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To the Ifonourahle the f/'fjhhitive Asmiiili/i/ of the Province of Canada : TJIE PETITION OF UOBEKT FLEMING GOURLAY, Humbly Siieweth: That ill ilie laso of Voiir Petitioner, a Report was submitted to Your Honourable House, Srptcmber II, ISJj, as follows: — " Report of Select Committee, to whom was " referred the Petiti(Ui of Robert F. (lourlay. Esquire, have the honour to Report : " Your Committee having investi<;ated the P»'tiiion, and examined witnesses in relation " to the same, and procured allidavits from persons cognizant of the matters and allegations " contained therein, fuid the I'ollowin!; facts fully proven. " The Petitioner, Mr. (Jourlay, lirsl visited Canada, in the year 1817, where he had " .icquired property by marriage, and also by |)urchase ; and commenced statistical enquiries " into the capabilities of the Province ; in die course of which he became aware of the exis- " tence of various abuses. He then projiosed that a Commission should be appointed to " proceed to Great Britain, to have these; abuses rectified; and held public meetings for that " purpose, accounts of the procecHliniis at which were published in a pamphlet, which was " generally approved of by the people of the Province ; but, by those in power, was considered " as haviii;{ a seditious tendency, and he was therefore arrested, and put on his trial for " sediticin, at Kingston; but, being actjuitteil, he was again tried at Brockville, with, however, " a similar result. He. then, had to proceed to New York on business; and, oo his return " was imprisoned in the gaol at Niagara, where ill treatment, in being confined in a cell for " fivt! weeks in the do!^ days, debarred from the sight of or communication with his friends, " his Counsel, and the Magistrates of thossibilily of excuse or palliation. " That, debarring him from an interview with his friends, or his Counsel, was also illegal, " unjust, and nncoiislituiioiial ; tliit, preventing Magistrali'S of a County or District from visit- " irig lit" i^aiil (if that t'lniniy or Dis'iict is a violation of all propriety ; and, if pcrsis;ed in, " would lead In the most pernicious eoiise(|ueii('es. " Vmir Comiuiitee are furilier of opinion that bis trial and sentence, when in a state of " biidilv and mental weakness, from suHeiings which he had undergone, which preicnted him •' rroiii defending liiinsclf, was unjust, iineonsiiliitional, aiul i ruel. " Your Coiumillee caii'iot but express a hope that Your Hoiu'wrable House will do the '• Pi'iiiioner that justice, wliiili has been so long denied him, and pa the Legislature tlefending the rights of a British subject. " Your Committee are in possession of prools, that during the (late) ri'bcllien, wl.en the " Petitioner was resident in the United States, His Excellency, Sir Francis Bond Head, then " Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, derived from him the most important intelligence of " the movements of (he biigaiids, then organizing for an attack on the Province. This, Your " Committee humbly suggest, should neither be overlooked nor foigotlen. " All which is respectfully submitted. " W. DUNLOP, " Chairman. " Kingston, September 1 1, IS U." ■>» in m >pi j iii in iiBi ,. I' Xiht> Tliiil, tills Report was dcliait'd, sustaiiu'il, and >t(ioil aiiuinn Orders of tlic Day, lor t'lirtlicr debate, lill the l('>l!i Se|ilei\ilier, wlien it was utiaiiiiiitiiisly l^■^(li^ed, that, u