeniM ineamd by IIm Lagiilatarc for th« inkia«Mv -^ «f fetkadliikga a^ o in number, M lh« ooavmt cailtd L'Hdpiud 0(:u£i« ^Sjt, ' ' "^ to October 1837, i«47'< cnrrtnojr. t^wireal, from Oeumm %^kj0 Total - £. I. d. 8,at6 14 4 7,«37 4 - fl«50 6 - 9.879 >3 4 '.947 - - £.30.141 I 8 ourrency, 14 yeaif- /v. .0. — The value of currency in Lower Cwwda i* about 10 per cent less ikup •!*«« «f ■teriing money. (tignod) John Dorati, M. d. - Memoran ovM bv Sir John Dormit of ihn Cxpenie* incurred by the Legislature of Lowtr Canada for ineMaintenancc and Education of Poor, and purpoici of Literature. QUBBBC. Quebec Diocesan Committee, tool, yearly, iVom the period of the Duke of Richmond'* adminitlrntion up to the yrnr 1836. From the year 1837 to 1838 inclutivc, ill /. 9i. id. ourrenoy. Quebec Emigrant Society, from the year 1839 to the year 1837 incluiive, 5,797 {. 91. srf. currency. Sucieti d'Educalion de Quebec, from the year 1893 to the year 1838 inclusive, 7,159/. 171. currency. St. Andrew's School, 100/. t^^ty year for the last eight years, 800/. cnrrenoy. Quebec British and Canadian school, ilntm the year 1899 to the year 1837 inclusive, 1,900/. currency. Quebec Ladies' Charitable School, tool, each year, from 1834 to the year 1837 inclu- sive, 300 /. currency. Quebec Historical and Literary Society, from the year 1830 to the year 1838 inclusive, 850/. currency. Amount of Expenditure - .1 » M W ». M »■ U » M W W ToTAl £. 1. d. Ill a 9 5.797 9 3 7.>59 >7 — 800 > - 1,900 - - 300 - 850 - — - 6,018 8 4 currency. MoNTRIAL. Ladies' Brncvolent Society, in the year 1839 and ilie year 1834, the two years of cholera, 500 /. currency. Orphan Asylum, iu the year 1839, 100/.; and from the year 1839 to 1837 inclusive, 950 /. : Total, 3fio /. Natural History Society, from the year 1839 to the year 1831 inclusive, 450/. £. s. d. Amount of Expenditure I, » s. 500 - - 350 - - 450 - - Total - - - £.1,300 - -currency. Total Expenditure (g-*;^,, £. s. d. - 16,918 8 4 - 1,300 - £. 18,918 8 4 In the above statements no mention is made of the expenses incurred by the Legislature tor the maintenance of the invalids, insone and foundlings, in the convents of Quebec, Trois Riviiires and Montreal, such expenses being separately 'tated. In a late report mude by ihc Commissioners appointed for the relief of the insane, the invalids and foundlings, in the district of Quebec, the Commissioners state there is due by the Legislature the sum of 1,350/. 16s. 4 (/.currency, for the period from nth of October 1837 *° 'oth of July 1838, for the maintenance of ine insane nnd invalids of the L'H6pital General, as also for the maintenance and care of the foundlings of the convent L'Hotel Dieu. (signed) John Doratt, n. d. 3.— II. 04 * >'i "P-T |t AFPEMOIX TO REPORT ON THE AFPAltlS OP — No. 4. — ADDRESSES preiented to the Eahl of Durham in Se|)tember tnd Octo' ^r 1838. AdiliCHof Ibc Dt'putatioat fiviu Nuvit Scotia, Ntw Brumwick, umI I'rinct Edwvd'i Mkiid. ADDRESS pfihtOBPUTATioNi from NOVA SCOTIA. NEW BRUNSWICK. ami PRINCB EDWARD'S ISLAND. To Hi* Eictlknojr the Right honourable JoAm Gtam Earl of Durham, VlMMUDt Lambton, lie. he., Kniitii Grand CniM of the Moat Honourable Military Ordtr of tba Bath, one of Her Maieatjr'* Mott Honourable Privy Council, and Governor General, Vicr-Admiral and Captain General of all Her Mi^etty'i Province* within and adjacent to the Continent of NerfA Awmrkm, fee. Iio. Ac. May it please your Excellency, IN approaching your Lordsiiip on the eve uf our departure from Quebec, we bog unani- roouily 10 offer to your Lordihip the cxpreiiion of our highett respect, and of tlie deep concern with which we have beard of your Lordship's rumoured intention to resign the govemmeni uf these provinces. The duties of tiir nii»siou with which we have been entrusted bv the Lieutenaiit>gover< nors of Novn Scotia, New Urunswick nnd Prince Edward Island, and the frankness of communication permitted by your Lordship, have brought us into acquaintance with your Lordship's feelings and views in relation to British North America, and irresistibly im- pretsed our inmds with the conviction that your Lordship cherishes an ardent desire to elevate the colonies committed tu your government, nnd eittertains conceptiooa calculated to render that deairc effective. In a review of the short period of the government under your Lordship's personal direc- tion, we behold your Lordship, with that feeling so congenial lo Englishmen, which turns with repugnance from the shedding of blood on the scaffold, blending mercy with justice ; while returning tranquillity had already n-warded an administration conducted without the •cciifice of one human life, ami we were aware that improved laws and institutions were in preparation, which, under n Government firm, mild and impartial, gave to the future the reasonable prospect of restored confidence and renovated prosperity. For the provinces with which w are more personally connected, we saw in the warm Interest, the enlightened nnd comprehensive views, and extensive powers of your Lordship, the dawning of vigour and improvement hitherto unknown. With your Lordship's depar- ture, these anticipations will, we fear, fade away ; but, although it should be our lot to see these provinces continue f««ble and nerveless, compared with the condition at which their natural advantages entitle them to aim, yet sliall we ever reme>nber with gratitude the statesman who, exalted in the first rank, and treading on the highest eminences of poli> tical life in our common country, hesitated not, at the call of his Sovereign, with disin- terested teal to undertake an office of unparalleled difficulty, and Iws given to these distant territories the benefit of his enlarged experience and vigorous conceptions. Your Lord- ship's comprehensive mind has opened to our view the auimatiiig prospect of great public improvements advancing our common welfare, nnd which will ever associate your Lordship's name with the highest prosperity of the Colonies. We are unwilling to abandon the hopr that your Lordship may yet continue in the administration of your high office. Unuer any circumstances, we beg to assure your Lord- ship, thii' our most ardent wishes for the ha|Ui'r Eiocllancy to rjtira from the govcmn«nt uf Britiih North America lu a Kreat jpubli' culi n iiy. The peculiar and unnrccedenicd difficulliet in which the aifain oi iiritiM North Amerioa were involved wnrn vour Excellency oatumed ilie government, ought lo have ■eeurcd for ihe acts of your adminiairaliur Excellenoy'a admiuitiralion. Deeply aad immcdiaiely iuieroied in those measures which it is the objcot of your Excellency lo waioi*, we lind uurselves imporoiively called upon at this jonoiure to express publicly our coniidrnce in your Excellency, and again lu tender to you the assurances of an active and lunlial support in whatever measures you may devise or odopt, having fur their object the benefit of all classes of the community ; and we trust your Ex- cellency, undeteried by oppusitiun or inisreprcicntation, on the part of those who are unac- quainted with the true iiiierriia uf the country, will proceed to the accomplishment of those grcbt objects of your mission — the lraiM|nilliiation of British North America, and the advancement uf her general prosperity. (i>339 Signatures.) Aildrsts rriim Toraalu. Irmri B. Liber of rerness ; I of the louncil ; Hngh lembly ^ ADDRESS from QUEBEC. To His Excellency the Riglil Honoorabie John Gtorgt Barl of Durham, Viscount Lambton, ifcc. kc. Hay it please your Excellency, We, Her Majesty's moat dutiful and loyal subjects, inhabitants of the city of Quebec Address from and its viciniiv, considered it as a slroni; proof of Her Majesty's gracious attention to the Quebec. prosperity of Her North American Provinces, llmt it had pleased Her Majesty to commit the government thereof to your Excellency, in whose firmness, justice and integrity w« placed the highest confidence, assured tliui in your hands tlie powers of government wonid be directed to the true interests of ''*- people. With those wntiment*, we greeted the arrival of your Excellency, in the gratifying expectation that, whilst measures were adopted for the removal of ihe more immediate and firessing int^onveniencics arising from the suspension of the powers of the ordinary legis- alure uf this Province, and for restoring irnnquiilitv to the country, — still sufTering from the effects of a wicked and unprovoked rebellion, — there would, under the auspices of your Excellency, be raaturtd such a system of governnieni lor the Canodas, as would re.«stablish therein upon a firm toumlaiion sucial order, advance their welfare and prosperity, airengthen the lies which cunnecl ihem with the parent Stale, and unii^ them inseparably in senti- ment, as they are in interest, with ihe ptiwerful Empire of which they form a part. In the prosecution of the inquiries connected with this large and complicated subject, we cannot retrain from acknowledging with gratitude the unremitting exertions of your Excellency since your arrival. It is, then, with the greatest concern we find that, whilst these important labours are in progress, circumstances liuve arisen which may lead to an unexpected and abrupt termina- tion of your oflicial connexion with this und the adjoining Provinces. We deeply lament the premature discussiun in the British Purliament uf the measures of your Excellency, and the course there taken, tending, as they have done, (o weaken the moral influence o> your goTernmcni, to encourage the disaffected, and to create apprehensiona in the minds of the loyal. We looked forward with anxiety to the period when we should he put into possession of the result of your Excellency's labours, which it was hoped would lead to the establish- ment of an efficient tysiem uf government within the Colony, protecting the rights of all cbissea « 4' Her Majetty'a sabjcGiB therein. 3.— II. E We I kRESS iPH HPIF Quttac. Rtwiutiom from Mootml. 1 AddrcM fiMin KingMoD. 34^ APPENDIX TO REPORT ON THE AfPAIRS OF We arc coof inocd that nothing oonid have conliibnicd to the advantagcou MttlemeDt of ihii grave matter, than the determinalion which your Excellency hai been picaied to cxpreM, that jron would oommanicate to the Piovincei, for their consideration, whatever plan your Excellency may form for J against his administration, to continue in tli<^ exercise of the high functions with which he has been honoured by Her Majesty, and thereby secure to himself the enduring gratitude of the inhabitants of British Norlli Ani?.;ja. RetomM 5th. That the Chairman and Secretnry of tliis Meting be requested to transmit ■ copy of the foregoing Resolutions to his Excellency the Earl oi Durham. (signed) Peter M'GUI, Chairman. T. MitcktUt Secretary. ADDRESS from KINGSTON, U. C. May it please your Excellency, Wb, Her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Clergy, Magistrates and others, inha- bitants of the town of Kinjtston, in Upper Canada, most respenfiilly approach your Excel- lency with the exprcDsion of our unfeigned regret mi your Lordsiii|i'* inientiun of resigning the government of firiiisli North America, to which you bad been calltd by the expreu command of Her most gracious Majesty. We cannot but regard your Excellency's depaiture at this eventful crisis as productive of diiaat'ous consequences to our prosperity, and the rora so, as it destroys the hopes which BRITISH NORTH AMBRiCA> 35' we, in cmnmon with onr loyal fellow CokmuU in thii hemisphere, had cherithed of your Ex- Addraw inmi ocJIency's admiaiitraiion, a* we confidently anticipated that the policy which your Eicellency Kingttoa. intended to punne would be emioently calculated to heal all animoiiiiea, restore peace and confidence m our land, strengthen and perpetuate our connexion with the parent State, consolidate and promote our comineruial and agricultural interests, call into action our vast iMluial resources and odvantaoes, and, by the introduction of the superabundant capital and redundant population of the mother coantry, render British America JBn't.tA in Atct as well as in name. Without expressing any opinion as to the motives which may have actuated your Excel- k.icy's opponents and Her Majesty's Ministers, we take pleasure in assurine your Excellency that the ordinances which appear to have been the indirect cause of your Excellency's reaig- naiiun, can never be regarded as the edicts of oppression or tyranny, out must ever be viewed by the loyal inhabitants of these Provinces as tar too favourable to traitors in time of civil discord, and much more lenient than the criminals could have expected. We beg to reiterate to yonr Excellency the confidence we entertain in your intentions and talents, and we earnestly solicit your Excellency not to withdraw from the government of these Provinces until thete measures (in the prospect and promise of which the people of these Colonies have placed so mnch reliance) have been matured and perfected, (s'gned) Gnrge OhUl Stuart, ll. d.. Archdeacon of Kingston ; Alexander Macdonell, Eps. Regiopolis; John S. Cartwright, Chairman Qr. Sessions, Mid. Disk; Thomas Kirkpatnck, Mayor of Kingston. ADDRESS from COBOURG, U. C. To His Excellency the Right honourable John George Earl of Durham, Viscount Lambtnn, &c. 8ic. May it please your Excellency, Wb, the undersigned inhabitants of the town of Cobourg, in the province of Upper Address from Canado, bc([ leave to approach your Excellency to ofier the expression of our sincere Cobourg. regret at the mfortunate occurrence of ihe recent debate in the House of Lordj, upon the subject of the ordinances lately promulgated by your Excellency in Gour.cil; without expressing any oninlon upon the legality of those ordinances, we lament tbe discussion of thiir validity at the present periuf the Ilritish House of Peers, casting a rcfleciion on a part of your Excellency's administration. Wlieilii r these proceedings tniunaied from a spirit of philarihropic patriotism, or were the oftspring of enviuus faction, we do not presume to decide. But we cannot withhold our opinion, that ihis uncalled lor measure is fraught with dangerous consequences lo the Colonies and the Empire, by destroying that coniidence which vour Excellency had restored, by estranging those affections which your Excellency had reclaimed ; by blighting that prospect which an unhappy people have vainly hoped was about to open to their view. We understand ihai your Excellency has resolved to tuke your departure for Britain on the loth of tiie current month. Were we. Sir, to indulge the impulse of our feelings, we would entreat you to remain where jou ure; but if it be your deliberative resolve, such is the confidence in the wisdom, integrity and judgment of your Excellency, that we would not, if we ciiiild, fruni selfish gratification, stop you one moment on the way. You have. Sir, 3.— II. K a during ^ PH mm^mr m Addntf (roo) Niagara. S6 APPENDIX TO REPORT ON THE AFFAIRS OP daring ihe period of jour midaiioe tmonnl va, acquired more genuine knowledge of the eouDtry and ilt affain than had been colleoted by the Home Government aincf it haa benin a Briiith Colony ; armed with tbi« knowledge, you will return to that august aatembly in which yon hold to divtinguiihed a place; by it you will be enabled there to rebut Ihe fabe charget, refute the falie reaaoningt, and overwhelm with confusion the ignoraaoe of voor political opponeixta. Tell our gracious Queen that Her loyal Canadian subjeots owe her a debt of gratitude for the appointment of vour Excellency, and th^t thev lament the state necessitv which compels you to return. There, under tht protection ojf the Throne ind ihe people, complete that wt ^k which here you have so nohly began, and in which you have been to untimely interrupted, and transmit to us, or may we hopa; personally deliver to us, a constitution' which may perpetuate the firitish connexion, and wul impresa upon our minds the remembrance of yoar virtues. Nii^ara, 3 October 1838. (Signed by the Committee.) ! 'I $ ADDRESS firom the EASTERN DISTRICT of UPPER CANADA. To His Excellency the Right honourable John Gtorge Earl of Durham, Viscount Lambton, kc. tic. May it please your Lordship, Address from the Wb, the Grand Jury and Miigistratet of the Eastern District of Upper Canada, desire to Eaxtem District of avail ourselves of the opportunity which is afforded by our attendance at Her Majesty's Upper Csnuda. Court of Assize to express for ourselves and on behalf of the loyal inhabiunts of this district our confidence in the integrity of your intentions, and in the wisdom of your deli- berations for the firm establishment of constitutional principles in the portion of Her Majesty's Colonics over whidi you preside. We fully appreciate the many and great difficulties that presented themselves upon your assumption of the government, some of wiiich continue IocIok the wheels of your adminis* tration, and to oppose the accoropiis' ment of the object which you desire to effect ; but we have looked forward with confidence to your firm and decided course of policy as sufficient to baffle the machinations of the enemies of good government, and to establish upon • solid and lasting basis, British laws, British institutions, and truly British feelings. We liave learned with indignation and disgust, that a party in the Imperial Parliament have, in accordance with the course that has always marked their public career, wantonly assailed your administratioit, and, with a view to foster and mature the seeds of revolution, that they have been so indusuiously instrumental in sowing both in this and the sister Province, have succeeded in withdrawing a portion of that power which the exigencies of the times and j-our local experience rendered it important for the interest of Her Majesty's loyal subjects that you should hold unshackled, aiid in the ute of which your leniency and mercy have been so prominently couspicuous. The apprehension that the conduct of your enemies in the Imperial Parliament may excite in you (as it justly ought) feelings of indignation, and that the policy '.vhich has been so unwisely sanctioned by those from whom a different course might be expected, may lead you to the conclusion that your means of usefulness have been so far withdrawn as to render your continuance in the administration of the government an irksome and unprofitable task, impels us to urge upon your Lordship a mature reflection upon the importance of a step which involves m it the peace, the welfan\ and the safety of so many thousands of Her Majesty's faithful subjects, and to paub< site yoi resign that imporUnt sution which yon hold, accompanied with the confidence >mi . ucui of tlie loyal portion of tboae over which you rule. *' But should your Lordship frel, that imperati" : <^ut/ to yourself will force you, however reluctantly to withdraw from the eovernir.ent of tiiese Provinces, we desire to assure your Lordship, that you will carry with you our unfeigned regret, as well as our most fervent wishes for your future prosperity and happiness, and our confident reliance in the important aid which our claims upon the Imperial Government will receive from your able and influential advocacy. Cornwall, 3d October 1838. (Signed by i!ie Chairman and the whole of the Grand Jaron, teing thirty-one in number.) RESOLUTIONS from STANSTEAD, L C. Resolutions from At a Meeting of a number of inhabitanU of Stanstead, held in the Academy, on Stanttcad Sunitead. Plain, on Wednetday, the 3d October instant, purauant to a short notice given for the purpose of expressing to his Excellency Lord Durham their vews and opinions of the recent proceeding* of the Imperial Legislature, in regard to his Lordship's administration» and his consequent determination to resign the government of Her Majesty's Provincei in British North America, — Stlah Pomro^ eso., as senior Magistrate of the county, was uiianimouily called to the chair ; and William Ritchie, esq., requettcd to act as secretary. Moved BRITISH NCntTH AMERIOA. 