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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Lieutenajtt Govehnor frnnfmid to Ihe HuiMw of Aii««iubl) ,(h»ci>|>y <>fu *ies| Hoiitie of Assembly, th;it althotiKh wbea those instructions were received, it Hppenr- ed to hiai, as it did to both branches of the L^iijis liiture, that the measure which His Mnjesty re- commended was well culeuliited to afford protec tion to those for whose rdief it «im intcnd4>d. ih<< LiautenMnt Governor was not so nnininilful of the effartt made te excite groundless alarm nmon3 the inhabitants of this hnppy and peaceful colony as ev<>r te have conv■■ • •>" * ' '^' •;> tn" * t; i^.nyi.i ..i «-ir- if Wit] -lu'- !! "fCi'r • .' ' 'A boi; ^f Gwernment House, iBdJanuary, 1828. DowiciNo sTncET, loth July, 18^7. \ ..U -.!.! t i'a'ffi i: nti.. , •dii'f t'.tfij ihSy .- -' ■' ' .1 -r Sir, His Majesty** OoTernment have had under their ciinsKlerutiou ihi^ two bills piKS''d by the LwKti'li^^iv* *^<"*<>(^>l "<)'' An)bty of Ufiper Canx da in tho month of Fi'bro^iry Iwt, iiml which were reserved by you 'or the ii|(ni(icutiuo of His Ma- jesty's pUiisure, intituled, An act to provide for the ^ iturili/. ition of such persons rtisideni in this proviiire at the pr- riud therein mention**.! )is may not now be entitl- ed by Law to be reg:trd«d as iiiitur-tl hern tub* jects. An act to confirm Rrilish subjects in their titles to reid estates iu this province derived through aliens. You are .iwnro that » petition signed by a large number ol puraons ifsidpnt lu the province has bueii preid to the House ot Cuminuns ob jeciiug on various Kfo'tud* to the cuufiimution ol these bills by His ftl.ijesty. The petitioners represent that Ihe bills, which have been triinsmitlt^il, do not r< »\ly expres* the sfn been enlertainrd upon this sub- jn<-|. Tttu hills which you hxve tranHmiiied are •h ecncral tritmed ir conformity with Ihe instruc- tions tvbich you received, or deviate from those instriiclionsouiy on Ihe side of iiiduieence towards Ihe p^irlies who'n it-waa proposed to relieve. It remits with His M.ijesiy's *iovernment alone to vindicate Ihe protiriely ofthe Ii)<>asure» which h ivo been already taken, and of such alterations III them a* I am now about to sugKett. it is fit however to observe, that before Lord Hathurst's instriiclionii of Ihe thirty lirst of August, I82G, were written. His Lttrdship hud mlopted f very means in bis power to ascertain whether the irtipi'nveinRnt which he then projected in the law would satisfy the inhubilnnls ef Upper Cima- iIa ; nor wore there wanting sufficient ernunds to justify the conclusion that all cl.isses of society, in the province, would conlially ncquiesce in them; if these expectations h.ive been diSHpp*inted, the result is to he altrilioted to circumstances of which Lord Bnthurst was un.ivoidably ignorant, ami over which he could exercise no control. His MajeMy's decision upon the bills which voi* liavo transmitted will be- suspended until it ithall appeor whether the Council and Assembly iirc disponed t'Sly in council will disnilew tliose which are at present before him. I pro- ceeil to siiile the general principles which upon li (MitureciinsiderHlion of (he subject, it ha« ap- pear'xl 'o His titijesty's GovernmeBt desirable to embody in the Bill so to be pas»ed. ■'■ - All persons who have at any time received gr.'int!< of JHnd from the provincial government, or who h:ive held any puldic uflicit in Ihe province, or «vliu have nt any lime be'-n admitted by the provincial :;overnm nt or its offirers to lake the oath of allegiance, or who had their settled place df abode in ihe province before theyear 1820 and are siill residi nt there, should he admitted to tho piivile^fs of (English birth without any condition or qudilica'iun. The children or more remote descondanU of any persons who m ly now be dead, should b ad- mitted to the same privilei;es, which their punnta or aacvstors, if living, cuuld claim. Anv person claiming to exercise any privilcse of a British subject who has not yet I ikcnthe o.iih ot :ille;;iaiice shnuhi bo required to ti'k>- ill it oath, or if be bo one ofthe persons whoni the provin- cial law relieves iVoin the ohliKatinn at taking oaths, HhiiUKl ha required tu in-ike the correspond* ing aflTirmatioa. Persons, not falling within any of the preced- ing descriptions, bui whe hiive at present their domicile in Upper Can ida, having first resorted thither in, or suhseqneiilly to the )ear ICSO, should, if such be ih ir ^vish, be also admitted to the privilenes of Eiiitlisii birth, subject to Ihe throe lullowinj{ conditions l''irst, that before .