copy sliould lit eoiniuiiiiicaicil to iIk; (Icneinor fieriera riial, tliree weel.s al'lerwards, ilie Adiiiiiiisiralor of the (iiiNeriiineiit caused to he paid, to Voiir I'diiioinr, the Mini of fifty pounds, in piift til expenses, in i iiiii|ih.iiii'e wiili iii<' n lomimndaiion of Voiir llonoinalile House. ,11.11 (I'd lo l!iii;l,ind,ilieie to lav tin- *^lioleinat(iT Thai, Voiir I'eliiioiier I leii ri"^ohei bef 'ore liie liii|n'rial I'arliaiiieiii ; and, wiiliiliai inieiii, apphi d for ollire eopies of nceessaiy papeis, wliieh he jiroeiired, all iMit ei pies of two allid.iMl-, ilu n liii^-iiii;;. riiat, VolM I'elilioner went to l^ilehi i , lor eliihaik:illoii, helping to see llle (inx'ii fi'eneial, ami li ired liy limi llial i uple ih d allidavils would he forllu Hilling wliei reciuind, \.e. Km, lindiii;; that Mis Msec limey would fu'-i ani>e ai Kiii;;sion, Your I'eiilioner lelurned to that place, where, to hi> astoni-.|inii tit, he wa^ served with a copy ol a Kepcut of a t'oininitteo of the l']\eciili\e Coiini'il, « iilisiandiii:; ihe < | inioii- of Voiii llonourahle Mouse; id tl was IS, it heraine lit iiiii ill S< >>ion. ■eessarv that he should reinaiii in Ann i aa till the I'nuinci.l I' irlianicn; la til'' I lloiioin elii|uirv in iioiiih of Sepieniher, \'^V1. Your I'eiiiioiier had a I'ciiiioii piexnli d to ^'oin M< to th Use, I oiiipluinin^ of iirei:iilai iiy on tin- pari ot I'lowii .Minisiei>, and pia\ wvf, for ■aiiie, I h It I'liili'Ui was refiiTed l i .i ('ntniiiiltee, wliii li wa:\ed lis onU ohjecl, and leeotnliu ti- ded that a pension should he t;ranteil to Your I'eiiiinner, " m lonsnti I'lhuii oj Ins Ivssrs uml vi///(Ti/ii'.v," which ln' could not ai'ce|it, as that recoliiinenilaiion eonllicled with (lie liepertof ,i IH 1 1. In tact. It has suhjected your I'eiilioner to mispiakahle dislu-ss ; certainly, not inti nlam- ally, lor Your Petitioner is assured, thai il proceeded linin the -irealest kindness, |t put mi end to all hope of appeal to the liiipeiial I'arliaiiu III, iiid fiiiiiislieil excuse for ileimni! Your Peliiiiiinr aiis allowance, reconiiinni M our Uoiifiiiial>le ilousi.tohe made to I mil. ' ilelendin^ lli< ri; Jits ol a linli-h ilh|i rl. !)el\ rile Hi poll of |sll w.Ts well di;;i sled, an I reniilarlv dehaled, ,\ever was there a quest ^ Mon M ouse, wherein the dinniU of the Crown icri I was so dee|il\ uiMilvcd ; .ii'MT were responsilile Minislers su pledged to w.iirhlulness, as when ihis ijiKslinn was tit hated. If aiulit could he siml m hehalf ol ill usid p.iwer, then was llie lime to s;iv it. Hiil, Id he put III, which could net instantly he repelletl. Not a worth in opposi- il. at in fart, no jlea eon lion, fell from .Ministers of the Crown, on thai oticismn. On the conlrar\, a t.'verv sla;;e ; ami joineil in the iinaninioiis Mile for adilressiii;{ the (iovernor ( aciiiiiesci'i All t r hiisiiiess was ili us linished, what ri^'lit had .Minisicrsof the C leliera to tl raw up u l(( port in eoiit-a lieiion of the opinions of Your Ilonoiiratile House t Mi Kichar.I .l.ieksoii huti pre\ii)iisly ileclared to your Petitioner, thai he would not eiiii r on thet onsideiation of the tiues- tioii, hi faiise " he was only in the temporary ,\driiinisiraiion of the (imeriimi ni," and Your I'l liiioiii'i had never e\|iecied that In; would do any thin.; of the kind. To Yoiii I'etiiioner, lirsl y on the nor can and last, it has appean-vl a result of treachery and clandesiinr iiiteifrrence ;— ireacher part of the Crown .Minisieis, and iiitt rfi-ii lue ofsdme parlv iiiti lesied in the issue: Y Petit loner iiiia:;iiii' an\ suli|icl more iiiiperali\el\ diiiiaiidiiiL; luiiiiirv. if the Coiniiiillee ol llie K\eiiili\e Council seems a iismic nf uin\arranl To 11 ini, the Hi fallaciuus ariiumt lit- ilile assi'iiidtis. 