37 I. Moved br Ciolonel W. CkamberKn, and Mconded by Jumet C. Peairijf, esq. R«oIa&Ni» fiom Itenhed itt, After witneasing for m series of veari the development of the reionrcea of S'''n*i«"<'- tK'^ Colony prevented, the energies of its innabiiantt paralised, and the prospect of ultimate peace, confidence and prosperity nearly annihilated by contending factions, national prejudice and misrule, resulting in open rebellion, martial law, and finally the lutpeniion of the constitution of 1791, that, it was with renewed hopea of the most salotarv and bepeficial results we bailed the appointment of a stntexnian so distinguished as his Excellency Lord Durham, to the administration of the government of this Province, armed as he was with extraordinary powers, as we supposed commensurate to the extent and magnitude of the difficulties to be overcome. Moved by Wilder Pi«n:e,esq., seconded by Aksattier KiUtorm, eaq. IU$olvtd ad. That his Excellency Lord Durham, in assuming the responsible aitd onerous duties of the government of this Colony at this alarming period, thereby foregoing the society, comfort and splendors of his rank and home, demonstrated to those mMt jealous of their liberties, that, iiowever unlimited the powers seeiued with which his Excellency was invested, they would be exercised only in mexy, and for the benefit of subject, colony and empire. Moved by S. Steel, esq., and seconded by Fnitcit Judd, esq. Retohed 3d, We cordially approve of the policy and the public acts of his Excellency Lord Durham, as far as they nave been promulgated, which to our conviction bear the impress of wisdom, especially the ordinance banishina the eight sellkjonfeMed traitors, which, whilst it is denounced aa illegal, must be justified by necesaitv, as beins the best alternative to prevent ttie exhibition of the mockery of a trial and the impunity of the guilty, us in the recent case of Charirand's murderers. Moved by C. Bullock, esq., seconded by F. Judd, esq. Retohed 4th, That, notwithstanding the difference and respect due to the decision of the noble Lords, and the specious pretext, " regard for the liberty of the subject," which impelled them to interfere with his Excellencv's administration, we cannot but deplore the fatality which induced them in the excess of their sympathy for a few confessedly. guilty, to jeopardize the interests, peace and permanent welfare of all Her Majesty's loyal siihjects in Canada, thereby diminishing Her Majesty's power and influence in this Colony, by encouraging the disaffiected, and disheartening the loyal, in again exposing tliem to the calamities of uncertainty, anarchy, discontent, and a further deterioration To the value of real estate, at a moment they were fondly anticipating, as the result of his Excellency's administration, the revival of their prosperity. Moved by Alexander KUbome, esq., seconded by Mt.JoKn Chamberlin, Raolved 5th, That while we are overwhelmed in an unexpected manner and mortient, with the extent of the accumulating evils to which we are exposed by this impolitic inter* ference of the Imperial Legislature, with his Excellency Lord Durham's administration, coupled with the understanding that his Excellency deems it proper to resign in consequence ; that the authority, " the exercise of which his Excellency observes has thus been so weakened as to render it totally inadequate 'to the ^rave emergency which alone called for its existence." We cannot forbear most respecltuljy to beseech his Excellency Lord Durham to reconsider this decision which his Excellency had in contemplation, in restoring tranquillity, reviving confidence, causing substantial justice to be administered, temperea with mercy, reforming all the ins.iintions of the Province, and to promulgate those laws designed to secure protection to those great British interests whicii have been too long neglected, &c. 8ic. Moved by Mr. John ChambetUn, seconded by Wilder Pierce, esq. Rtwhoed 6th, That should his Excellency Lord Durham resolve to continue to carry on the government of this Colony, we confidently trust and believe that the support and voice of Her M^esty's loyal subjects in America and Europe, would sustain hn Excellency in his patnotic course, while the press, loaded wiih their remor.etrances, would speedily induce the Imperial Legislature to confer all necessary lowers for the full accomplishment of his Excellency's mission, i.e. to enforce obedience to the laws, to protect the loyai and well disposed, and to punish the guilty. Moved by I>r. C llif, and seconded by I Jer Pierce, esq. Retohed 7th, That we moat highly appreciate the able and jodicioos conduct of his Excellency Sit John Colborne, both as Commander of Her Majesty's Forces as well as administrator of the government previous to the arrival of his Excellency Lord Durham. Resoked, That a copy of the foregoing Resolutions, signed by the Chairman and Secretary, be forwarded to his Excellency the Governor-General, as well as copies to the Quebec Gazette and /ui/.-mNg Courier, Montreal, for publicntiun. The Chairman having left the chair, the thanks of the Meeting were voted to him. (signed) S.-1L «3 Stlah Pomro^, Chairman. Wm, Ritchie, Secretary. ADDRESS m IMP mm mmi Addren from St. Tbcrvte d« BIiJDvill*. Addrert rrnm Stamford. AddrtiH froin >Vbitby. 3» ' APPENDIX TO RBPORT ON THE AFFAIRS t)P ADDRESS from SAINT THBRBSE DE BLAINVILLE. L. C. To Hii Excellency the Right honourable John Gtorge Earl of DitrAam, Viscount LambloH, &c. ^c. May it pleaw your Excellency, Wb, the underaigned, Her Mnjettv'* loyal inbjectt of Britith origin, inhtbitanti of Saint Thereie de Blainville and the vicinity, beg leave most respectfully to approach your Excellency, to express our deep regret and indij^nation at the proceedinn which nave recently taken place in the Imperial Parliament (in reference to the line of conduct your Lordship hat aoopted since your arrival in these Provinces), and the extreme alarm with which we have heard of your Lordship's intentions to resign your hiah commission. My Lord, we are not about to address yon in the language or indiscriminate praise ; servile flattery would be as offensive to your Lordship, as uobewming men, who boast their origin from the glorious isles, whence we or our fathers have come such languMe would not suit the crisis at which we have arrived, nor express the sentiments we entertwn. We do not seek to mask the fact, that one of your Lordship's acts has been considered by OS as highly impolitic lenity, but we have never questionea the rectitude of your Loid- sbip's intentions. Living in the midst of a population which we know, by experience, to be hostile to every thing British in its nature or origin, we have looked forward to the events of tlie coming winter with all the anxiety that our peculiarly exposed condition cannot fait to excite. We remain resolved to maintain unshaken during; the anticipated ordeal, the same active loyally which at the peril of our lives we displayed during the last winter. In your Lordship's upright and patriotic intentions we place unbounded confidence. On all bands your abilities are allowed to be of the first order, and it is known that the powers with which your Lordship has been invested are far beyond those generally entrnsted to our Governors. We then conscientiously believe that your Lordship has the honesty to purpose, the talent to discern, and powers su£Bcient to do what is right. But if your Lordship deserts us in this crisis (disgusto by the unprincipled attacks of political rivals, and the base desertion or rather betrayal of men who prefer office to the integrity of an empire), the object of your assailants will be obtained. Your Lordship will forfeit the glory of effecting the noble objects which drew you here, and we are lost. The might of the British nation, when at last it wakens to a sense of the true position of this country may redeem the cause, but we shall have been ruined. Our anticipations of a coming storm are grounded on our personal observations ; and if in the hour of peril the helm be abandoned, or comniitted to the hands of the incapable or irresolute, what can we hope for i My Lord, to us the emergency is fearful, and if we have transgressed the forms usually prescribed to the address of this nature, we plead in excuse the earnestness of our desire, " to perpetuate the connexion between these Colonies and the Mother Country." (93 Signature ADDRESS from STAMFORD, U.C. To His Excellency the Right honourable John George Earl of Durham, Viscount Lamblon, &c. 8ic. May it please your Excellency, We, the undersigned, inhabitants of the village of Stamford and its vicinity, have beanl with astonishment and deep sorrow, the violent and unjustifiable attacks made upon your Excellency's conduct as Governor General of the Canadas, by Lord Brougham, in the House of Peers, and with equal regret and surprise that the Premier, Viscount Melbourne, has intimated to the House the intention ol his colleagues and himself to advise Her Majesty to disallow the Ordinances your Excellency ihoueht proper to issue. Without en'.erinit into any opinion as to the legality or advantages ol the Ordinance in question, we beg to assure your Excellency, that we repose the utmost confidence on your Excellency's firmness of purpose and determination to do what is right in the affairs of this distracted country, believing that your Excellency had the power and the desire to place the govern- ment of the British North American Provinces on a solid and firm foundation of peace and prosperity, calculated to raise them 10 the hij^hest eminence in tlie scale of nations, as an imporian* part of the Empire of Great Britain. We, therefore, earnestly and solemnly enireat your Excellency not to abandon the important post committed by Her Majesty the Queen to your care, a measure, which we feel confident, would be calculated to produce the highest stale of anarchy and confusion, but to remain and carry on the great and mighty work of 8 complete and thorough renovation of the government of the Canadns. (37 Signatures.) ADDRESS from WHITBY, U. C. To His Excellency the Right honourable John George, Earl of Durham, Viscount Lamblon, &c. 8u:. May it please your Excellency, Wg, Her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects of the township of Whitby and province of Upper Canada, respectfully approach your Excellency with assurance of devoted attachment to Her Majesty's Royal Person and Government. Wt ■,<■■ '"'"-^♦"HRrnSH NORTH AMERICA. S» We hail m tb« omen of better dajt, Toar Excelleiicy's arrival ai Oovemor of British Addrm North America, and have marked with Jeep iuierett the gratifying reception which your Wbitby. E xcellency hat given to every topic of importance which hat been laid before you, regard* ing the intereit of (trong proof of Her Mkjeaiy's gracioui attention to the happineu and prosperity of Her North American Provinces, that it hath pleased Her M^esty to commit the government thereof to your Excellency, in whose firmness, justice and integrity we placed the highest confidence, assured thai m your hands the |M>wers of government would be directed to the true interesu of the people. We refiect with regret that your Excellency has not been granted a fair opportunity for the development of those plans in which we are so deeply interested, anil which you lo distinctly informed the inhabitants of these Provinces, would advance their eeneraJ pro- sperity and consolidate their union with the parent couniry, but ibat when by your own assurance you were on the eve of unfolding your designs fraught with such importance to the Colonies, your Excellency has thought it necessary lo express a resolution to retire from the government of British North America, a resolution which, if carried into effect, will, we are certain, prove a great public calamity. Confiding as we still do in your Excellency s integrity and ability, we find ourselves imperatively called on at that perilous and eventful crisis to express* in a public manner our attachment to your Excellency, our entire reliance on the wisdom of your liberal administration, our assurance of active and heariy support of any measures for the benefit of all classes, and most earnestly beseech your Excellency, not to be discouraged by the unhappy circumstance referred to, but to retain the administration of these Provinces, and, unawed by opposition and unruffled by misrepresentation, persevere in your benevolent and earnest endeavours to maintain the constitutional rights uf Her Majesty's loyal subjects, and place on a permanent basis the security and prosperity of these important appcadagea of the British Empire. In behalf of the Meeting, (signed) L. Hejidtn, Chairman, A. M'Phtrum, Secretary. ADDRESS from PERTH, U. C. May it please your Excellency, Wb, the inhabitants of Perth and its neighbourhood, have heard with deep concern that Addrtu from recent accounts from Enzland have induced your Lordship to think of leaving these Perth Colonies before the close of the present season. We cannot find langua^ to express to your Lordship the satisfaction we felt at your appointment to the government ot the British North American Colonies ; and we still entertained unabated confidence that your Lordship from the enlightened, benevolent and just principles which have directed your public life, and from your great experience in the science of government, will be able to bring to maturity such a code of remedial laws as will restore peace and security to the people of Lower Canada. As to this province, we also trusted that your Lordship's advice and influence would materially tend to remove the causes of that discontent which so widely prevails, and which were made the pretext fur the lute infamous attempt to overthrow the government. Impressed with these feelings, and apprehensive of the consequences to the people of both Provinces, should your L^rdsliip depart before you provide a remedy for the ills under which they labour, we are forced, by an irresistible sense of duty as well as of danger, to im- plore of your Lordship not to leave these Provinces in their present state of insecurity ; but to persevere in bringing to perfection such measures as your Lordship has found the state of the country to reouire. When your Lordsnip has done this, we feel assured you will meet with a reward within your own breast of far greater value ihrin the world can bestow,— a consciousness of having been the means, under Providence, of preventing the horrors of civil war, of healing the wounds of a disirucled community, and of restoring peace and prosperity to this once happy land. With these high objects presented to your Lordship's patriotic labours, we again beseech you not to leave us, but to treat with indiPerence and unconcern the unworthy attempts uf partv opponents to injure or weaken your Lordship's government. With great respect we remain your Lordship's most humble and obedient servants. Penh, Upper Canada, one of the Military Settlementa on the Rideau, sd of October 1838. (141 Signatures.) RESOLUTIONS from MEGANTIC COUNTY, L. C. A PtiBLic Meeting of the Inhabitants nf Leeds was held at Hume's Taven, on Saturday nesolutlons from the 6th of (ktober, for the purpose of expressing their sentiments on the report now cur- Mrsautic CouDty> rent, of his Excellency the Qovemor-Oeneral the Earl of Durham being about to resign. Z. GoH; esq., 1. p., was called to the chair, and Mr. James Burray requested to act as secretary. The object of the Meeting being explained, a discussion on the subject ensued, after which, the following Uesoiulions, prepared in committee, were read by the secretary, and the question being put from the chuir, were unanimously agreed to. 3.— It. B4 Raolvtd 7W '1 ■ Ulff" '^mfrnm^ mmmilllim MffMilic Camly. \ RcMtluiioot rrom Miwitquoiand Royvilb CountiM. 