~w..;K'U th«f enjoy the pririlagea in qiii>slioii, they ihoaM hiivi* coinpli^li'd a residence ol' leveu year*, S-j coR'lljr, lb it ihpj uliould tnk* the oatb ofullegi- anra, or lOitke the correnpondiD^ affirmation. Tliinlly, Ih'ii their aumea ahoald be rcKistered in •ome public offi.;e, by toton line ts be fixed fur th4t purpcling the renunristiDD ul any alleginnce or supposed at legixncH to any fureign #lHie. That question must be decidi'd by the g«nf ral law of nations, without being n^e lh<^ subject ol any enactmeat, •lihar remedial or dtfclor-tlory. The pniposed bills must be entirely retrospec- tive.— The terms upon which it may be proper to naturalize persons hfreufier resortinx to Up p*fr Canadn. er to any other of His MiyesiyV foreign passe«sions, will probably, at an early pe- riod, engage the ditinct aaemiou of His M ijesty's Goveriimeiil. Tlie Bdls cons' qunnily will nut ini«rfere with the operation!) lo luiure of the Bri> tish Acts itf Parli»mfnt I'ur the oaturalizaiion of ceriam foreigners in His Mujesty*s plantations* — Neithttr should ihey hiive the effect uf repealing certain Piovincial iit'«tates respecting a particular claM ut Aliens, which were passed in th« years 1816 and 1817. It remains to advert lo certain qaestions res- pecting the prop«*rty ef Aliens wbicb may be if- fecisd by the proposed enactments. There would be no ebjeclion to a provisioo de- •laring that lands arqnirt-d l>y any person, or by the ancestor .of any uersoo naturalijiti'd uod<>r the act, should not hereaner be claimed by Kis M jes ty on the ground of aAy such person raving lioeo an alien It IS possibit that cases may eiist in which the lille of private persons to Lini) depends upon tho lbrei|;u birth of some other persous. In all such cases it would seem fit that the ti- tle in future should depend ap(m. and follow ilie actual possession of the property in p st times. No person :«aturaliznd under the proposed billg should bereafierbe disposse-ised of his lands, oa the ground of his own or bis ancestors* foreign birth. On the other hand no person who h.ia been actually dispossessed on that ground should now have bis 'itle restored. It would be equita- ble that these rules should lake effect from the— day of Maj 1826, the date of the last act of pkriia- ment upon this subject. It would be highly convenient, if such should be the pleasure uf the Council and Assembly, to make the questions of property the subject of ■ distinct bill, since il is uni.ecessary to incumber the question of n'llnralizalion with dixcussiont which might impede, if Ibey did not prevent, iho success of that measure. The inhahitiints of Upper Canada, will, I trust, recognize in these instructions His Majesty's de- sire to promote the Wf|faie of every class ef so- ciety in the province, and the Lfegislative Coun- cil and Assembly will nnderstiiud that His Majesty fully appreciates the industry and zeal lor the public good, manifested by their comvliance with the instructions w.hich in the last year Lord Bath- iirst conveyed to your Escellenry by His Ma- jesty's command. I have the honour to ba Sir. Yonr most obedient humble servanf, (Signed) •• GODERICH." Lieutenant General Sir P. Maillund, K. C. B. &c. &c. &c. Certified, G. HiLLieit. 1/ fe Jk^ 4- }• I '»% i* 4A. n ;f,>;^ >\v*t |a.»^.c»-. ■ • ^.Af. ftniii. i,»,-,. ,,ii .■ jyv. — '■' Tr i tt i 'i il rtl'i III ■ 'V -• I ■■ - ^ WTMUB i Tiir- i r-'ii rl i'i ll 'tr ;«l>f»w* S r .*■ «* ii.i M ^i^»,^ji M p a (A o o VI 5S C-i C3 o PI r " M e P) Jf >1 cn s U! o 3 t' PI 1 o B .§ ? ca s p) CO S > la w 00 CD s g PI r r p] en en hfl q. H o. 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