'Jiort anti am 1 iiiiil', or pen sh in I, he helieves it was served upon him. in the hope, ih.it he would sm utu.'i|iial ( Ol iihat. Y.iiir Petitioner returned to Canada, as a i)eace ni.iker .ui ! for heiievoleni ol)|eets. wa-; encoiiraLred to remain, and Petiiion the l.ei;islaiiiir, !i\ ihe iinhnuiidii! kindness of th haliitants. Your Iloiioiii.ilile Mouse has ever niaiiilesled, towiids hiiii,tlie wai , his saddest retliiiinu i>, ihal, stfin duty has held him up Is re^ar.llr Indei d, duly to the rr'lits and resiieciahiliiv if \ this Cl'llel I iih'ii ill lie II iiiesi >x mpalliv and uimiattfiil iu.se lias tliiu St I iitn iiiti Sin."-!' I^ll, Yoiii- Petitioner, lliounh lahoii.iii'' uiidereyerv ilisailianlaLre nionieiil, relaxed evirtiiuis in this ureat t'liuse,— the cause of iniili :u las nevci , for ml iiisiuc, which isei|iially yviur's aiiil his ; — a caiiM' whit h ii.u^l now i>r ncvi r he ilelermiiied, as he is fast sinkiiiif beiieaili iti ant I ml 111} In 1S12, your Conimiitee |ileatled want of time for a full di.scussion oftl tr.ere is 'leec d of no sut:li iilea: Yi lit le sill Jed. ^t)W, stance, widistand every assault, ami arrive at a saiisllieiory ei (iiiouialile House can iii\esli^;ate everv circuni- Y Felii lOlir las no douhl whatever, that YoiiiTI poll of |S1I, a:; liiist ihat ( f the lOxeiiitiv i- Coimcil at oiici , he will ariiiiA, luirto, a co| co|)V of that Hi II •pi.rl. otioiirahle Mouse can sustain the Re- 'pjiosiii^ lorces may be viowetl that e now eiilieals, ih;ii the whole ol these ( lalimi of Yoiir I lilini|l;ilil' II premis OHsi And, as in duly hound, he will ever piay, lo-XTUEAI., A;)iil l^lfj. may be taken into the scriou.s consid- U0I31:HT V. C;OUHLAY T— T-_- 1^. Copy of n Rtporl of a ConimiHee of the K.rrculire Council, of the 10/A Deirmher, JS4I, and approved bi/ His l^jrellenci/, the .lilministratiir of the Ciovcniment, in Council, on VMIi December, on Ihe npplicalion of .Mr. Hubert F. Gowhtij. The Conimillcf oi ('mincil, in oboiliciuc to Your Exrclli'iiry's commiiiKN, have consider- ed the nppliotion ot' Mr. KobtTt K. (ioiirhiy, priiyiiii; to lie iiifiirnicd, what he lias to expect from tlie Kxeciitivc (.lovernini'iit, in conse(|nenre of an Address of the llononralile the Lesla- tive Assemhly, founded upon a Report of a Select (.'onimiltee of that llnnourahle House, of which the fallowing; is nti extract. " Your Comniiillce cannot hut express a hope, that Ycur *' Honourable Hcuise will do the I'j'iiiiouer dial justice, which has been so ions; denied him, " and pass an Address to His Kxcelleiicy, the (iovernor (Jciieral.declaralorv of the above opin- " ions, in order that the Crown ntav repudiate the transaction iiy which the Petitioner has been " persecuted to his ruin, and tiiat the l.enislature may declare liis sentence of banishment null '• and void, and cause him lobe ennipensaled lor the losses lie has sustained, by this uinvar- " rantable exercise of aiitbiriiy ; and, in llie menu time, that some allowance be- made to him, '* Id defray his personal cxpciix's, while in aiieiulaiice before the Le>;islature, defeniling the " rinhts of a Hrilish subject." The wron;; complained o|, iiy Mr. fJoiulav, appears to have oriis, wiili a siilitioiis intent, to disturb the tran(|uillity iherecif ; and, upon such arrest, and ujion examination, to order such person lo leave the I'rovince." 