40 APPENDIX TO KBPORT OK THE AFFAIRS OF RH otm i tit, Tlwirthw MmUok hai th* follait eoafidcBM in hit BxMilMMjr Ui* Eiri of Ovriiaai m OovwrooMScatndof Har Majoty'a doBiniont ia North AmcHca, and Uiattiiioe bia BMcellenejr'a aaikiaipUoa of tha goTcmmcnt of ihis Protiace, in the thort iliaee of liule ■Mirc ihaa thraa uonthi, tran<|nilliiy hat baen rcttortd, public con6dcnce revived, and every proMMct of penBaoent fiMceaad good goveraiucDt being etublithed under hit ucelicooya •dmiaitlniioa. JBtMhad ad. That thit Meeting, therefore, viewt with cstrene regret the ambarmtaateot thrown in the way of hit Excellencj't governatent, by diacutaiom had in the Intparial Par* liimeiit originating with hit EsoeUcney t political enemiea — rccklett of the peace and wdfare of the inhautanii of thit Province. Mtmhtd 3d, That thit Meeting, detrccatiDc at it doea thit iiUiroed iilterference with hia Bicellency't adminittratioo of our anaira, unoer verv trying and difficult ciictti3ttanoetr~ and having no preteniiont 10 judpe of the legality of the orainaooet ia qnettka, on which aueh variety of legal opiniont exitt ; it neverthdeta highly approvct abdappUudt the wite, aoerciful, and humane aaeaturea adopted by hit Excellency the Earl of Durham lowaidt the rebelt. Rmohti 4th, That ihoold the magnanimout and patriotic apirit which inaptrcd bia Exoel- leocy the Earl of Durham to vnderlake the ardnout dotiet ot hit mittion and government, yield to the factioua oppor i lion of hit lordthip'i political encmiet, and retign ; init Province wiH again become a prey tc i of arms, ana n of the French with redoubled iie*ty'* faithful [tie inhabitants olemn sense of ering care they rs that threaten 'or mutual pro- full proof of till determined ities which are beloved Queen eslj's Govern- Empire, and to safety of all is interesw of the the imperious meat, woich is iu inhabitants, o embarrass its >aratively small essential to our 3n of voluntary and patroles to each other and and that every The said corps to adopt more Jtdofpeil 61I1, That we gratefolly acknowledge the protactiop of Divine Providance Bssokitioas li« bitlerto aflbrdcd'us in the unhappy struggle; and, doubly almoin the coi^fldwyae |of .a Mi«sis«Mi,snd cause mdrally and politically just, we will cheerfully and fearlessly perform, our duty to oui Ronville Cooaty. country, in tne fltm expectation of the continuance nf that protection. Buolofd jth, That copies of the proceedings of thia.Meeting.be transmitted to.bis Exc^ lency Lord Durham, und to Sir John Colborne, Commander of the Forces, through the hands of Lieutenant-Colonel Williams, conveying to the fornfer our giateful sense o^ his Excellency's exertions in behalf of ihis Colony, and a firm reliance on his administration, which we hope to evince by our steady loyalty, and obedience 10 the laws ; and to the latter, the assurance of our readiness, at any moment to afford him the most efficient aid in our power for the maintenance of oirder and tranquillity in this Province. HespccUTully soliciting their sarictfon and soppou " ^11 measures necessary for the attainment of these objectH. (signed) P. H. Moore, Chairman. A. Tbyfor, junior. Secretary. ADDRESS from BEAUHARNOIS, L. C. To His Bxoellency the Right honourable JoAn George Earl of DurAam, . Viscount Lambton, &c. Sec. ,, May it please your Excellency, We, the inhabitants of British origin in the seigniory, Beauharnois, take the earliest op- portunity of expressing our deep concern and unfeigned regret at your Excellency's deter- mination to.resjgn the government of the Briiish North American Provinces. We, were, impressed with the warmest gratitude to our most gracious Sovereign for the nomination of your Excellency to the important trust with which your Excellency was charged. Weappreciated theexnited and disinterested feeling which at once induced the auumption of that trust, encompassed as it was with unparalleled difficulty. We hful in i^onsequence given to your Excellency our fullest confidence. We relied on your Excellency's acknowledged principles, talents and firmness for the re- establishment of permanent public tranquillity, the organization of new and much desired institutions, and an early restoration of our constitutional rights; and We had every reoson to believe that the measures which your Excellency was actively eneaged in ptiepaiing, would accomplish those valuable ends. Yft cannot, theretore, sufficiently deplore a course of events in the Mother Country, that nut only threatens the destruction of all our well-founded expectations, but may lead to the most disastrous results in the colony. Notwithstanding, we would still cherish a hope, that your Excellency, overlooking all subordinate considerations, and animated with the purest patriotism, would be induced to retain the government of those ill-luted Provinces, assured as your Excellency is of, and supported as your Excellency will be by our confidence, co-operation and gratitude. Under any circumstances, your Excellency will be pleased to accept our fervent wishes for your Excellency's preservation and happiness. Signed by me, agreeably to a resolution adopted at a public meeting held this day. North Georgetown, Seigniory of Beauharnois, 1 October 1838. James Wright, Chairman. Addresses fron> Beauharnois. ADDRESS of the Inhabitants of the Townships in the County of BEAUHARNOIS. To His Excellency the Right honourable the Earl of Durham, Governor General of the Briiish North American Provinces, tic. &c. May it please your Excellency, Wb, the undersisned inhabitants of the townships of the county of Beauharnois, under- standing that your Excellency hus come to the determination 10 resign the government of these Provinces, beg to express our feelings of deep regret and sorrow at your having con- sidered it necessary to take such a step. When your Excellency assumed the government of these Provinces, long-continued misrule had caused a state of disorder and violence in the Canadian portion of your govern- ment unparalleled in the British Dominions; and the tosk of reducing the conflciting elements into order was justly considered to be of the most difficult description. A short time sufficed to convince the men of British origin of all parties, that in your Excellency they hud found a person capable of applying u snlve to their political evils, and of placing the country in a position worthy of its vnst capabilities. . These hopes have been suddenly checked by n branch of ihe British Legislature and the acquiescence of the Ministry, in a point upon which they could not at tlie time properly judse, andthe country is again threatened (should your Lordship adhere to your resolution) with a continuance ot the old state of anarchy and confusion. Your Lordship, we triist, will excuie us, if, in the conviction that, by odhering to your resolution, such would inevitably be (he result, we toke it upon us most earnestly to beseech that you would ire-consider the propriety of your proposed t . l^.tdlion, and in spite of your 3.— II. r justly ^ AMnh frofn BtMkaraow. Addreu from BrigLton. 4« f APPENDIX TO REPORT ON THE AWAtRS OF jmt)^ wounded feelingi, allow thete afflicted Colonies ihr only chance now remaining of coniinninj; appeiidagei uf the Britiih Empire, by contenting to fininh tha important taik 10 uuspicioutiy begun. Should our poor endeavours lo alter your Excellency's determination prove futile, we beg to assure you, that on your departure, you will carry with you our most ardent and sinctre withes for the happiness of your Lordship and your family. (1.14 Signatures.) ADDRESS from BRIGHTON, U. C. To His Excellency the Right honourable John Otorgt, Earl of Durham, Viscount Lamhton, &c. Kc. May it please your Excellency, Wb, her Majesty'ii dutiful and loyal subjects, inhabitants of the village of Brighton and its vicinity, in the Newcastle District, and Province of Upper Canada, beg leave most respect- fully 10 address your Excellency, at a time when everv well-wisher to a continuance of the exitting connexion between these Colonies and the Mother Country cannot but feel great alarm and apprehension, at the intimation of your Excellency's intention to withdraw from the government of Britiiih North America. We assure your Excellency that we repose entire confidence in your Excellency's wisdom and intentions, and view with approoation your public acts, so far as we have had an opportunity of judging. It is with feelings of the deepest regret we have noticed the recent onfortonate and inex* pedient decision which took place in the House of Lords on the subject of your Lordship's Ordinances in Council lately promulgated by your Excellency, — a decision which we have too much reason to fear will not allow your Excellency time to accomplish the great object ot your mission, the tranquillization of the Cuuadas, and the advancement of the general prosperity of British North America. We would take leave to remind your Excellency, that we did hope from your Excellency's declared intentions providing all parties in these Provinces would lend yon their aid and influence, that no obstacles raised at a distance would prevent or hinder the accomplish- mentofthe great object your Excellency had in view in assuming the highly important trust committed to you by our most gracious Sovereign, feeling full confidence tnat a more judicious appointment could hardly have taken place. We therefore implore your Excellency not to decide upon taking a step which mny for ever blast our prospects as a British Colony, but to remain with us while any thing renitiins undone which may tend to the peace and tranquillity of these Provinces, in which event, the kiting gratitude of the inhabitants of Canada will be awarded to your Excellency. Brighton, Newcastle District, Upper Canada, October 1838. (58 Signatures.) A ADDRESS from ST. CATHERINE'S, U. C. To Ilis Excellency the Right honourable John George Earl of Durham, Governor>General of Her Majesty's North American lionies, £cc. 8cc. Address from We, inhabitants of St. Catherine's and its vicinity, in Upper Canada, beg to express to St. Catherine's. your Excellency our high sense of those motives which induced you, in compliance with the request of our sovereign, for our benefit and that of the British Empire generally, to under- take the government of British North America, in a season the most critical, and surrounded by embarrasments and difficulties of an almost overwhelming nature. We beg to assure your Excellency that, from that integrity of principle and firmness of purpose by which you have ever been distinguished, the rigid investigation which you are now making into the different departments of the government, and the causes which have letardcd the prosperity of those Provinces, and duly appreciating, as we believe your Excel- lency does, the importance of these internal improvements whit-li we so much require, the hopes of all classes of Her Majesty's subjects were resting on you, and they were waiting through the present season of difficulty with patient, but most eager and intense expec- tation for the publication of those aieasures which you had nearly matured for the public benefit. We sincerely regret that any thing should have occurred to cause your Excellency the slightest annoyance while discharging your very difficult task, and our apprehension is that, should your Excellency determine to leave us now, your departure, by deferring the settle- ment of our difficulties, would be most injuriously felt. We therefore respectful^, but most earnestly, entreat your Excellency to persevere in the important mission you have under- taken, which we i'ondly hope will result in promoting the best interests* of your fellow- subjects. Such a course will, we are convinced, secure for your Excellency the support of the loyal inhabitants of these Colonies in all measures tending to the perpetuation of our connexion with the Mother Country. St. Catherine's, U. C, 3 October 183S. (413 Names.) The pf.% •^^fl I BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. 4S imaining of lorimt tuk tile; we beg and linctre jnaturei.) ;liton and in nott re»|»ecl- ntinuance of but feel great ithdraw from Excellency'* we have had ite and inex* >ur Lordihip'i hich we have e great object r the general r Excellency's their aid and e accomplish- mporiant tru*t ! that a more vhicli may for thing remains ich event, the sncy. ignalurcs.) i-rnor-General to express to ance with the illy, to under- id surrounded id firmness of fliich you nre IS which have your Exccl- require, the were waiting tense expec- for the public xcellcncy the insion is (hat, {5 the settlc- y, but most I have under- I your fellow- It of the loyal liir connexion I3 Names.) The Th« coloured popvlation of St. Cadierint's moat fully concur in tlie itatimenu cxprcMcd Addrtia from in the Addr«a wlopted by the Meeting of the second mttant, and desire their namM tb be 9(- Catbtrina'b. added thereto at follows. (38 Nome*.) These names have been taken down at the request of each individual, after the Addresa was carefully read and explained to the whole. /no. Mittleberger, Secy. ADDRESS from CHIPPAWA, U. C. To His Excellency the Right honourable the Earl of Durham, Governor General of the Briluh North American Provinces. May it please your Excellency, We, the undersigned inhabitants of Chippawa and its vicinity, hailed with much talis- Address from faction yonr ExcelTency't acceptance of the important office o. Governor General of the Chippawa. Canadas, anticipating the greatest benefits from your Excellency'* known determination of character to act uprightly for the public good. We have heard with dismay that your Excellency ha* been induced, from certain proceedings of the Impeiial Farlinmeiit, founded on the wanton and malicious motion of Lord Brougham, on a late occasion, to intimate your intention to resign the high office committed by Her Majesty the Queen to your especial care. Satisfied of the direful consequences which must result to the whole Province in this determination, we respectfully and most earnestly beseech your Excel- lency not to abandon the high and honourable office of pacificator, assuring your Excel- lency that, without entering into the merits of the ordinance in question, we repose the fullest confidence in the integiity and honourable intentions of your Excellency's motives; relying on your Excellency's wisdom and abilities to place this part of Her Ma- jesty's Empire on a firm and substantial form of good government, founded upon peace and prosperity. October 3, 1838. (,66 Signature*.) ADDRESS from DRUMMONDVILLE, and the Vicinity of the FALLS OF NIAGARA. To His Excellency the Right honourable the Earl of Durham, Governor General of the British American Provinces. May it please your Excellency, Wb, the undersigned inhabitant* of Drummondville, and the vicinity of the Falls of Address front Niagara, have heard with indignation and deep regret the violent and unjustinable attacks DrummondviUe, mac^ upon your Excellency^ admlni*tration as Goveinor General of the Canada*, by ^'=- Lord Brougham, in the House of Peers, and with equal sorrow, that the Premier, Viscou lit Melbourne, has intimated to the House the intention of his colleagues and himself to advise Her Majesty to disallow the ordinance your Excellency thought proper to issue. Without entering into any opinion as to the legality or consequences of such ordinance, we beg to assure your Excellency we repose every confidence in the firmness of purpose and deter- mination to act uprightly for the public good of all classes of Her Majesty's subjects, and that your Excellency had the power and the desire to place the Government of the Canada* on a soliil and firm foundation of peace and prosperity, calculated to raise them to the highest eminence in the scale of nations, as a pan ot the British Empire. We there- fore entreat and be*eech your Excellency not to abandon this most important post, committed by our beloved Sovereign to your especial care and attention, — a measure we have every reason to believe will be attended with the most disastrous consequences of anarchy and confusion, but to remain and carry on the great and mighty work of complete and thorough renovation of the government ot the Canadas. Octo'jcr 3, 1838. (30 Signatures.) ADDRESS from the District of OTTAWA, U. C. To His Excellency the Right honourable John George Earl of DMr/Mim, Viscount Lambton, 8lc. 8ic. &c.. Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, one of the Queen's Most Honourable Privy Council, and Governor General, Vice-Admiral and Captain General of all the British Provinces within and adjacent to the Continent of North America, Sic. &c. &c. May it please your Excellency, We, the undersigned inhabitants of the district of Ottawa, in the province of Upper Add rrss from Canada, humbly bee leave to address your Excellency on the present alarming crisis of Ottawa. public affairs, whicti has orisen particularly in that port of your Excellency's widely- extended jurisdiction which comprises the province of Lower Canada. We hailed your Excellency's appointment to your present exalted station as a grati- fying omen ot the highest public benefit to the Provinces at large, and ue felt assured, that if soundness of judgment, and firmness and integrity of pur|>ose in a ruler, could effect the restoration of peace and prosperity to the land, our gracious Queen could not have delegated Her power to an abler or more patriotic representative. 3.-11. F2 The 7 "t^^" T^mm^ m/mm m Omw%, (torn AddrcN from Kingston. Address from Blairlindie. 44 APPBNDit TO REPORT ON THE AFFAIRS OF The occancncet which have recently taken place in the Imperial Pariiameni, in refers cnce to your Excellency'! adrainiilraiion of the government of theee Provincet, have filled the country with alarm and indisnation ; and we humbly beg leave to expreta our aincera participation in the feelings of regret at the treatment' which your Excellency baa M undeaervedly experienced, and at the tame lime to declare our unabated conlt- dence in the wisdom of yuur Excellency'* governmeni. We have had frequent reason to drprccaie the chniiges which, for so many years, have been constantly occurring in tlieanpointmcnt of Govrrnorsand Lieutenant-Governors in these Provinces ; and we believe ilint n perseverance in this system of change has uniformly tended to render the governuient unsinblu, undecided, and inefleciual for all good purposes. Cordially entertaining these sentiments, we sincerely deplore your Excellency's intended relioquisbment of your exalted office, as vitally injurious to the best interests nnd pro- spects of these Colonies, as well as of the great Empire of which they form a part ; nnd we cannot forbear entcrinining the ardent hope that, cheered on and sustained, as your Excellency is, and will be, by the unanimous voice of Her Majesty's loyal subject* throughout these vast Provinces, your Excellency will determine on remaining tu effect the difficult, but glorious and patriotic object of your Excellency's mission. Oisirictot Ottawa, 6 October, 1838. (382 Signatures.) ADDRESS of the Cleroy, MAoisTBATRa and other Inhabitants of the Town of KINGSTON, U.C. To His Excellency the Right honourable John George Earl of Durham, Viscount Lambtom, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, one of H^r Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Conncil, nnd Governor General, V ice- Admiral and Captain General of ull Her Majesty's Provinces within and adjacent to the Continent of NorrA America, tec. 8ic. &c. Muy it please your Excellency, We, Her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the cleriiy, mngistrales and other inha- bitaniB of the town of Kingston, in Upper Canada, most respeclully approach your Excellency with the expression of our unfeigned regret at your Lordship's intention of resigning the government of British North America, to which you had been called by the express command of Her most sracious Majesty. We cannot but regard your Excellency's departure at this eventful crisis at productive of disastrous conseoueoces to our prosperity, and the more so, us it destroys the hopes which we, in common with our loyal fellow colonists in this hemisphere, had cherished of youi Excellency's administration, us we confidently nntiL-ipated that the policy which your Excellency intended to pursue would be eminently calculated to heal all animositieit, restore peace and confidence in our land, strengthen nnd porpetunte our connexion with the parent Slate, consolidate and promote our commercial and agricultural interests, call into action our vast national resources and advantages, and, by the introduction of the superabundant capital and redundant populutiun of the Mother Country, render British America British in fact as well as in name. Without expressing any opinion as to the motives which may have actuated your Excellency's opponents and Her Majesty's Ministers, we take pleasure in assuring your Excellency, that the ordinance which appears to have been the indirect cause of your Excel- lency's resignation, can never be regarded as the edict of oppression or tyranny, but must ever be viewed by the loyal inhabitants of these Province-i as far too favourable to traitors in time of civil discord, and much more lenient than the criminals could have expected. We beg to reiterate to your Excellency the confidence we entertain in your intentions and talents; and we earnestly solicit your Excellency not to withdraw from the government of these Provinces until those measures (in the prns votre Excellence dc vouluir bien nous permetirc de lui temoigner les regrets siocjtres que nous cause la nouveile du depart projett^ de voire Excellence. Si npriij avoir 6t6 lautomnc dernier en butte & tant de persecutions et de inauvais traitements, & cause de nos principcs. BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. 4< k voU« BxQclwBct, qiM noui n« l« dcvom ile dtt conoilojrtM da noira paroitM, nont lomnn AcUkm tim rcconnoitunce ci le devoir nout obllgent dNivoucr BlalrflMlit. >m qu'lk I'lidniniaUation humaine, laga tl JHdicieuM priMi|)e<> poliiisan oppot^* jk U BU||orile dtt conoilojrtM da noira paroitM, nont lomnct acUkm tnm awinitoaot ti pnUiblvt et Ittureux, w • • • • • k voU« BxMllaBct, q dc votrt Biotllance. Qu'il no«M toil done ptnnit de t^moigntr quVlle icroit nntre joie en apprennnt que voire Excellence auroit chanM tea ditpoiUion(« et m d^cideioil & continuer aon adminiiiraiion, qui ne peut inanquer bientAl de remplir le lout d6«ire, nout voulons dire, la pais et le bonheur, de toua lei i^jcia deSa Miyeal^ dant cctte Province. Ct oMna-noui louicrira retpeclueuiement Voire Irit-devou/'t lerviteurt, (aigned) TimoltoH Quati*!. L, Arehambmult. ADDRESS of the Roman Catholic Inhabitantb of UPPER CANADA. To Hit Excellency the Right honourable John Gtcrge Karl of Ditrham, Viscount Lamblom, Kniglii Grand Crou of the Mo«t Honourable Mililnry Order of the Bnth, one of Her Migetty'a Honowrable Privy Council, Governor General, Vice-Ailmirol, a Cnpiain General in and over ilie British Provinces of North America. It is with feelinn of intense ttgnt that the Roman Catholic inhabilants of Upper Address from Ua* Canada have learned ihul your Excellencv is about to resign the ndininislration of public Roman Catholic atTairs in British North America. They looked ujMin your Lordship's long and conaistent Inhabitants of career in the furtherance of the great principles of civil and religious liberty, and your Upper Canada, gracious declaration, on the assumption of your administration in British North America, " that neither diitinctiou of party, rac« or politics should cause the exclusion of any one from those advantnges and ilmt encouragement which their patriotism hod a right to command," as the cerluin harbinger of a restoration to that permanent confidence and tranquilliiy on which the future prosperity of these Provinces essentially depend. \Ve are quite convinced that it is only by tlie firm cutHbiishmeni of principles such at your Lordthipao ubiy promulgated, that the fuiurn happiness of the people can be secured ; and tliiil it must prove highly dftrinienlnl to the public advancement, if secret societiea and public processions, calculated to embitter and distract the whole current of social feeling, should be tolerated in the very infancy of n mighty Empire. We hat' fondly hoped that the successive efforts of our lute beloved Monarch, King William the Fourth, and of our present lovely and interesting Suvereicn, would have been attended with happier results, and that the virulence of faction wouiti, at their high behest, have been controlled or assuaged. It is therefore with feelincs of grievous and bitter disap|Miintment that we are compelled to announce to your Excellency tliat Orange lodges and Orange processions, which had heretofore been confined to Ireland, and there pronounced illegal — in many instances dissolved from better and kindlier feelings taking place, in some cases suppressed, in others those who have taken part in them punished— nave been established und introduccti into Upper Canada, wliere such feuds, party discord, and aniinositiea should have remained unknown; and that on the laih of July last past, many Orange processions took place in various ports of the Province, accom- panied by threats, violence, and, in some instances, attended with flagrant breaches of the public pi'Hce. We ihcrelore confidently appeal to your Lordship, as one not only distinguished for vour unilurm advocacy of those great and imperishable principles of civil and religion* liberty wliich throw a halo brighter tliuii the blnce of jewels around your coronet, rivet the popular aficction on your Lordship, nnd induce the people to repose with the most unhesitating reliance and assurance on your disposition to prevent such enormous evil, at also on your firmness oiul determiiialon to carry your wishes into eiTcct ; and we therefore earnestly beg ihiil your Excellency, previous to your resignation of the important trust confided to your care, will order a full, strict nnd careful investigation into this matter, so vitally important to the uliiinate liappine^s nnd religious tranquillity of the Province. We have made many efforts to induce the Executive to put down this increasing abo- mination, but hitherto without effect. The Roman Catholics of Upper Canada therefore appeal unhesitatingly to you. They have long viewed your patriotic cITurts with admiration, and thev cherisn the profoundest veneration lor your illustrious father-in-law, the venerable Earl Grey, whose public life has been but one continued nnd consistent effort to prainotc the freedom of tiie human race, and remove those shackles from conscience, which will render his ntiine and memory hallowed by every Kunian Catholic throughout the British Empire. We feci also desirous of bringing before vour notice and attention the charter of King's College in Upper Canada, by \vl)icli you will (terceive that, although amended with a view to prevent ascendancy on the otie hand, and exclusion on the other, the interests of tite Church of England luvo been alone attended to, and that no other |>ersons but those who belong to that church arc likely to receive any encouragement, either in the appointment uf professors or otherwiie. Such unwiae and invidious distinctions can only prove the legitimate source of many diffituliies hereafter, and should be most sedulously una carefully avoided from the first, es your Excellency will admit that the prevention ol an evil is fur safer nnd easier of accomplishment than ita remedy. 3 —II. F 3 With AddrvM Iruni th« Ronimi Cklliolic iNhMbitiinli of Dpprr ('anadik. AddreM iruni ranihani. 40 APPENDIX TO REPORT ON THE AFFAIRS OF With reference lo Ui« cWrgy rnrrtt*. coniidtring iliat w« Wfre 9x^nu\y and dMigutdly ixcliHlMi, by the Acl of 1791, from any panlciMiion in ihcm, w« hava ntolvad not to rmbanraaa iha tritltineni of thai queaiion, by maKing appllcallon foi any porlioii of tham 1 nrv«rlhcleii, a* Her Mi\jeily'i (lovernmrni have cuniiaeratrly and nncroatly lal\ ihaia open for provincial legitiatiun, we cannot but rxpreaa unr nniietl and Arm coavictkia, that, iMtlowing lliem exclutivcly on iha Church of England, will came gan«ral diwoiileal, and that it would prove far more Mtitfactory lo the great niai* of the iieopic, and mora con- ducive to the general weal, were they devoted to the great and benftfirtent purpoae of the rrliffioui and moral inntruclion of the whole people. Wc cannot conclude theMt expreiaiont of complaint, without adding another to the numt>er ; via., that ilie unwi»o ana injudicioui conduct of those at home, who ought nobly lo have iiitlained you, initcud of joiiiinu; in the rniiki of your political and pvrional opponentt, iliuuld induce your Excellency to relinquiili the adininiitration of public nflain on the continent. May we exprcii our fervent entreaty that you will itill continue to nredde over ua, the hope of the Provincei, and the lecurity for their Juit, impartial and judiciuu* government. And your Mnnorialiti*, a» in duty bound, will ever pray. (Signed by ilie Catholic Biihop», and 30 principal Inhabiianii.) ADDRESS from the Townihip of FAKMIAM, L. C. To the Earl of Durham, Governor-Oeneral of the Cuuadui, We, the underiigned ciiixenf of the townihip of Farnham, iind parti adjacent, in Lower Canada, beglleave retpectfully to repretent to the Carl of Durham, that wc are lo ailuated as to have been among the afflicted witneuet of tome of the coromotioni which to greatly diituibed ihit Province during the autumn und winter of lait year. We deeply regret thoK commotions, and, above all, deplore their lamentable issue, the shedding of blood, and that on no small or unimportant scale. With these awful scenes in our rerollection, we have hailed the paternal govrcnment of the Earl of Durham, distinguished ' e consider it to have been by moderation as well as firmness ; and ilroi^a ^"^ ^*n >pes that it woulil be the means of permanently softening down the asperities of | d of preventing the recurrence of such afflicting and degrading events. It is, therefore, matter of grief and lamentation lo us that circumstances should have induced the EnrI of Durham to entertain the intention of retiring from these Province*. We are persuaded that, notwithstanding the»e circumstances, his government would con- tinue to have the support of good and moderate men of all parlies, ond that nothing which has occurred would materially weaken its strength and efficacy. We shrink from the view of the too probable recurrence of confusion anil bloodshed, should the Eurl of Durham retire from Canada: nnd, as friends to peace, charity and good order, we venture most respectfully, yet earnvs fiom Liter.ir> bociely of (jiiiUc. ADDRESS from the Literahy ami Historhal Society of QUEBEC. To His Excellency the Right honourable John George Earl of Durham, Visroimt Lambton, 8lc. &c., Knight Grund Crosa of the Most Hunournble Military Order of the Bath, one of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privv Council, and Governor- General, Vice-Admiral, and Captain General of all Her Majesty's Provinces within and adjacent to the Continent of Sorth America, &c. &c. May it please your Excellency, Six months have not elapsed since the Literary nnd Historical Society of Quebec pvr- forined the pleasing duty of offering to your Excellency iheir congratulations on your arrival on those shores, and on your assumption of the Government, and laid before you a statement of the objects which they were endeavouring to promote, and of the hopes and expectations which not tliey alone, but the rest of the ;iopulation of the British North American Provincei. sanguinely entertained of the beneficai results that should flow from your Lordship's enlightened labours in the arduous and noble mission which you h!\d undertaken. From your Excellency's assurances on that occasion, and still more from other subsequent evidences of the desire which your Excellency was pleased to express to co-operate in the view» of the Society for the advancement of science and of literature, and for the cultiva- tion uf those pursuits which soften the asperities of political contention, the Society derived large encouragement to look forward with increase of hope lo their future progress and prospects under your Excellency's wise and ttenrficent administration. It BKITI9II NORTH AMERICA. 47 It It, th«Nfor«t whh no ordinary rcgral (hat ih*y now approach your Excallancy, lu ArfdrttM I'rmu (aka leofe of yon on lltt orcation uf your inlamled ilepartara from tlio Province, wilfi the Utwary Mocitty of purpoM of mignkng thai powar, fromilie rxervifo of which ihcy iiad alreaily vxptrienccd Qu'Iim- to much of good, and aniicipaleil tiill grcali-r b«iieflu. Abataining Mudlouily, and ufioii principli^, from all iiilrrineddling with iiiaileri ot men: political coiictrn, and drvuliiig their oltriiiion to pur«uii»uf (ciunce ami literature aluiir, the Literary and Hitturicnl SiKitty ntverthclcw could not be inientible tu thu udvuntaKrt which thoie punuiti termed liliely to derive, in no limited mcaiurc or remote degree, I'ruiii the application of your Execllenoy't enlarged and liberal viewt to the general concerns of the province. Thry looked forward with pleated and sanguine anticipation, in common with their fcllow-tuttjects throughout British North America, to a new order of things, tr the dawning of a better and a brighter day, in whtch they alao sliould, at a Society, ^avc reason to rejoice. Nor is this hope entirely foregone, wlien they now present themselves before your Excellency, to rxprea* their regret at your approaching departure ; fur iliey cannot l>ut feel a fN>nfldence, justified by (he encouragement they have already experienced from your Excellency by every public manlfrttation of vuur Excellency'i principles and cliaracter, tliat even whin no lunger directly connected with the Qovernment of this Province, your Excellency will still bear its interests in recollection, and that among tliote interests the promotion of literature and science within its borders will hold in your Bxcellency's estimation no inferior place. Tlic Lit'eruiy and Historical Society have nirendy hud repeated occasion to acknowledge valuable instances of your Excellency's munificence, and of your disposition to promote ibeii designs. it now only remains for them, in taking leave of your Excellency, to express their respect- ful wislies for your Excellency's prosperous voyaae, and return to the land of your fathers, and that you may there long continue, in private liappiness, and in public honour, to fulfil the expectations of your own country, and ihc hopea uf this, in tliat eminent station which you have attained among Ihc stntoiiien of England. (Signed by the Officers of the Society.) -.1 Viscount Iry Order [overnor- \i within ebec pir- I on your ifore you lopes and Ish North low from Ivou h.'\d Ibtequent |te in the : cultiva- Bociety I progress It ADDRESS from PaiNTEns of QUEBEC. To His Excellency the Right honourable John George Eiirl of Durham, Vincount LambtoH, S(c. Sic, Kniffht Grand Crosn of the Mont Honourable Military Order of the Bath, one of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Governor Ge- uerid, Vice-Admind and Captain General of nil Her ^Iajcsty'9 Provinces within nnd adjacent to the Continent of hitrth America, 8lc. &c. Sec. May it please your Excellency, Wk, Her Mi\)esty's loyal and devoted subjects, printers, and others connected with the |>ress, in the capital of tne British North American dominion*, respectfully req'c't per- mission to add one to the very numerous Addreatet which have been presented io your Excellency, expressive of regret at your intended departure from this continent. Your Exrellrncy has already received such unequivocnl proofs of the confidence of the British Nortli American colonists in your integrity, wisdom and talents, that our Address, which can only be an echo of numerous precedents, may be deemed supererogatory. We would fttin hope, however, tlint your Excellency will be pleased to receive, as an additional mark of esteem and respect, the exprestions of heartfelt regret for your resignation of a body of Her Majesty s subjects, who, from the nature ot their profession, have had ample op|M)rtunitics of watching the progress of evcntt) in this Colony since its political horixon was brightened by tlie arrival of your Excellency on our shores. The sanauine anticipationa to which the appointment of your Excellency as Governor General of British North America gave rise, were, we may be permitted to say, fully borne out by the acts of your Excellency, and by the measures which were known to be in contemplation : measures which promised to the loyal and well-disposed inhabitants of this distant portion of the Britisli Empire a career of unprecedented prosperity. !i is, therefore, a source of sincere regret nnd disappointment that your Excellency's [wlitical enemies in the Imperial Parliament should have so far forgotten their sacred and important duties, at to endeavour, by unworthy meant, to embarrass the course of yonr Excellency, in whom the hopes of the loyal inhabitants of these Colonies were centred, and to whom the dettiniet of an important portion of the Empire were confided by our mott gracious t^vereign. Your^xcellency having already cxpretsed your determination tu resign tht government of these Colonies, it would be indelicate in us to pray, with preceding Addresst;,. that your Excellency would remain on this continent. But your Excellency nas already conferred great benefits on this country ; and we look forward with bright hopes to the time when your Excellency, having .'esumed your place in the House of Lords, will triumphantly answer those noble personages who have substituted the gratification of private rancour for the discharge of public duty. And we also, from your Excellency's declaration, confi- dently expect your Excellency's powerful advocacy in the Imperial Legislature of the cause of Her Majesty's North American subjects. Address iruni Printers uf Qutbee. 3.- U. r 4 With 'M^. .M^f *-%i!^- AddreMfifom Printer* of Qatbtc. 