'I'lie same Act pro\idi's " thai, upon any such person beinn found at lari^e within the " Province, without license to return granted by the (Soveininent, he should be committed " witiimit bail, until released by the (Jovernment, or be ilelivered by the Court of Oyer niul " Teniiiiier, in due conise of Law, and that he should be liable lo iniprisonmr.nt :ind liniii«>iiiu'ni, " from whiili lianisliment if he should again return, wilhout license, he should be liable to " suffer death, as a felon." This Art has been lon^ since repealed, — in the opinion of the Comniiliee, most nisely and properly, by the Legislature ; but, in ihe cetisiileraiion of the present (|ucstion, tl ' <.'onimittee feel bound to look to the Law as it stood at the time ol' the events complained ol. It appears that Mr. (ioiirlav, upon informaiioii i^iven upon oath, by a Member of 'ic House of Asseniblv, was ariesii-d and broiiuhl before two .Mcmliers of the Lcnislaiive ('ouncil, upon a charije of havin:^ endeavoured, l'\ words, actions and behaviour, to alienate the minds o\ His Majeslv's subjects IVdmi llii- Kind's Person anlete satisl'aelion lo the irenlleiiii II wiio is.;ii('d tie' wariaiil, on these p< iiit-;, lie was ordeicd, by tlimuto (|uit the Province, wldiin a time liniiteil. .Mr. (lourlav cho>e to disreaaiil the older thus ;;i\tn. and, by his disobedience, rendered himself liabli! to the penalties ef the Aet ;and, beiiii; found at lar^,e within the Province, contrary lo its provisions, he was arrested, iricil, and coruicted, upon the Statute; and sentcncetl to be iinprisoned ami banished. .Mr. (loiirlay now claims irdiess, and is desirous to know the iuleiitions of the Kxeeuti\e (jOM riimeiit risp(-(tiiii; his easi'. It apjiears, that, in acconlanee with one |)art of the Aildiess, Your Kxcelleiu y Ins directed a paynieiit to Mr. (ioiulay of Kilty I'ouiuls. It is further rciiiiired bv the Address, that, the ( ioveinmeiil should repudiate the transai lion. The proceediiij; a:iaiiist Mr. (lourlav does iioi appear to lia\(' been an art of the i;\ecuii\e (Jovernment, hut of a tribunal exercisin;; extiaordiiiiiiy and e\ti iisive power, and luninsi; the widest discretion as lo the mode in which il should he used. In assentiii?i to the repeal of the Act itself, the (lovmiuneiit has already expressed its opini(Ui, in the siroiiijest manner, against the continuance of such arbitrary ]Kiwer in any person, or body of persons ; but, the Committee do not see how the disavowal of the act of persons, over which the present (io\erniueiil of lln' I'rovince had no coi.lroul, can, in anywise, help .Mr. (iouiiay's case. If the h'f^alily of liu' proeeediiej; be called in (]iie>tioii, on ilu> ground thai the Slatiile was not intended to apply to IJriiish siibiecis, u reb'reiu'e to the Act itself will shew, that aeliial lesiilence in the J'ro\ ince, and tli(> laKiiij; the o.uh of allegiance, were t!ie neeessaiy (i'.uiliti( .iiions which would exempt any jierson fnuu the I'lii'ration of ihu l^aw. 'ihe beiny a natural Ikjiii subject of the Crown does not enter into the (luesiion. Oil lookiiii; to tin- lii.slon- of tin* time when the Act wns piisiird, only a few years after the .