48*^ APPENDIX TO KEPORT ON THE AFFAIRS OF With the sincereat wishes for the futare bappineu of yoar Excellencv, and the CoantcM of Durham and fiiinily, ne reipectfully take lea?e, aMuring^ your excellency . that the rismeiDbrauce of vour short tuy in Canada will ever be atsccuted ia our bcarti with the moat grateful ana pleasing recollection*. Quebec, October 1838. (61 lignalore*.) ADDRESS from St. Qeokof.'s Society, QUEBEC. To His Excellency the Right honourable John Oeorge Earl of Durham, he. tu. &c. May it plea*e your Lord*hip, Addr*** fiom ^^ behalf of the St. George'* Society of this city, instituted for charitab>e purpose*, we StGMrn'sSocietv ^ '^** *** approach yoar Excellency to express our unfeigned respect for your Lordship's QtwbM/ character and proceedings in the high station tilled by yourExcellency as Governor General over this part of ihe dominion* of our Sovereign, a* al*o our deep regret at the prospect of your early retirement from a poat which gave mi much hope and comfort to thi* lately distracted land. /I lihougli the object* of thi* Society are purely benevolent, we cannot remain unmindful or indiffero 4 on an occasion like the present to the welfare of the land we live in, or to measure* which tend to sever its connexion with our beloved Mother Country ; we cannot therefore refrain from expres*ing ouc deep regret at the course which ha* led to your Lordship'* return to England. It has been our satisfaction und our pride to record in the list of its members your Lordship as the 6rst of Old England's sons holdi g the high sitr.ation your Lordship is about to relinquish, and as the nrst life member oi the Society, the largest contributor to its charitable funds. While we desire to assure yuur Lordship that we shall retain you, in an especial manner, in our respectful and grateful remembrance, we olso cherish the con- solatory hope that this the land of our adoption is yet destined to find in your Lordship one of it* most enlightened legislators and benefactors,— the firm advocate of all measures that may consolidate its interests with those of Great Britain. We pray your Lordship to convey to our beloved Queen the assurance of our ever dntiful and affectionate attachment to Her Person aud Government; and accept our heartfelt wishes for a safe and prosperous voyage to yourself, the Countess of Durham and yonr family. Quebec, October 1838. (Signed by the Officers of the Society.) Addrcu from Byuiwn. ADDRESS from BYTOWN, U. C. To His Excellency the Riprht honourable John Oeorge Earl of Durham, Viscount Lamhton, &c. SccJcc, Knight Grand Cross of ihe Must Honunrable Military Order of the Bath, one of Her Majesty's Most Hononrable Privy Councillors, and Governor General, Vice-Admiral and Captain General of Her Majesty's Provinces within und adjacent to the Continent of Iforth America, Sic. &c. &c. May it please your Excellency, We, the inhabitants of Bytown and its vicinity, in the Province of Upper Canada, having heard, with deep regret, that events had taken place in the councils of our Sove- reign, which might induce your Lordship to relinquish the high duties of your command In this country, cannot permit this opportunity to puss without expressing our deep dis- appointment at the loss we shall sustain in withdrawing ycur Lordship's valuable services at the present time. We hailed the appointment of u nobleman of your Lordship's well-trie'l experience to preside over these Provinces as an event promising a speedy settlement uf all our political ctifficuhics, and felt deeply sensible of the sacrifices yuu made in uudertuking such a task, at a time when these dimculties were much increased by the prevalence ui' the discontented within, and the cncourageineut they received from evil-disposed characters from without. Our hopes of great benefit from your Lordship's exertions, during the short period of your residence Huiong us, have not been disappointed. We have seen the disafliected put down, peacK restored, and confidenne in trade und commerce beginning to revive, and all this accomplished with the exercise of the god-like attribute of mercy towards the mis- guided. VVe have seen your Lordship's powerful mind lias been directed to the correction of errors, which have crept into the management of some of the most important affairs of these Colonies, and w!i>cli have hitherto operated in retarding their prosperity, while at the same time your Lordsl.ii|t's views have been steadily directed, to draw turih und bring into action those great sourc £* of public wealth and happiness with which these Colonies abound by nature. Under all these promised 'jenefits, from your remaining amongst us in the discharge of the duties of your exalted ^ ition, we cannot fpil to regret the machinations of political opponent*, the desertion of political friends, or ut\y other cause, should induce your Lord- ship to withdraw from that station yousoalh fill. We would, therefore, if consistent with your Lordship'* own views, very respectfully soliiityou to prolong your stay, to bring to maturity those plans which have been so a'jiy commenced, and on which the future hap- piness and prosperity of these Provinces so intimately di pend. The '*)wiN!r:t oqntcM b«t the rith the es.) .8cc. poKi, we onithip'* r Geceral protpect hi* lately inmindfttl e m, or to we cannot d to your iberi your Lordship w itributor to ain you, in h the con- >rdship one sBsuiei that »f our ever accept our )urhain and '. Society.) „., VUcount iliiaiy Order icillors. and >• Province* [per Canada, if our Sove- lir comniand jir deep di»- rible services Ixperience to 1 our political J luch a task, IdiscoDtented \m without. Lrt periwl of Isaffected put |viv«, and all |rd» the mi»- j»e correction lant affairs of ] while at the liid bring into lonies abound discharge of IS of political |e your Lord- I'lf consistent Itay, to bring (e future hap- The BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. 49 The benefits which have flowed from yonr adiniDislntion of the government of these Addcsas from Provincct will iMore to yonr name ■ favonrable place in the fotore history of these Colooies ; Bytown. •nd ■bouM yovr Lordship see proper to discontinoe your residence here, we trust the expe- rience yon nave aequirea hy that residence (short at it has been) will secure for the Canadas yonr Lordship's favourable consideration, while in discharge of yonr important duties in the councils of our Sovereign. With every wish for the happiness of the Countess of Durham and family, and praying yonr Lordship will be pleased to accept the same. (261 Signatures.) ADDRESS from the GORE DISTRICT of UPPER CANADA. To His Excellency the Right honourable JoKh Qtoratt Earl of Durham, Knight Orand Cross of the Most HoDonral>le Hiliury Order of the Bath, one of Her majesty's Most Hononrable Privy Council, and Govfrnor General, V ice-Admiral and Ciaptain General of all Her Majesty's Province* within and adjacent to the Continent of Jiartk Ammea, &c. Cic. &Cs Wb, Her Majesty's faithful and loyal subjects, inhabiting the Gore district of Upper Address from Gore Canada, beg to approach yonr Lordship respectfully to addrew you on the occurring events District, Upper ' directly affecting these Provinces. Canada. We have seen with grief and indignation the attaclcs made upon your Lordship's conduct in the Imperial Senate; and we beseech your Lordship not to allow those feelings <7f disgust or resentment (natural 10 an honourable mind under the unworthy treatment you have received) to induce your Lordship hastily to resign the high powers committed to you by our gracious Queen. We feel that socfa a step would, now that your Lordship has become acquainted with the situation and circumstances of these Colonies, without having matured the various important measure* your Lordsb**^ may have commenced, not only place yonr Lordship in a disad- vantageous position ' 1 regard to yonr political opponents, but would be a great calamity to US, Her Miyesly's . .1 subjects in these Provinces. Public men, of wlw er rank or party, must be prepared for abuse from their opponents as a nutter of course ; and we hope that your Lordship will attribute what has recently transpire«l in the Imperial Parliament to a spirit of opposition which might naturally be expected, and to \»i want of correct information tn to your peculiar and trying' situation. We beg of yonr Lordsliip to reflect how much we must suffer by the delay, confusion and uncertainty of the settlement of our many difficulties, should you in disgust throw up the high powers with which our beloved Queen has invested you for our behoof. Many of us may differ from your Lordship in our political opinions ; but we iirmly trust that, after a dispauionate view of our circumstances and situation, your Lordsliip will see the necessity o, remaining firm to your original purposes, and of proceeding with those measure* already in contemplation ror our benefit. Far as we are from home, we are still Britons, and, as such, we deprecate the measures of those who would so far depart from the true principles of British justice as to condemn a man without knowing the circumstances which induced him to act or to judge of that which he intends to do, without ascertaining tliat which he has done. Whatever may be your Lordship's determination, we beg to assure you, that you carry with you our best feelings and kindest wishes. When you shall have returned to that home where you are honoured and esteemed, and to thnt society you have so much adorned, we pray that you may feel some consolation for the sacrifices you have made for our good, in the remembrance that ;. '.1 leave behind many, very many true heart*, who are grateful fur the kindness you iin^.ided, whether success shall liavecrowned your efforts, or factious opposition defeatcti them. (1,180 Signatures.) RESOLUTIONS from BRANTFORD, U. C. AcRBgABLE to notice,a Public Meeting was held nt the Commercial Hotel in this town, on Monday, the tst instant, at 3 o'clock p. M.,for the purpose ol' addressing his Excellency, Resolutiom from the £ail of Durham, to express our coufidence in his government, and to request his Brantford. LordHhip not to leave his important charge until hi* plans for the future government and prosperity of these Colonies sliall be matured. John A. WUka, esq., was called to the Chair : and Lnoij BurwM, esq., was appointed Secretary. After a few appropriate remark* from the Chairman, stating the object of the Meeting, the following llesoluiions were adopted ; — Moved by Htmrjf Uoj/k, esq., and seconded by Mr. Wa'Au Itmolved ist. That the inhabitauti of the town and township of Brantford viewed with no small degree of satisfiution the appointment of bis ExceUcacy the Kight honourable 3.— II. o the I 'Jpif^ ^^ %^^ m^^mFmmmiim_ Bnntford. 9B APPENDIX TO KBPOET ON TUB AWAIHS OF a» brl of Dariumi to thepoot of Govenor General Mid High ConaMoner over Her ■JeeH't North Ameriam Goloniea, eiid of hie urrival among xu with ample powen to cAet the keiic6eent inteniiootof hit Sofeieign towardi Hertramathmtie tabjeeti, — powen e fSrit amred could be confided to no penooage mora experienced and tnttworthy. Moved by Mr. fFiV/una F. Wallace, and Mcondcd by f. T. Wilkm, etq. Reiohed sd, That theie feeliojp uf gratification and confidence were more than jiu- tified by the prudent, manly and impartial ec te adopted by his Excellency towards all parties under his goTemment, and by the ' goal success that had alrendy attended his endeavours to disarm the hostility of oob "g faetiona, and of the citizens of a neigh- bonrine Republic, and, by a wise bn." conci x>licy. to create, in even the most uncom- promismg of his opponenta, in both tlie Ck. , • dispoaition to aflmrd to Ma Excellency's condact in his high vocation a fair and candid trial. Moved by Lewi* BtmoeO, euf., and seooaded by Mr. Hemy F. Fmf. Reiohed 3d, That we lament with feelinn cf deep regret the recent conduct of cert?in noble Lords in the British PBrliameiit, in rererence to the F>irl of Durham's adminiatration; we cannot but be sensible that such a course of conduct h caknihted to distract the minds of Her Miyeaty's kubjects in ihcbc Colonies, to ferment a spirit of animosity and discord both at borne and in the Colonies, which will not easily be subdued, unlot the noble Lord DOW at the head of the government of British America ia left to mature and bring into action the enlarged plans he has now in view for the future government and proaperity of these Colonies. Moved by F. T. WiOies, esq., and seconded by Mr. JoAa W. Domu, Reiolved 4th, That Messrt. Moyle, Ross, Watts, Fay, F. T. Wilkes and Burwell be appointed a committee to draft an Address, founded on the foregoing Resolutions, sohcit- ing his Excellency the Earl of Durham to continue bis administration of the government orBrilish Korth America, and that they also circulate the Address for sigiMtures. Moved by Mr. WilKam F. Wailace, and seconded by Mr. WilHam C. Rote. Steohed 5th, That the Chairman be requested to transmit the Address to his Excellency the Earl of Durham as soon at it shall be signed. After the usual ceremony of a vote of thanks being ^ ren to the chairman for hit aUc conduct in the chair, the Meeting broke up. (signed) J. A, Ifittei, Chairman. Lewie Burwell, Secretary. LETTER from Archdeacon StrachoM to the Hon. Cluark$ Bulkr, Chief Secretary, fcc. 8ic. Honourable Sir, Toronto, Upper Canada, 9o Sept. 1838. Letter from Arch- Tiif. intelligence received tkit morning of the proceedingt of the House of Lonis haa deacon Strachan to filled u& with consternation leit the dishonourable, and unjust treatment which Lord Durham the Hon. Charles has received, should have the disatirout effect of inducing that higb-minded and talented Boiler. nobleman to letuin to England There are not, I am sure, ten honest men of reflection in the Canadas who do not con- demn tliis shameful and unculled-for interference with the Qovernor General's .-idminisira- tion ; and ihe prevailing opinion seems to be, that his Lordship will immediately take his departure. My opinion is diiTerenl ; Lord Durham i.as undertaken a mission the most important, perhaps, iliat ever was entrusted to a iiritish subject; the greater the difficulties, and the more nnmc.ous ilie impediments thrown in his way by factious opposition, the brighter hit glory in its successful accomplishment. Nothing has happened which might not have been auticipaled; it was foreseen that his Lordship's political opponents would take pleasure in troubling and traducing him, and certainly no event would gratify them more than his Exodlency's resignation ; but it is a gratification which, I trust, they will never taste. I persuade myself thot Lord Durham will treat with contempt those miserable attacks which disgrace their authors, and pursue, to its termination, the great object which brought him to Canada, and in the success of which, the happiness of millions depend. With what noble dignity and honoural le pride will hia Lordship face and confound hi* enemies on his return next spring as the |:''">ficator of the Canadat ! I freely confess that the course which I most earnestly pray that ins Lordship may adopt requires great forbearance and sacrifice of feeling ; but for these a greitt statesman must ever be prepared, and they will greatly enhance inc victory which hit Excellency is sure to obtain. They will place him on a political eminence that shall make his opponents dread, rather than, as now, exult in his return. I beg to apologise for this intrusion, and yet I mistake Lord Durham's generous and lofty beating, if a frank expression of my feelings at this crisis be taken uukiudly. Then ' BRITISH HOIVrH AMERICA: || Tbcnt it, perbapt, ao BMin better kaowB-tliM I am in dw two Praviacct, or who h« nofe influence with the mpectable portion of the oooHmMiity, for I havo friearfa aid papilt Mattciad tbiougb the whole coaniiy; I have, therefere, good meant of aicaMaining the MOtiflMnte of thoee whom opinioo* are the moat vainable, and I feel coBTinood that the onirage oCcied to hi» Lordrhip will unite them more itrongly than ever in hi* favour ; iot lien it has already produeed a general burst of indignation. I have only to add, that it will be a pleasure to me to oontribote every thing in my power to the prosperous iHue of Lord Durham'i adminitlration ; and if Mr. Pitt conitidefed tha conititntioo which be conferred upon the Canadat one of the glorie* of hit life, what •dory most redound to the etatnaan who give^ a free constitution to the British North American Cdoniea, and, by consolidating them iato one territory or kingdom, exalts them to a nation acting in unity, and under the protection of the British Oovemment; and thua not only insurine their happiness, but preventing for ever the sad consequences that might arise from a rival power getting possession of their shore*. I have the honour to be, lionourable Sir, With great respeet. Your most obedient, humble servant, John Strackm, Letter ftum Arch* dsaasa ttracksB to tba Usa. Charles BuUsr. ADDRESS from the House of Assembly of NEWFOUNDLAND. To the Right honourable the Earl of Durham, Governor-General of the Briti$k North American Colunics, Ac. 8ic. 8lc. We, Her Majesty's loyal subjects, the Gommona of Newfoundhmd, in General Assembly Address firam the convened, appnwch your Excellency, to give expression to our sincere respect for yoor M?"** tj^f^^ Excellency's nigh chanwter, as well as to convey to your Excellency our unanimous and of NewBunoUnd. unqualified approval of the public acts of your Excellency during the period yon have filled the sution of Her Majesty's Viceroy over the British North American Provinces. In common with all the people of all the North American Coloniea, we hailed your Lordship's appointment to the nigh oflBce at the present crisis in Colonial government with hope and conhdence, convinced that your Lordship was the individual, above all others, most competent to calm the stormy waves of public agitation, allay the kindling flames and angry strife of contendine parties, by removing such defects from the local constitu- tions of the Colonies, as would make them move in harmony with the wants and wishes of the people, cement the connexion with and bind the Colonies to the parent Oovemment, by tue eternal bond of kindred aflections and mutual inierests, and lay the foundation of Her Majesty's throne in the hearts of her people. So fuHy were we impressed with the advantages already derived from your Lordship's eovernment, that we consider it our duty to convey to Her Majesty, in an humble and dutiful Addrew, onr grateful thanks for Her great anxiety to promote the general inteiestt of Her North American Colonies, and to secure their permanent connexion with the parent State, evinced by plaoing over them a nobleman so competent to detect the defects m the existing; constitutions of the Colonies, and heal the distractions of their people, as yoor Lordship. How great, then, must our disappointment be, after havins onr hopes raised to the h!|hest pilch of expectation, to find your Lordship arrested in tlie execution of your mag- nificent design to form these vast Provinces into an integral part of the Unitetl Kingdom by the mean and selfish intrigues of contending factions, ever ready to sacrifice the best interests of the Empire to their lust for power, it may appear presumptuous in the House of Representatives of this remote and long-neglected Colony to pass an opinion on the acts and proceedings of the most powerful assembly in the universe; yet we cannot but express our deep regret that any measure should meet the sanction of the Imperial legislature, by which our Mst interests are sacrificed, and our opinion that their acts, in reference to your Lordship's miuion, have been most injurious and ohjectioiinbie. They would scarcely be tolerated in the wildest democracy, and could only find a parallel in the petty jealousies of the small oligarchies and ari>:-<.