<«iipprt's>iiiii (if u ri>nniilulil<> robfllion in Irclaiiil, and alniont inini(Hliately after an attempt of till- sanii' nature in the .siinir (-(Hinti v. and, at a period when the war of the Freiirh revolution was ra^in:;,— a lonlest of |)i'in('iple i>y whii'h all men's minds were more or less agitated, it is not exti'Miirdiiiai y that sucli a measure should i.avu been entertained in n distant, and then Weak piiriioii oi'tlie empire. There is no nood reason to suppose that it was not intended to operate ai;;nii>t llriiisli sutijeels, (|uite as "tringenlly as against foreigners, and the power sumnLiirilv itij reveiii even Uritish suhjeels from setllint; in Uriiish Colonies, and ordering them til depart lliert iVoiii, uiis iidI yo unpreeedeiued as in liiuiid an argnnient on the impnssihility of the I'pi^er (.'anndiaii I.e^isiatiire meanini; to exieiid the provisiiuis of the haw to all persons, whose presence in ihe I'roviiiee appeared to lie dangerous to its peare, and who rame vvilhiii tlie strict leller ol ilie Ail. 'I'lieri' is no f^ruund to (|iiesli(in the power of the Legis- lature lo pass such an Act; and, the repudialinn of ihe pioeeedings under it, as illegal, would, without lienelillinn Mr. (ionrlay, have the elfect of a declaration purporting to make invalid what v\a», lu'virilieless, inanilesily legal, however harshly the l^aw may have operated against tin' applicant fcir redress. ir ilir .Siatnie nf the I'rdvincial I'.irlianient he admilied to he valid, it will he seen that the widest power and discreiion were i;i>(n to those who were to art under it. Ii appears nm to have been necessary for the procurement of an order to leave the l'r.ivinc<', In stale or prove any posilive overt acts of sediiion, or treason, to jiroduce n general iiuiires-ioii from a I'lrson's act or nen-Tal depoitnient. K>eii " umoiiuiini! lo siispirhm," was all lliat was iiecevsary, and ilie Law appears lo have been so far enniplied with. A satisfactory eii.jiiiiy into ilie urouiuls for the |)roceeiliiigs, would, at this day, if practicable, tend to no good purpose. Mr. (loiirlav sulVered lor direct disobedience lo the Law, as it stood. He could not legally have been ac(|uiiicd by any jury, for such disobedience ; and, no regret ibat sill b a Law should bav»' eMsied, or that it should have been used with severity against liiin, and no commiseration for his suflei ings, will authorize the admission of the dangerous and destru('ti\e |iriiK'iple, that individuals are to judge for themselves, and, with impunity, art in (leliance of the positive Law of the land. INJr. (lourlay apjiears legally lo be in a position leqiiring protection from the sentence pas>cd upon liini, as to its future operation. The Committee believe that he might, at any time, since ilio ripeal of the Act in (juestion, have procured this protection by means of a panlon, under the great seal ; and, there is no good reason why, if he wishes il, he should not fii- ;';r:iiii(il n panlon now : - bui he fiirilicr seeks pecuniary indemnitv, for what he considers an illeual prosecution and conviciion, which cannot he granted in the shape he requires it, unless it can be >liewn thai the prosecution and conviction were really illegal. Before any urant of indeninity can be made to Mr. (Jourlay, it is necessarv that the matters shoulii be broiigbi under the consideraii(ui of the Legislative Assembly, by the (iovernmcnt. It is Hot the intention of the Coinniitiee of ("ouiicil lo ad»ise a limitation of the liability of the Legis!:iti\r Assenibl\, liv withholdiii::, from it, an op()ortuniiv of granting a sum ofinonev, winch would relieve .Mr. (lourlay, to any moderate eMriii ; but, it w< iilil be unjust to him, were li<- to be periniiied lo remain undc i ilie inijiressioii tii.it ilie (Jovirnineiii recognizes the illegality of the Sentence pronoiinci d against him, or liability of the |iublic funds to indemnify bim, as a mailer ot riL^lit, against the con»<''|uenees of his own deliher.ite infringement of the L'W of the I'roviiuc. Certified, {SitrncJ,) WM li:e, .v. k. c. rears aflt-r the an uUi'nipl of irh revolution n^ilalcd, it is nnl, and ihrn 3t intended to id the power ordering ihem iipii!t, all the circumstances ua to his iniprisunuicnt, in Niagara .lail, in the year IKllt. That, liud this simple prayer l>een acted on, Your I'etitioiicr would immediately have gone to Knghmd, there t<> lay evidence, obtained, before the Im|K>rial rarlinmcnt : but, instead of tliis, an Address was currii'd to the Lieutenant Governor highly injurious to Y'our retitionerj in so much, that he was thereby obliged to remain in Up{>er Canatlu, under most dis- tressing circumstances. That, in th<41, Y«>ur Petitioner had a Petition presented to Y'our Honourable House, including <-opies of the abtive mentioned Memorials, with other Documents; and pntying that all should lie seriously considered. Tii.>(, it,:., rnKiuit niu> ica-iiea It) tt t>aeei, committee, and reported on, to the entire .satisfaction of Your I'etitioner. That, a Petition was jiresentetJ to Your Honourable House, this present Session, including the Heport of IKll, and having, aiiiiext'd, a lleportofthe K.xecutive Council ; — all of which has IxH'n printe lotli to execute, alter tlif;:iliei'aliicat('. ,Vli otl'i'r Was there- tore niaile, that they should go free, on condition of expatriatiii;^- iheiiisehes, and leavine- the kingdom lor ever, — wiiiih oU'er, they uladly ai'cepted. .Sum' ofllieiii went to the lnited .'"^tates, where they t'oiind many rebel iVieial-:, who iiad esia|K'iil the writer of that IJejioi't not know the distinc- tion between natural and lornl idlegiance ? or, did he mean to sink the condition ofan nnattuinted British KHlijci't (o tlu' Iivtl of tlmt dI' iilionx, i'X|M\triutnl |Hr>»4)iift, uikI outluvvn ? lint, IkIoiw iUt»'rin)i thii* iinliliisliiii^' asjuition. lu- liml tliclaivil, — rt'lVriiii;; to iln- Aot itMlf, "that uiliiut " r(.«/(/i/iCc in llir frorliUY iiiiil fin' Utkiii-f Me lulth (if iilli'f'inun' ifrir tla- id'ii.s.-iii-i/ i/iiiillliriifloii.ut, in no wiiy, wus Voiir I'ltitioiicr siilijirt t»i tlic law: — for, lie imtl not only liikm tlu' oatli of alli'^'iiini't', Init hail iirlnally rchiilnl in iIk' rroviiic'i' liL'liti'rn niontliH iKtiiri' lu' waHonU'n'il to (l«|iiirt; — iiml. wlini lu' mnil for lilicrution liv Writ i>i hiitntii furj'iis, M\ iitlnlavit wu« atlarlnil to ilic \\ lit, ti ■.titvinf; that lie had lutii iliiiiii ill il, in one Iioiim', niiu' inontlit, vi/: in tin' honx' nf IiuIh i-r ilaniilton, lisiinirc, ot (Jui(ii?