-.-:s?!':s thut had arisen in the middle ages, or in what may be called the " paltry raffle of ooltmiul faction." Your Lordsliip sailed from Euuland, bearing with you at ttie same time the confidence of your Sovereign and that of tne British people. Your object was to rensstablish the dominion of your Royal Mistreu in distant Provinces that had risen in resiatance to bet power. Slie invested yon with all Her aathority ; Her unconquered armies. Her invincible fleets were placed under yonr command. Instead, however, of raising your trophies on the ensanguined fields of civil strife, on a country desolated, on inhabitants flying from their flaming villages, on faiiers torn from tlieir children, and wives from their husbands; instead of following the example, which, alas! history presented to your view, and taking advantage of the dreadful calm that follows an unsuccfisful civil war, tc immolate your hecatombs of human victims at the shrine of angry and offended power ; yours, my Lord, were not such laurels. Your Excellency's friends in the Briiikh Senate, to oppose a factious opposition, could nn: fling on their table the blood-stained trophies of a Cannm; boast of the military triunphs and cmelties of an Alva; but they could do no more. They could hold up your illustrious example m an exception to the precedents in the history of 3. — II. Q 2 unlimited 1 6« ■ « APPENDIX TO REPORT ON THB AFFAIRS OF AdditH ftttm tha oalimitod power ; tbey could nv that yon not onlj conquered, bnt that 700 annihilated Her HoaM of A iw wbly Blajeaty'a encnie»— yon made niendt of then. «f Newfbundlaad. por reuona which have not been yet explained to ui, the repreacntativea of ihia Colonj hid not tin opportunity of meetinK your Lordship at the amt of your govcmuient, in oom> pany with the deleft. *-• from the utter Coloniet; yet, notwithatanding, we retted in perfiMt aceurity. having unbounded conBdence in your Lordihip, that in any meatoret intended fSir tht general benefit of the North American Coloniet, the particular uteretu of thit moit aneicnt and valuable Colony would not be neglected. We have obterved, with unmixed tatitfaction, the repeatedly expretted opiniont of youc Loidahip, not onfy of the pouibiliiy, but of the practicability of pcnnaneotly uniting tiiete Proviocet with the parent State. In tbeae opiniona we fully participate, and we tee no good reason why Newfoundland and the other Provincet ahould not form a part of the United Kingdom at much at Yorlithire, Edinburgh or Cork. And we again beg to atture vour Lordthip, that though we thall long regret the unhappy circumttancct that nave canted hopet thus ardently conceived to be to tuddcniy blighted, yet we are not without hope that, though your Lordtbip't views and our hopet have been frasirated, the knowledge that your Lordthip hot acquired will be of latling advantage to ut in another place. Houte of Attembly, October 35, 1838. (tigned) Will. Carwn, Speaker. Scotia. — N0.6.— LsTTBB from Mr. William Young on the State of Nora Scotia. My Lord, Quebec, 30 September 1838. Letter from Mr. I" tbe several interviews with which my attociatea and mvtelf have been honoured [lince WiUiiun Yooog on our arrival in Quebec, frequent allution bat been made to trie revenue and expenditure of tbc State of Nova Nova Scotia, the compotition of the two councils lately organised, and the eviit that are complained of in the adminittration of her public affairt. The tialement annexed to the joint communication which we addretied yetterday to your Lordthip on the main object of oor miuioo, contains a general and prettv accurate account of the lourcet from which the revenue of the provincelt derived, and tlie mode in which it it expended ; and I feel that it is a duty I owe to my conttitnentt and to the liberal or popular party with whom I usually act in the Assembly, to avail myielf of this opportunity of placing before your Lordship '.n writing, in a more distinct and permanent form than a mere verbal com- munication, me principal grievances which the great majority of the people anxiootly detire to be r -formed. There are tome well-informed and upright men in our province who ridicule t'le idea of there being any grievances with at, and dittrutt the party who have proclaimed ih>'ir existence, and aim at their redress. If those who deny thai there are grievancet, mean only to say, that there are none of tuch magnitude at ihunld render the people discontented with their condition, or disturb, even for an hour, ihetranquillity of the government, I concur wiih them 10 the full extent. Abuiet in Nova Scotia have never reached the tame irritating or fearful height whicii we have witnetsed in other provincet. The aubtiantial bletsingt of an enlightened, and, upon the whole, an impartial and upright adminittration of the law, of perfect freedom of conscience, and the unlettered exercise of See Joumals of 1838, fol. 445. industry, of the absence of oppression in every form, have been long enjoyed by us, and have doubtless largely contributed in fostering that ardent attachment to the British Crown and inatitntions, which may be fairly said to be an universal feeling. I know not of a single individual of influence or talent, who would not regard n severance of our connection with the mother country, and our incorporation, which would noon follow, into the American Union, with its outrages on property and real freedom, its growing democratic spirit and executive weakness, as the greatest misfortune that could befall us. Let not your Lordship, then, or the British Ministry, be misled into a belief, that there is any pariv in Nova Scotia which does not reverence the name, and would not uphold, at every hazard, the supremacy of England. True, we ndniire the enterprise, activity and public works of the United States, and would wish that they were more largely imitated in our own possessions ; but the people of Nova Scotia have no desire to purchase these or any other advantages, by deserting their constiiution. They do, liowever, desire thai our public affairs in tome respects should be more economically and wiselv managed : and it is to tliese that I have now respectfully to inperfiMt intended this most M of jouc ting tMM e no good he United inhappv ilightM, eunh f blighte hiive been vantage to SpeHker. Iier 1838. Dorcd (since lenditure of ii* that are lexed to the in object of n which the I I feci that ith whom I ;ing before verbal com- e anxiontly iir province ty who have at there are render the loillityofthe have never provinces, [and upright exercise of by us, and . ritish Crown It of a single lection with American spirit and |ir Lordship, [ova Scotia supremacy pitMl Stales, Ins ; but the \y dfterting keels should Irespectfully complained an the nay- lucea the e, though a Ihly settled. |e of other ' among ut, tiic Home Jroportioned Is, and ever Tho used to ■ e increased Ipaying the kvlioie pro- ceeds. "J- BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. 5S cMdt. Upwatdi of 100,000 nerM of land have been told tinoo 1831, and abont 7,700/; ^adar rmm Uh leceired, of which only 1^47/., at near at I ean conpnte it, and that for the mott part ill wiUiam Yaoacoa the latt year, haa been paid into the cainai revenue. This, however, it but a tnall portion the State ofNova of the evik Themnng men of the colony, nnable to poiwate the wild landa on the tenni Scotia. now impoted, and who wonld oontiitutc our mott valuable and hardy acttlert, are leaving joanakof iSa? nt by hmdredt, and the clearing and improvement of the country U greatly retarded. I ib. tog, rejoice, thereibre, that your Loidthip eontemphtet a thorough change of the tyiten, and fei*. 1838. App. look to it with confidence and hope, at one of the mott important oenefitt that will flow foL 184. from your adminittratlon. Secondly. The opprettive and ayatematic encroachmenta of the Americana upon onr fitheriea have attracted oniveraal attention, and exasperated all clasaet. It wonld be vain for me to attempt a discnaaion of thia extensive subject, which haa already engaged your Excei- lency't notice. The quettion it exomined in all itt bearingt in a Pamphlet which I had the nonour of tending to Colonel C. Couper, with the Jonmali and other docnmenit referred to in ihii letter, and your Lordthip will find a great body of facu collected by a committee of the Attembly in 1837, ■"<' mnexed to their report, which fully etiablithea the reality and extent of injuriea done to our neople by foreign aggretaort. Thirdly. The expente of our customs' ettablininent it regarded at a teriout evil. Previout to 1 8a6 the principal officers were paid by feet, and enjoyed very large inoomet. When thete were abolished, a proposition wat made to our legislature to grant an annual sum towardt the maintenance of the establishment, whicli wat accordinaly done by the Act to Geo. 4, c. 31 , in contideration of the abolition of the fee*, and of the benefit which the remove', of the former burthensome rettrictiont would confer on the general commerce of the province. The Assembly of that day, however, is usually aupposed to have made an improvident bar^ gain, such as the present Attembly, I am ture, would never have yielded. Tiny granted in perpetuity for the tupport of the customs' establishment no leu a sum than 7,144 /. 1 8 «. 9 d. Prov. Lawi, vol. 4, currency, payable out of the Imperial duties. Betidea thit large amount, the ettablith- fol. 57< ment, at I have already mentioned, exhautta the whole of the Crown duties, which are underttood to yield about a,50o /. currency. The estabiithment cotts us, therefore, nearly, if not quite, 10,000/.. and it collects about i j/mo/. worth of dutiet. Tlie talariet are, many of them, enormout, and the colonial revenue it collected by a dittinct department, whicn might eatily be ditpented with, at an annual charge, including the committion of 15 per cent, paid m the out-ports, of about 3,500 /. The duties of bioth departments might be aa efficie'illy, and with more convenience to the merchant, fulfilled by one, at an annual expens'j of about €,000 /. So that in this single item a saving is quite practicable, with the approval and sanction of the British Government, of 6,500/. a year— n sum nearly equiva- lent to all that the legislature can bettow on itt favourite object, the intellectual aud moral improvement and edncation of the people. Fourth. Ttie Assembly has long been solicitous that every port in the province where there is a custom-house officer, should be declared a free port. The {present tyttem fosters the illicit trade which so injuriously affects our revenue, and cripples the activity of our foreign commerce. The Assembly have declared that they can see no reason to fear an equal open competition between the industry of their constituents and that of any other nation, and have earnestly petitioned the Home Government, and supported the applica- tion by very cogent arg;umenit, that every port where a custom-house officer is stationed may be permitted to enjoy the privileges of a free port. Fifth. The emoluments and salaries of some of the officers of government, not under the control of the legislature, are disproporiioned to the means of the colony, and engender habltfi of expense which re-act upon the manners of the neople, and hinder the accumula- tion ot uipital. Tlie secretary ot the province has 1,000 (. sterling a year out of the casual revenue, end holds besides the lucrative office of registrar of deeds. I will not undertake to state the amount of his income ; but it is plain, that it far exceeds what any officer should derive from the public funds of a young and comparatively poor colouy. The opinion is gaining eround, and I entirely concur in it, that none of our public omcers, even the highest, witii the exception of the Governor, should have more than 1,000/. currency a year, and that none, except two or three of tlie highest, should receive more than a puisne judge. Connected with this subject is an unhappy question still open, and which all men must anxiously desire to have finally adjusted. Certain fees have been taken by our Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court, under an old ordinance of Council, which the Assembly have repeatedly attacked as illeg.il. On the strict conttitutional ground 1 have no doubt they are so, though I admit that much is to be said, and plausibly and forcibly said, by the advocates of the fees. They amount, on an average, to about 500 /. a year, and, for the sake of this sum. and the principle it is supposed to involve, we have the painful and singular anomaly of a court, highly respected for integrity as well as talent, exacting fees which the representatives of the people have denounced at contrary to law. For my own part, in consideration of these fees having been received for half a century, and, till of late years, with the implied acquiescence at least of the legislature and people, I would be wiliine to commute them by a reasonable allowance to the present Chief Justice and Judges. At one time, I think, the Assembly would have granted such a commutation ; but nothing, I am convinced, would induce them to it now. In the debate of last session on the civil list, the majority offered, in exchange for the casual and territorial revenue, to grant permanently to Her Majesty the following salaries : To the Lieutenant-governor during his continuance in office, 3,000/. sterling per annum ; and to any future Lieutenant- governor, 2,000/.; to thepreseutChief Justice, 850/. sterling per annum, without fees, during 3.--II. 03 '''• f/ .^ M APPENDIX TO REPORT 09 THR AFFAIRS OF LtUtr fram Mr. WUltaiYoM«M Uw Malt of No«« Scotw. bb oMitiaaMice in oflee; nd to aoy AitaM Cbitf Jimioe, 790 1, itoiling ; aod to each of the Aitktut J««licM of the Supreaie Ooortj 500 1. Uerling, without foe*. They reeotved ■Jm. that the profUioMibrthe Attorney «od aoiieitor General, aad lacretarjr or the pro> viace, thoukl he made by annaal vote*, a point on which I dilierad bum then for the mum fCOMMM that an pat M foicibly in tlM Report of the Canada C!onnii«ionera. I diink it iiKht alio ..> add, that I voted against the Ant ReaohMioo, aa I feared it micht defeat the pfopowd leltlenent, and ihoacbt tlie laJariea aoawwhnt lower than they on^t to be. Sixth. The m^ority of the Houae of Auembiy u diiaatiafied with the oomposition of the Execniive and Legislative Counclli, and the preponderance in both of wleretia whieh they conceive to be uniavourable to reform. Thia la the tme gionnd, aa I take it, of the diaeon- tent that is felt. The respectability and private viHaca of the gentlemen who ait at the two Conncil Boarda are admitted by all; it is of their political and personal predilections that the people complain. They desire reforming and libcraiprinciplea to be more fully represented and advocated there, as they are in the Assembly. Tne nuuority of the Hoaae,>rhile they appreciate and hnve acknowledged the anxiety of his Excellency the Lieutenant. governor to gratify their just expectations, have aku expreased their diaaatiafection that the Gbnroh of England should have been suffered 10 retain a majority in both Coandls, notwiutandinc the remctstraocea of the House, and the preciae and explicit directiona of the Cdonid Secretary. Religiona diiaensions are liappily unknown among ns, and the true way to prevent their growth and increase, is to avoid conferrinir an inordinate power on any on* sect, however worthy it may be of respect or favour. The argument in the Address of last session on this point appears to me irresistible. I havereapeetfully to invite your Lordahip'a consideration also of the Addrem passetl by the House in the seuton of 18^7. These documents are the authentic and deliberate expositions of the views entertained by the Assembly, and touch on most of the questions I have referred to in this tetter. Had it not extended to such length, I would have been glad to introduce aonw reraarka also on the jurisdiction and practice of the Admiralty Cuurl, which will soon become an intolerable Srievance, as some alreadv consider it to be, and on the inanaeement of the post-office, and le Act which was passed during tlie last session, and which will save us, if it go into operation, about 1,000 f. per annum. There are other reforms demanded in our locafaffiiirs, particularly in the excessive number of our common-law judges and courts, and the want of an effective and easy appeal from our other tribunals, with which I shall not trouble your Lordship, as they are within the power of our own legislature. The reforms I have taken the liberty of urging depend, for the most part, on the British Government, and I earnestly hope that they will commend themselves to your Lordship's approval. An intelligent and powerful mind cannot fail to discover their substantial justice, and the high sanction of your Lordship would g'ealty assist us in our endeavours to accomplish them. Several of these points have been discussed by Mr. Uniache and myself in the presence of yonr confidential advisers, and I have shown the draft of this letter* to him and to mv two other associates. The accuracy of the fact* I have staled is, I believe, unquestionable, and I am confident that the great body of the people concur in the conclusion I have drawn from them. I beg, therefore, in conclusion, respectfully to solicit yonr Lordship's powerful interposi- tion in our behalf, and to assure your Lordship that I have written this letter purely on Sublic grounds, bieing on terms of friendly intercourse with almost all the members of Her lajesty's Councils, and the officers of Government, whose emolumenU, however, I consider, in many instances, higher than the province can afford. I have, tu. His Excellency the (ugned) H'* Yotmg. Right Honourable the Earl of Durham, Governor-general, &c. tic. 8to. Letter from the Right Rev. A. Macdnnell, Catholic Bishop ' Kingston, revoluiiooniy war with the United States, and are called U. E. Loyalists, and their descendents, and the disbanded soldiers of the First Glengarry Fencible regiment, whom I conducted nnto this province with an order from the home government to give ihem a grant of land ; French Canadians, who inhabit the western district, and Irish emigrama, who have been pouring annually in great numbers into the province ever since the con- clusion of the last war. All the French Canadians, and a great majority of the Irish emigrants and Scotch Highlanders, are Catholics. All the Irish Catholics, and the whole of the Scots