*ton, who I* •.till alive to cunlinn the saino. riic Chief .Instice of rpiH'r Ciinaila, when he reiiinnilecl Your Petitioner to prison, after si^;ht of tli;it ami otlur alMavit s, most aNsnredlv siniieil a;.'ain>f kiiowleilire,- jmlj^ed eoiilrur>' toe\iilenei' : alul, on the I'm Iieh, when \inir reflliolH r «ii-. trierl hefure him, (jot ont oftht'dif- lieiilty hy telliiii,' till' .lnr_\ that, A' '••• i(/i Inhtl'it.iul of I '/■/':! (\iim,ii, i//.,r>i(»( nui.il I'Ci u/n/ a Ai)i/v,' ,1/' A/, i. );•//. in t/ii' I'r.'vinii ■ |«rv('r>if ^ on:' lliiiKil'alile llouw, — even no\\, Vonr I'etitioni r still rests iiiuler the l>,in <'f l>ani-linj< iii : and, tin' lwent\ -seven vciint, Iium hi't'ii out iif |)ossrssion ot'his pii>[M'rty. in l''.nL.'landand >e.itl,ind, U'caiisi; of liilsf iiiiprlsoiiinentN in rpperCaiuida; — aye, and aft r all, the writer of the l!e|Mirt ofi'onn'il drivels ulMiiit " koih- miiii-'tli"/!,'' and says, that Vonr I'elitioner, " if If ir/.s/e n it." may Ix; '^ fininteil tuld that, In' cannot nirtiin !"■ heard hy Yonr llononible House, nnlenh hopnns lijr eoinjH iisatiwn, in money. In reply, he \v.f 'o sav. that he never itsked fur money fmin tile ]H'ople of I p|Kr Caiiaila, or Canada. In no i.i ■ nf Ids i'etitioii!), wii.s there a pniver (or that. He Ron>.'lit only for evidenee Ui Ih' laid iK'fi.re tli ' lin|N'rial I'arliiiinent, and hud the A.sseiiilily, in the year I *»■'!'.', L'rant^'il hi-s prayir, he would havi' lieeii satisfied ; _so too, in the year If^ll, had not the I-'..\iiii lu'liii;.' thus : '• 7'/,, ,'j'inii>it <•' th lluu^ilninji.iin-ixsi'iltit tht' iiorer- " rior, f I- > till return ti< llritiiln, rr/"iit »)i/ T'lmiii/, anit fn; rtirri; iiiriij>rnitiii,t. ■ ^ our lloiioiahle House did, in tlii year 1K|1, jiratultouslv reeommend tliiit, Your I'cti- tioner ".'>//'>"/(/ /"' i-onij'i n.-"tti',l /'>»• Aw.vi,» ; thut. In tlic iman tiiiif, .101:. i- alinrnnci- should bf " nnvlc Vi liini, irliili' ilit\iidiinj tin' rii/hti nf it /triti.ih ^'ihjict ;" and, in eonelusioii, .su""(.'st«'d tliat, " li'/c;^ /i.' '//./( tor the ( ioveriiineiil ) //; llir liti irlu/'inn, slmnld in ilhcr lit vrirliinLid nor •' I'lri/ntl'!'." Willi all this, Your Petitioner was well jileased; aiicl, douhtlos. all would have ("•III allowed, hut for the IteiHirt of the Committee of the |-'.xe<'Mtive Cmineil. At pix'senl, in ill • opinion of Your Petitioner, tlu-ri' is onlyoni'i|uestion tor eoiisidemtion, vi/ : — Are the opi- nions expressed in the Kepiiri of Your Honoundile Hou.se, jKll, sound and true';' or, have they Ixs'ii proved to !«■ oilei \ jsi., liy tlhshewinj; of the li'pirtof a ('••mmillee of the Kxeeutive Council':' Your P( fitioiier iie-.-ei' had adoiilit, in his own mind, tiiat hi- iiiiprisnnment, in Nia;.'aru, in I >^ I It, Was, as Vonr Holiouialile llon-e deelared, '•(//,>/((/, MiirnnstitiitinHill, ilinl iritli.iiit tkf lio»- " ^iliUitij nfi.rfiiM' nr I'lilliiiliini." I'liii, as a dispute suhsists iMiwoen Your Hoinairahk' llouw.' a:: 1 ill'' Mxeeutive Council, he would have the final issue reached, in sd verv ;,rr;i\(' a nmttiT, \iv the lust means, and most constitutional stejis. Sir liiehard .laekson had. nodouht, forjfotten his deterininatiun not to interfeiv in this Imsiness, as "In in;/ niihj /■) tin' teni/inritn/ itdininistra' ti-ii'inn 0/ tin: (iiiirrninciit," ami, afterwanis, lieen imposed upon hy the very sja'cious language cjf the Ueport of the Coiiiiuitti-e of the Executive Council, whdi .sul)i"nitt(.tl for a|iprovaI. '!i;e (lovenior (ieiieral is now otherwise situated : and. if would b«' pro|)er that His Mxcelleney hhoiild n view the whole facts, mid ai'L'uinents, 0:1 IkjiIi .siije.s. .Many points ii'inain to he noticed which the limits of a Pctliion preclude; ami. Your I'etitioiier would liumhly siij'L'est, that Your Hi liouraliie llou'c should appoint a Coiiiinittee to prepare the whole to Ijo laiil, hy AddiX'ss, be- fore His I'ixceljeiicy, the (io\c rnor