Highlanders, have ^iven the moat nna^aivocal proofs of their loyalty and attachment to the British constitution,, by rusliinf; to arms at the first call of the Government. The Scots High- landers, not satisfied with mustering to the number of s,ooo men in their own province, volunteered their services to Lower Canada, and two corps of them served on the frontier until the excitement occasioned by the tlireats of tlie rebels had entirely subsided. So successful were the exhortations of the Catholic clergy to their respective floclcs, that scarcely any of them was implicated in the rebellion. The leaders and chief contrivers of the late outbreak were Protestants, Presby teriana and Methodists ; but the majority of the rebels were Methodista and Presbyterians. Such of the Protestants as became disaffected and inimical to the Government, are so from jealousy and disappointment at seeing a certain nin and about Toronto assume loo mnch power, and exercise what they tlii>tk too influence over the different Lieatenani-govemors ; so much so, that there is hardly a situation of trust or emolument that is not engrossed by ihemselvesand their friends. The Methodists and Presbyterians have become disanecled from iheir dread and abhor- rence of a dominant church, and they cannot be persuaded but the establishment of rectories, and the postponement of the distribution of tlie clergy reserves, are preludes to a system which they are fully determined to resist to the utmost of their power; and it is in vain to expect that peace or permanent tranquillity can be established in the province nniil these questions are finally settled. . The warm and animated discussion which has taken place between the archdeacon of Toronto and the Hononrable William Morris, of Perth, in reference to the right of the Presbyterians to a share of the clergy reserves, has raised a general excitement among the Presbyterians, which it will lake a long time to allay, and which may terminate in unplea- sant, if not dangerous consequences. The CatholicH, who compose a great proportion of tlie population of Upper Canada, are either Irish emigrants, Scots Hignlanders, or French Canadians. All those, although not disaffected to the Government, are far from being satisfied. Ttie Irish arrived m this county with Iheir minds under a strong irritation, arising from the pressure of tithe exactions, rack-rents in their own country, and, above all, their mortal hatred (o Orangeism, which they find rapidly spreading over ibis province : they are with great difficulty per- so'ided that they will meet with justice and fair ulay in Canada, and are thus predisposed to receive every unfavourable impression which the exaggerated misrepresentations of tiic disaffected, who are most anxious to win them over to their party, choose to make upon them. Unable to build places of worship for themselves, nr educate their children, they, as well as the Scots Highlanders, feel greatly disappointed at being excluded from their share of the clergy reserves, and at not receiving any assistance from Government for the education of iheir children, although the Methodists obtained this very year a grant of 4,100/. towards their seminary at Cobourgh. There are abundant funds for education in the province, if the school lands were disposed of, and the proceeds applied to the support of district and common schools. The with- holding of those funds, and of the clergy reserves, from the purposes for which they were intended, and the spread of the Orange system, are the principal, if not the only, grounds of discontent among nil denorainntluns in Upper Canada. The Scots having contributed so materially to the conquest of the Canadas, and to the defence of ihem on every occasion when any attempt had been made to wrest them from the British crown, feel indignant that tliey should be deprived of all the rights and advantages which others enjoy who have not the same claims that they themselves have. I humbly bee leave to submit to your Excellency a further claim, which the Catholic clergy of thia diocese conceive to have on the Government, on account of the charge they have for many years past taken of the various tribes of Indians who inhabit different parts of this province, and of those who this year and last summer emigrated from the territories of the Unittu Si?teB to the Manaioline Islands in Lake Huron. The Methodists, who have taken great naih:: to convert these aimple people to their religious creed, have so disgusted the Indians by ilieir interference with temporal concerns, contrary to the practice of the Catholic clergy, who confine themselves entirely to spirituul matters, that they have been most urgent to get Catholic priests among them ; and I have so far complied with their solicitations, as to appoint twu cierEymen, who speak the Indian language, to Penetangue- shineand tlie Manatoline Islands; but as the Indians themielv<'s can afford nothing towards the support of those clergymcr, and my salary, although not half the amount of that which 3.— II. Q 4 the '•1 1 %j^;i ^ APPENDIX m.RI^OplTjQN TBB .MfFATRS OF LtiUr Afon Um BiflKltoT. A Mg I •! Tli Catholic Bittiop of KingtttM. Mcuwriki of An* tbony Manabui £aq. the Calholic Qithop of Qucbco receive* froa the BrilMh Qpvcranie^t, being burliMied with Uie expentmof ihc education of 14 iludenti for tbceccleaiatiicaliute, itMiajMHiiUp for me to anbid them noy auiitance, and the only meant ibey Have of tuppoiiing life in thete remote and dreary regioai, where their duty calU them to ipend theU time aqiong MMget, it the alender quota that falls to their thare of the l/X)0/. allowed by Qovenf meat to all the Cathollo clergy of Upper Canada. The Jesuit property in Lower Canada had been betjueathed by the original donors for -' " atui M ihat duty now ' should hone that y«Mr Excellency would see tbe Justice and proprtety of ordering at least a share of that proper^ to go towards anpplyins the Indians with religious insimclion, and thus fulfilling tli^ original intention or ine donon. I liavct ko. Alnandir Mttdimill, Bishop of Kinpton, Upper Canada. ' —No. 7.— Mbhomal of Anthony Manakan, En., complaining of the total Exclusion of Roman Catholics (Irish) fh>m all Places ot Emolument and Honour m the Power of the Ooremment of Uj^n Canada. To His Excellency the Right hononrable tbe Earl of Dmrkam, Viscount LallA^^m^ tic. fcc. 8m., Knight Grand Cross of the Most Hooounble Military Order of the Bath, one of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and Governor^eneral of all Her Majesty's Provinces within and adjacent to the Continent of iVorM Amiriea, he. &c. May it please ynur Excellency, . . ' ? Encodkaoed by the generous inviution to all of Her Majesty's subjecu who liiul any matter to communicate, connected with the prosperity and tranquillity of these Pruvioce^ over the destinies of which your Excellency has been happily called to rule by our most Gracious Queen, 1, an humble individual,'.a magistrate of tne Midland District, Colonel of the 3d Regiment of Hastings Militia, and one of the Representatives of the county in the Provincial Assembly, moet respectfully approach your Excellency humbly to state on behalf of 75,000 of Her Majesty s most faithful subjects, the Irish Roman Catholic inha> bitants of this Province,— lliat Irish Catholics constitute a full fifth of the population : That hitherto, and alwavs in the time of need and tne hour of ilanger, they have proved their upshalieu fealty to their beloved Queen, their devoted aiuchment ro British insiitur tions, their full and uiimitigating determination to maintain and perpetuate the happy dependence of thete Colonies upon the ptii^::'. state, and their dislike for republican instiiuiious: Tiiut of all Her Majesty's faitliful subjects in this Colony, Irish Catholics are those who have never complained, although always neglected when the patronage of the Executive was to be diitribuied ; a fact which your excellency may not doubt, when you ascertain that there is not one Irish Catholic in this Province in any office of profit or emolument : That this exclusion has been, and still continues to be, keenly felt by the entire class it affects ; and has been the means of inducing hundreds, if not thousands, of well-affected siibjects, intending settlers, to seek elsewhere an asylum ; especially those who were sensitively alive tu the wrongs for centuries inflicted on their unfortunate fellow Cutliolics of Ireliina, in times now happily fast going past, and the per|>etuation of which tliey dreaded in this favoured land . That those exclusions are chiefly, if not wiiolly, attributable to the absence of libcnil nnd enlightened men in the councils of the Province, who, above party feelings, sectarian principles and t'nmily interests, would promote in common the Catholic with the Protestant to offices of emolument, honour and profit, knowing no distinction where integrity and talent recommended the Catholic as well as the Protestant, especially in the councils of former days, under whose influence, although not in office, the exclusions complained of nre continued, und will be perpetuated unless remedied by your Excellency. Of this spirit of exclusion, your Excellent will find ample proof in a letter addressed by the Hev. William Macaulay, rector of ricton, brother to the Honourable John Macaulay, at present, nnd fur life to be. Chief Secretary to the Lieutenant-Governorof Upper Canada, no less inve- terate in bigotry and prejudice. This letter was addressed to Sir Francis Head, who having appointed a Catholic to the office of sheriff of the Prince Edward's district, recently aban- doiied by Richard Bullock, Esq., now adjutant-general of militia, by reason of the inadequacy of its emoluments, 9a/. per annum, to support him, was called upon by this clergyman to cancel any Catholic appointments which had been made, and never again to presume to appoint a Catholic to office in this truly Protestant Colony. Superadded, the petition of the Keverend William Kintoul, moderator of the Church of Scotland, in name and by appoint- ment of the Svnod of the Presbyterian Church of Canada in connexion with tbe Church of Scotland, to ilie House of Assenibly ; a copy pf which I most respectfully append for youi^ Excellency's information. Acting *^- •*-.l5 k "tamiR NORTH AMIKIOA. s> iUiteg up lo lb* ipiiit Md kiUr of ibt MMtow libtnlUj ib^ prefaM, Her MaiMty's ' '' ' ' icoloiiUilialMbiUBttorilMhIandofTiriRidaJiMid, MfaiiMn haw naoauMndtd that the fttt 1 btUflvi. tb« oihtr Britiili itiandi in th« West ImKn, ihould b« raprtMotcd in the oovocilt of Um Coioay, ami thai fit and diicrMt pcnoot should be Mitctcd for appoiaimcni to ibt ceaneU is that ittaad. In Uppar Cnnada. whtra Irish Caihoilca oottMiiaw oot-fifih of iba MpobitioB al preMiil, and if imnigration fWrai Ireland b« cncouraMd, nj fallow Catlwlics ma Ircknd would toon amount to ona-half iit popubtiioa, ojr Um valour of wboM aacfltton Uia Canadat were oonqoercd ; bjr whota pcnooal altbtanoe thcM Colooica wara dtfbndad against an invading ra publican ancmv during tha last war ; by whusa nncalcu- kling ailacliaicnt and firm loyally tha macbinaiions of repabllcaniiing aa^tators wera speedily defeated at the lai« iicciitfns; by whose distincuished bravcrv the dvil war incited by tboM agiutors wa* immediately suppressed, and ine dcsigna of Amerioan sympaibiacra lo invade us, were firusirated. Yet in Upper Canada there never was one Irish Roman Catholic an eierative or legislative councillor, nor has one been ever appointed to any publie sitnation of eaolumenl and profit within the Colony. May it please your Excellency to permit me meet mpectfully to ask the question. Would religionists of any other per- suasion, would people of any other eountrv, knowing and appreciating British liberty, British Justice, endure such exclusions, or with them would such unjust disiinctiona be com- patible with the peace and tranquillity of the country I Rather, would not the complaints of EogKsh Protestants, Scotch Presbvterians, and English and Scotch Dissenters be hnrled at the lliione until they became, witnout exclusion or distinction, sharers in the sunshine of executive fiivour and patronage? And may it please your Bxc«Uency, shall the acknow- ledged merit,the jnstciaimaof the Irish Roman Catholics of Upper Canada to a reasonable participation in the ri|his and immunities of Her Majesty's Proiestani aubjecu be overlooked and neglected ; shall (ne giKid actions of Catholics, never found murmurers at ii\jurics, nor ungrateful for confidence or esteem, be unrewarded } Shall the cuuncilt of the Province, the public departmenu of Upper Canada, in short the entire maehinerv of its government, be carried on in this spirit of exclnsiun, without a voice to maintain Irish Catholic integrity and loyally against the pr^iidice and bigotry overwhelming it, or sup«rv>':i measures of impartiality and justice ? Forbid it my Lord of Durham I I deem it enough to make your Bxcellency aware that ; dch a state oi things exists ; a remedy, an eifectual remedy, will be applied. The Irish Roman Catholic will bt made happily to feel and to know that bis integrity and talent are to be taken into common account wiih hi* Protestant brother. Then, on then, how gratefully will the thousands here further your Excellency's laudable' deaigns of filling up ibis country with a loyal, honest, iodustrions'clasa of people from home, by encouraging the fens of thousands of their Catholic friends ready and willing to migrate to join them. ' I moat humbly crave your Excellency's indulgence for this inirosion ; I am aware I shall by this simple act of justice tu my fellow Catholics from IrdaiiH, have roised a host of enemies in the notorious family compact of Toronto ; but the motto I adopt is, ** Fiat jnstitia, mat Caelum," thus traoshted, "Your Lordship will do justice, displease whom it "V-" Ihave.fcc. Kiagston, Upper Canada, 18 July 1838. (signed) A. Mtmakaii, MsmerlalafAn- lg, ticciarintt CovY of the Petition referred to above. Unto the Honourable the Commons House of Aitsembly, Thi PniTioR of ihe Commission of the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Canada in connexion with lue Church of Scotland, Humbly shewelh, That your Petitioners, believing it to be at once the highest duty and interest of the State to make a formal recognition of Him who is the head over all things for His body the Church, and to promote and inainiain His cause in the worltS. view with satisfaction the measure of unanimity which prevails in your Honoumble Houbc respecting »in> appro- priation of the clergy reserves for the support of Cliriitian ministers. Vet, inasmuch as they firmly believe that the Roman Catholic religion is that great aposlacy which was foretold by the Apostles of ihe Saviour, they cannot regard the proposal to endow the ministers of that religion in Upper Canada without &^ most sincere alarm, convinced that such a measure woura be at once opposed to sound principle, and extremely injurious to the temporal and spiritual [quere welfare] of this youikful coinmuni y. Your Peiitionen do therefore earnestly pray. That your Honourable House will not sanction the appropriation of lands or money to the support of the Roman Catholic ivligion, or of any cnurcli or body of Christians who do not hold and avow the fundamental doctrines of the Ctiiistian religion us they are set forth in the creeds and confeuioas of the Reformed Churches. In the name and by appointment of the Coinmiuion of the Synod of the Presbyte* rian Church of Canada in connexion wiih the Church of Scotland, at Toronio, the Otflh day of January 1837 years. (signed) WUliam Jtintoul, Moderator. 3.-II. !! a APPENDIX TO ItnPOUT ON THW APPAIR8 OP -No. 8.— MiMORUi. of ReprctcflUiivM of SeoteA Church in MoMtrml, To hit Ercrllcncy ilw Right Honourable Johit Oiorgt, Earl of Duriam, Viiconnl Lambton, Vf. fcc, Knisjit Grand Croit o( iha Moai lionuurabie Mitiinrv Order of lite Baih, u/« of Her Migetly'a Mnit honourable Privy Council, and Gu?ernor General, Vice-Adniral and C«plain>General of alt Her Majetty't ProTiocca wiihin and a^javent lo the Conlinent of iVorM Awuriea. May it please jrour Excellency, MeoMrial ef Re- Wi, the Mcmbcrt of the joint Ctioimiiiee of Repreienlativct, nomiiiHlcd by iIm ihrtc preMnulivea of congregationi in the Ciiy of Montreal, in connexion with the EiiaLilitbed Church of Scoich Cbarch hi Scotland, fur the purpose of vindicaiinij; and maintaining inviolate the con»titulional rights Montrfal. and jirivileget of our cliarch in Briiirh North America, beg permiuion to approach your Excellency, and to expreM our unfeianed regret that circurotiancei ihould have unhappily ariaenat a crifia like tnp preMni, aniTwhile your Excellency wai lealouily labouring, witii the faireai hope ofuhimatc tuccew, for the ncrmanenl re-ettabllshment of public peace. order and proaiicrity in the Canada*, to compel you to resign the government, and ihertby throw a dark snade on our dawning hopes. We deeply deplore this untoward and most ilUtimed event, and beg to assure yon that we participate unanimously and fully in the sentiments of confidence which are felt through- out the whole of British North America, in the wisdom, independence and integrity of your administration ', ^nd while we cannot but contemplate your departure from as with sorrow and dismay, as a public calamity, which, could we indulge the hope that vour resolution may not be irrevocably fixed, we should most solemnly deprecate, we feel, at the same lime, that it is inauspirlous to the cause in which we are more immediately interested, and tliat we are thereby placed in circumstances, we fear, less favourable titan we conicmpbitcd at our firat formation, for the early attainment of the inporiant object of our appoint- . ment. In accordance with your generous invitation, at the commencement of your administra- tion, we were preparing to bring before your Excellency a representation of the claims, and an expretaion of the compluints, of Her Mnjesiy's lailhful subjects throughout these Colonies in connexioii wi'li our national church, and were animated with the hope that when our claims should be fully submitted to yuu, they coolil not fail lo obtain from your justice and wisdom that redress for wliich, we grieve to say, we have for many years put lieen petitioning loo much in vain. We will not aitcmpt to conceal from your Excellency that there is a very general and deep sentiment of disappointment, regret and inuriitieation in our mind*, and we are well assured in the minds of all our brethren, in consequence of the long>coiitinued and, as we humbly conceive, very unmerited ne^.lect with which the claims odvunced by us, as members of the establislied church of Scotlnnd, have been heretofore treated by the aulhoritiea of the empire, both at home and in the Colonies ; claims of which the justice has been repeatedly recoguiaed, and in words solemnly sanctioned and proclaimed by the Oovemmeni. We cannot at present enter into a detailed stKieincnl of tlie grounds of our complaints, but we may be permitted to refer your Excellency to the accompanying appeal, which we have been induced to put forth in iiie present crisis to the members of our cliurch, nnd of which we present herewith a copy. Amongst the facts introduced in this appeal, we would invite your special attention to two which are of recent occurrence, and one of which at least has taken place under your immediate odminist ration in this province: flnt, the un- expected suspenniun of the payment of the grant of 500/. out of the proceeds of the reserved lands in this province to the ministers of llTe presbytery of Quebec, of which the first and finly payment was made Inst year; and, aecondly, the withdrawal of two small salaries of ffOl. each, formerly enjovrd by the senior iniiiisters of Quebec nnd Montreal. And we would press upon your bxcellency's notice the manifest partiality shown in restoring to the Protestant bishop his salary, while the Government, at the same time, persists, in onr ruse, in the refusal ol one-halt the iiinouni o( that salary to the whole body of our clergy in this province. while we most sincerely regret that we are compelled to resort to this measure of making a public appeal to the sense of our people, in a crisis of excitement and agitntioti like the present, we feel the most perfect confidence that ttie intelligent nnd loyal population with whom we have to do, will act with calmness, moderation and prudence; and, perauaded that your' Excellency will give the subject your early and earnest atii-ntiun, we fondly indulge in the hope, iliot through your advice and uiediution, our religious rights and interests shall be duly protected and |«rmanently secured. >Ve would presume, most res|)ectrully, to request permission to communicate to yonr Excellency, in the event of your early departure for Great Britain, anch petitions and memorials as mny hertafter be intrusted to us for transmission to the parent t-ouiiiry, and we entreat your Excellency will be pleased to submit them to our gracious Sovereign, and lo that branch of the Imperial I.egi9lature of iihich your Excellency is a Member, accom- panying them with such reconiiuendation as you in your wisdom may think due to the justice and impurtancr of our claims. lUUTISN NORTH AMBUOA. Ml ir iht aiMniMOus voie* of tbt loyil inbitbhamt of ihw* col— iw cuaot iaduct yoar MMorWof l» Emtllcmij to rolinooiih yoor parpoM of retiring fortkwitk fro* tbt. QovtniBMt of F^*^!iT'*r. Britith North Anvriea, wo woold ofcw ovr bMi wiihn (or tko mTo rtiaro of yooiMlf, your ^p** cmri « Cottoi«M ltd hailjr, oddioR our lervooi prayer* to Ahnif bty Ood for yoor oiid thair fulurt ■■*■»**'• honlih and happiaaaa. (•ignad) /MMf Flmmg, ChairiMn. Montreal, 30 Ootobar 1898. D«M C i M o a m, Bccratary. — No. 9.— Asontia from iha Cooalitalional Aatooiaiioo of Mmlrmt to the InhabitanU ol BrUM Amtrieiu ' Fellow Conntrynen, Whkm an indiNtrioo* populatiun. after yeart of raffieringi are arouied to a seiiie of dan- AddraM from tha ger, by renawad aiiacki u|H>n their riciiia and librnica, an appeal to ihoae of kindred blood, CoMtitaiiiMia animated by the tame apirit, and allied by a communion of^ inlercitt, can excite no tur- Aiaoeiaiien «f prite, and rcquim no jiiiiiBrMion. 1 u^iT* .^-Sriw Long and |ioiirntlylinve the population of Britith and Iriih descent in Lower Canada !^a|!!!^ endured cvili of nu ordinary deKription, relying on the Inierpoiition o** llie Imperial Amanca. Oovarnmant for relief. UeceiTcd in their fundly-chcritlied tmit, iney are impelM to seek fromtheir own energiea that pioieciiun which hoa been withheld by the power on whoae justice thev repoaed. FAr halt a century they have been luhjecied to the domination of a party whoie policy hat been, to retain tlw diiiinguithing aiiribuiet of a foreign race, and to crush in othera that spirit of enterprise which ihey are unable or unwilling to emulate. During that period, a population descended from the same stock with ourselves, haTC covered a con- tinent with tlie smiling monumeBtn of their agricultural industry. Upper Canada and the United Stales bear ample lesiimony uf the fluod-lido of prosperity, the result of unrestricted enterprise and of equitable laws, which has rewarded their eiTurts. Lower Canada, where another race predominates, presents a solitary exception to this general march of improve- ment. There, surrounded by forests inviting the industry of man, and offerinK a rich reward to his labour, an illiterate people, opposed to improvements, have compressed iheir growing numbers almost wiihin the boundaries of th« original settlements, and present in their lawf, their mode of agriculture, and peculiar customs, a not unfaithful picture of France in the seventeenth century. There, also, may be witnessed the humiliating spectacle of a luml population not unfrequenily nrcessiialed to implore eleemosynary relief irom the Legisla- ture of the country. ' It were incredible to suppose that a minority, constituting nearly one-third of the entire popuhition, imbued wiih the same ardour for miprovementt that oonoiirnbly di^iiingoishea their race throughout the Nortli American coniincnt, and possessing tlie undi>|iuied con- trol of all the ^reat iiitoresta of tiic culony, would resign themselves to ihe benumbing sway of a majority, lUflering from ihrin *o essentially on all important points, whiitt any mode of deliverance was open to their choice. Nur would supinenen or indiiTerence on their part produce a corresponding clinnge in their opponents, or mitigate ihe relentless persecution with which iliey have ui-en visit<-ositian lo ihe general interesisof tlie British American Pro- vinces, when immigration is checked, the settlement of the country retarded, and th« interests of commerce sacrificed, to the vi»ionary Bchenie of eaiablishing a Frencli power ; it Dccnmca the solemn duty of the entire Britisli popukliun to resist proceedings so preg- nant with evil. Let it nut be said iltat a million ot freemen permitted their rights lo be invaded, and their onward course im|>eded, by a fuciion which already recoils in ularm from, the contest it has rashly provoked. Connected u are the Province* of British America by a chain of river* and lakes, alTprd- ing the means of creating an uninterrupted water communication tietween their extremities, at a comparatively small expense ; |io«sessing wiihin themselves the elements, of un exten- sive trade by ihe inierchaiigc of those products which are peculiar 10 each, and forming l>art* of the same Empire, they have the undoubted right lo require tliul ilicie advantages 3.— II. " 11 a »hall APPBNDIX 1t> HBMRtOlf TRV MVAIIS OP tht ilMlaMUlMMdMIW1lMlMnMMtirllK«Mi*«i^k9«rMJ«MlMM4 «Mlff«kM,inn tMMto^LMwCMMIa, ihn Hay. ftow pogiMlitor' ^ ttwi a ^ J M idiim i fc i U ili m aitlMiw—^ty o», iMr nb> MrtllWB» 10 iMr i«JhiMI iMdm. Md ih* hMiiUlr jTiImm kUm lo iht poMlario* of ~ '^' I liMi dMMnt. N«ay wMitiooiU lllMtnUoM of iMr iMMiltpeito/atgikl U At « tiHM wkM nm of all poUiUsal fWtM* ia iha liaiat p Ibo ooaiaaiplatfd chaogt in iha limMr duiita, iba Anoat kadiag iMir aHituuw*. have oottottnaBctd tha aitaok, by pravlooaa aio anitad la oppotiag I AmtmMy of this proTince, Ikt from ^ aok, by racagniainj t» lh«r anaai in Ia|laSd an indWiduai who ia dbiiagalthMl by hit advocacy of the Bailie inlarMto, and hit a^TC oppotilioo to ib« ooleoial tradt. To aid in the proNoaiion of ihii deoign, ihty hava not Kropled lo aupropriata a part of tha provinoial fonds (obtained under the pretext of defraying ineir contingent expemet) lo reward their ageni, and to circalale tliroagh the Brilith piCM italeoMBU that are calculated lo nltlead the publlo mind { thui gMMiying tMr aatioaal anirooeiiy, by lending a willing aid to ruin the thipping and ■Mroaniile iotcmla of the Biitiidi Amarican provinoet, and to prevent the inllni oriaiinigranta from the Britiah Itlce, who are brought lo iha Coloiiiet at a iriliog ooit by the vauw engaged in tlie timber trade. Upoer Canada it honourably diiiinguithed for workt eompleicd and in progictt, re- wraable for ibeir magaiiade and for tne cxtentivenctt uf ihcir dettined uiilily. The St. Iiawraaca Canal, at ihii momcai in active nrogreta, will cuapleie an uninierruntcd navi- galioM for vettelt of oontiderable burlhen Vroui the upper laket lo the line dividing that province from Lower Canada ; but at that point tlie tpirit of Brilith enierpriie eacoimtert tlie iafluenoe of French domialatioa ; the vaat datian of rendering ihe remotest of the ialaod teat aoceuibie to vettelt flrom the ocean, it inere frutiraicd by ihe ami-commercial policy of the French Icadert. We look in vain to ibeir procccdingt for any mattifcaiaiion of a deaire to coH>j)erate in the great work of public improvement which animalct, at with one tpirit, the enure North American pupolaiion of Brilith detcent; nor it ibcir advene ditpotition leti vitible in iheir oppotilion to oihrr iuinortant detignt ; ihey eiilier refute to grant chartert lo carry inlu eflecl workt of acknowledged public uiiliiv, or, when after repealed and earactt applicaiiont, chartert are obtained, they am clogged with retiricUona •f an unotnal character, in the hope of reodcring ilicm inoperative. Ia all aew cuuniriea the daicieacy of capiitl pruvet a teriout impedimaat to the excr- tiotif 01' the enterpritiag aaMi iadatiriout, and ii wuuld be among the irtt dutiet of a wita Vgitlatore to in rile the inlrodttclion of foreign capital, by the adoption of an equiiabla miem of law, dial wovi.l iiuuire confldenc^ in pertonal and in landed teoaritie*. ^n Lower Oanada, froir 'Hi* nUeucf of OiBcet for the ». jitiraiion of real etlaie, and from the tyttcm of lecrei una general uwrip^ugn, not only it foreign capital excluded, but the Cokuiy It im- pov^rithed by the wiilidrii>MiTof fundt for proAtabie and lecure invettment in other cnan- trice. In tracine the motive of retittance to a mcature llint more than anv other would advance the public welfare, we again encounter the perniciout influence of French exolu- tive .<■>',». A general diiirutt of ibe liilet and srcuriiiet of landed etiale it tuffered to exiti, m 411 (ler lo prevent the acqaitiiion of real properly by immigronit from the Britith Inlet. Tnit apirii of exclutivenett, which betrays itieli in ull the pruceediagt of the Aitembly, ditflguret even ihote meaturet, which, it miglit reatonably b«^ expected, would intpirc tenii- menit of a more lofty and generout nature. Although tne Brilith Act uf the 14 Qeo. III. which confirmed the right of the French Clergy to litbct, declared, mott probably for that very reaaon, that the reliaiout communitiet should not hold ettatet, they continue in the nnditturbcd poticttion of tractt of land, exceeding 6fkeen hundred square uilet in extent, betidet pottettrog pmperly of great value in Quebec, Montreal, and eliewhere. In addition tu the revenaet derived from inete potoettiont, the Attembly annually approprialet large tumt of money out of the Provincial reveniiei for the tupport of iliote cummuniiica. and for the eatablitbment of intiituiiont rigidly and excluaively French, wbiitt 10 other intii- tntiont on a liberal foundi ion, arTardingrelief to all. without dittinciionuf origin or creed, ■ fair parttcipatio.i of legislative aid hat been refuted. It in to "the great ^ody of the rco|>le" thus characteriied, that hit Excellency tha Earl of Gotfurd, ^be re, wruta'vi. of a Briith King and iha head ofthe Committion deputed 10 inquir.- iut'> ot.r complaint*, hat declared that all future appoinlueata to office ahall b^ made acceptable. A Legislative Cuuncil cnnttiinled on tuch a principle, would be but a nounterpart of ibe Attembly ; it might, and uo donbt would, relieve tlie Executive from the odiuaa of taoc- tioaib|j iii^ illetoi uppmprirition of a part of the provincial revenuet, by the mare vote of the AMcmtily ; bul it would uot prevent the same mitapplicaiion cf the public fundt being eliBCted by bill, wbich it now accomplithcd bv an addrett to the bead of tne Adminittratiun. A Oovemment thus conducted, would forfeit all title to our confidence, would be tMprded bat at an inatr iTicnt to secure the domination of a poriy, and the brief period ofitt duration would be mariied by acenea of outrage, and by difficultiet of no ordinary dcieripiien. The Frcsch leaders, if :vc are to credit their reiterated attertioni, eolcilain an attach- nlMttodeep, «oabaoi>'<»■> . y»nfc ??*» '*"■> ■* y * ««?>"»•.«• ,«t 4taiHDy am, ikM wt wt not laflMrtiuid bjr Mlt aptniMMlMi i^ « -^ iht Udf^^prtMaifld. mm m« that of • Frtnch raclio*i tli* mvcniuMiil or u tdMatM «iid InSktSm not, aUMhtdl I* tb* priiwiplM of cWII bdiI rtn|io«» libtny > ■*<) sflMlim j>f M vMBformad pop«l«tio«, MrWiof for douiuUoD, aiid Mcking ivjMrp^Matt w^oiarrca (ha kniitaiiom of fewlal Baropa. ^, . ^ . Totbtpaeplaof lUa titifr Oolonia* wa appaal, enrnmtly recommending iha adaption of maatnivt for awambliM at loma omiral puini, a OongreM of Dcpatict from all the rnvineat of Brillih Norto Aroerioa. A Britiih Amarican Conarattt poweuing ilrength from anion, and wlidom Aom coonial, bj ihe irmitiible weight of iu moral influence, would laprncde (hoea olher remedial mcaturc* which are ihe Mil retource of an inauiied and oppraeeod communltjr. 0» U would davolve iha MilaaMi dmjr, caimljr to deliberate on all mailer* aStctiag ibe common wral, and firmljr lo reeisi all aiiampu lo invade the rigbtt. or impair the intarceU of the United ProvinoM. In tulimiliing a brief rccapitulatioii of the obJecU of (he Couttitutionel AMociaiion, it mar noi be mhplaccd to offer a f'^ obMrvaiioat explanalorv of the pmitiun of partic* in lower Canada, and of ihe eeniimenu of llic Dritith population toward* their IWIow. •ubieolt of French origin. llie morr! guih of exciting national hoetililv undoublrdly re«lt with iha French leader*, who itlode bencAi by iba distracted *tate or the country ; but the facility wiili wliich the Frvnob peaaanlry have received lhe*e imprewiont, and the unanimity with which they rapport the aggreitive policy of iheir leader*, render them, nlthouah Irs* culpable, yet equally the determined opponent* of our right* and our libertiei. Unhappily, ttieir want of education prevent* a direct appeal being made, through the pre**, to thrir jodgmrnt ; but ihoie of their cuuntrymen wlio are not blinded by the intuiuaiion of puny, who po**e** education to comprehend, and opportunity lo make known, tlw «en- timvnt* of the BritUh population, may be led lo reflect tipon ilie con*cquence( that null rc*uli from their pre*ent delution. Should the admonition be ditregarded, on ilicm let the re*pon*ibiliiy re*t. The province of Lower (Canada, whether resarded a* a pari of the Dritith Empire, or of the great North American family, i* evidently deitined to receive the impre** of national character ftom thota Slate* by which *he i* *urraunded. An obetinate rejec- tion of all mca*ure*, having for their aim the gradual removal of tho*e pecuiiariiie* which dittinguiih the popolalion of French origin, may retard, for a time, an inevitable event, but will cerlaiBly ba*ten the introduction of changes of a mure abrupt and deci*ive character. A diipa*»ionale examination ol' the change* required by the Briti;>h population, will Hiiify all unprejndiced men, that they are ailapted to the general intereti* of *ociety, are liberal and comprehen*ive in their character, and unconnected with party object*. To relieve landed e«ia(a from the aervitudv* and exactiunt of feudal law ; To introduce Registry Ofllcet, and put an end to the iniquitous fraud* that grow out of the pre*eni tystem ; To promote work* of public improvement ; To encourage agriculture, and protect commerce; To reoogniie an equality of right* among all clai*e* ; To resi*t the domination of sect or party, and to e*tablith a general lyttem of educa- tion divested of tectarian test* : — The*e are our object* and our demand* ; they are bued on truth, are eeacniial lu national proaperiiy and to individual *ecurity ; they admit of no oompromiee. and from them wc will not recede. The threatenina aapcct of the time* demand* action ; neutrality, the utual retource of ordinary mind*, will not be attended by an immunity from danger ; it muit remain with the population of French origin to decide, whether, by continuing lo support the leaders they have hitherto *elected, Ihey are to be regarded a* hostile to our iust claim*; or, by uniting with their fellow-eubject* of Britiih origin, they will compel iTie introduction of salutary reforms, consign to Ineir native intignificance the few individual* who alone profit by Ihe present system of misrule, and by repudiating ancient prejudice*, and exclusive pre- tension*, place tnem*elves in accordance with the spirit of the age. To u*, It 1* in one reepect a matter of indifference what their decision may be. The principles we espouse are identified with the happiness of the human race ; they have taken root with our language in all quarters of the globe ; and wherever that language is spoken, there shall we meet encouragement, and thence shall we derive force. Although Lower Canada presents the strange spectacle of a British Government, be- slowinc its flonfidence on men who have openly avowed Iheir hostility to England, and their onire to effect a *eparation from the Empire: although by the connivance of that Oovernment, the provincial fund* have been illegally applied to reward French agitators, to support Frenra journal*, and to pay French agent* ; yet do we feel the proud convic- tion, that the energies of Britons will rise superior to the emergc!icy, and that, despite an unnatural ooalitkw, the bannen of our country will continue to wave over a British Province. S.— II. H3 the Ht\- If .1. 1' 1 ■ ' *5 6t APPENDIX TO REPORT ON THE AFFAIRS OF dANAOA. Alinm inm tbt TIm vcloe of tapplieatioa has bacn unheeded uaidst the inioleilt duMMm of femion. Cinwiiwrtinif' UnUed Eiritnh Amrica, awaming u Mtilwie alike lenored Aom oienaoe or fMaii fiHur, AaodaliM of will prwiiaia her wfoon, atiert her ri^tt, and dain fraa the Imperial ParHaacnt thai Moetnal to the interpoaition which ahaU rcmofe existing grounds of conplaint, aiM oarrj with it a snA> Inhabi tants of Bri- cieot gntviMee against future aggreisioas. till. Amsrica. ^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^^^ Kzecntire Conmittee of the Montieal CooatitatioBat AisoeiatioB. J. GufAnt Seott, Secretary, Montreal^ Januarj 1836. IfifliaHi XeinfMiv, Chairaan. „«k' "t'**^' .A&k'/lti^WmiiLTHK 3HT KO TflO '■U/^:! M,^ W(