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HJ. up- 'nM/iir\A\\^Ci <-- '/ '■' ' ^■''■>-^^'^ >-'<^u-<.'xo Z^*^'' CANADA. ^fy CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVR TO THR AFFAIRS OF CANADA. 1841. 9ra(tnbtl to bot^ ^miti of Varlianunt bp CommmiV ot Atr iHntrttp. 3, rue de i Qufebec 4, Q^£- LONDON: imiNTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET, FOR HER MAJESTTS STATIONERY OFFICE. 1841. vV r », ?•• -*" , f 14 4^ 'Kl.. ■f \ <■,:*, f.e. .?^*?- [ ill 1 SCHEDULE. CANADA. FROM LORD SYDENHAM, SIR GEORGE ARTHUR, AND LORD JOHN RUSSELL No, Dnte. 1940. 1. Right Hon. C. P. Thomson to Lord - - June 27. John Rus.si'11. 2. Loril John Riissill to Right Hon. - - July 24. C. P. Thomson. 3. Lord John Russell to Lord Sydenham - - Aug. IS. 4. Right Hon. C. P. Thomson to . ru - - Sept. 16. John Russell. SUDJECT. ff Finoiicial state of the two Ca- niulas . - - - 1 Union of the Provinces of Up- per and Lower Canada - - 17 Transmitting Order in Council for re-nniling Upper and Lower Canada - - - 17 Remarks upon the Act for re- uniting the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada - - - 5. Lord John Russell to Lord Sydenham - • Oct. 25. 6. Lord Sydenhttm to Lord John Russell - - Sept. 27. 7. Lord John Russell to Lord Sydenham - - Oct. 23. 8. Lord Sydenham to Lord John Russell - • Sept. 27. !). Lord John Russell to Lord Sydenham - • Oct. 25. 10. Iiord Sydenham to Lord John Russell - - Oct. ". 11. Lord John Russell to Lord Sydenham - - Oct. 31. 1841. 12. Lord Sydenham to Lord John Russell - - Feb. 16. 13. Lord John Russell to Lord Sydenham - > Mar. 27. 14. Sir George Arthur to Lord John Russell - Feb. 10. 15. Lord John Russell to Sir George Arthur - Mar. 20. 16. Lord Sydenham to Lord John Russell - - Mar. 6. Acknowledgment of above De- spatch of Sept. 16 Result of a lour in Upper Canada — Improved state of public feeling . - - Acknowledgment of above De spatch of Sept 27 Transmitting Copies of Ad- dresses presented to Gover- nor during his late Tour, — and his replies to them Acknowledgmei'l of above De- spatch of Sept. 27 Transmitting Copies of Ad- dresses presented to the Governor during his Pro- gress through Upper Canada, and Answers thereto - 18 21 22 - 22 23 26 27 Acknowledgment of above De- spatch of Oct. 2 - • 27 Steps taken for carrying into effect the Union of Upper and Lower Canada - - 28 Acknowledgment of above De- spatch of Feb. 16 - - 31 Acceptance by Sir G. Arthur of the office of Deputy- Governor of Upper Canada for a few weeks- - - 31 Acknowledgment of above De- spatch of February 10 - 32 Meisure.s taken for defining Limits of Cities and Towns in the Province of Canada - 32 C.:*i,.if«ia«»S'M^*B»S5 aBRBH nn C w 1 ife. 17. Lord Sjrdenlwm to Lord John RuimII • 18. I^rd John RutwII (o Lord Sydenham • 19. I.ord Sydenham to Lord John Runtell - 90. Lord John RniuwH to Lord Sydenham - 81. Lord Sydenham to Lord John Rnsiell - 82. Lord John Riiiuell to Lord Sydenham • ^ 8S. Lord Sydenham to Lord John Runaell • 24. liord John Riuwll to Lord Sydenham - 85. Lord Sydenham tn Lord John Russell - 26. LonI Sydenham to Lord John Russell - 27. Lord John Russell to Lord Sydenham - 28. Lord Sydenham to Lord John Russell - 29. Lord John Russell to Lord Sydenham ■ 30. Lord Sydenham to I^ord John Russell • Dote. 1841. April 6. Mays. June 1. July S. June 9. July 19. June Qb, i SUBJKOT. Pigi Proroipkllon of l*rovlncial Par- liamenl - - - - 80 Viewf enisrtained by Her Ma- jesty's Government on the subjects of Finance, De- fence, and Emigration - 86 Postponement of Meeting of ProTlnclal Parliament - 89 Acknowledgment of ubnve De- spatch of June 1 - 41 Transmitting Return of Emi- grants arrived at the Port of Quebec up to the 22d u4t. - 41 Acknowledgment of above De- spatch of June 0. — Transmit- .. ting copy of Report from Commissioners of Colonial Land and Emigration - 50 Transmitting copy of Go- vernor-General's Speech im opening the SesHioi-, toge- ther with Copies of Ad- dresses to him from both Houses, and his Answers thereto - - - - 51 July 24. Acknowledgment of above De- spatch uf June 25 June 26. Transmitting Returns from Emigrant Agent at Grosse Isle .... July IS. Transmitting Returns and Re- port fromEmigratioii A^i>ts ut Quebec and Kingston July 6. Granting Leave of Abvcnce to Governor-General, on ac- count of Indisposition Jnly 21, Resignation by Oovernor-Gine- ralofhisOlliec - - 71 Aug. 18. Acceptance by the Queen of Governor-Cieneral's Resig- nation - - - - 71 Aug. 4 Acknowledgment of Despatch of 6 July, granting Leave of Absence. Satisfactory progress made by the Pro- vincial Government on Pub- lic Business - - - 72 56 56 67 71 [ 1 ] OAWADA CORRESPONDENCE BUATITB TO THI AFFAIRS OF CANADA. (No. 129.) No. 1. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. C. Poulett Thomson to Lord John Russell. My Lord, Government House, Montreal, 27th June, 1840. I NOW transmit to you an account of the financial state of the two Canadas, and in order to bring the subject fully before you, I shall call your attention, first, to the estimated income and expenditure of each province for the present year; secondly, to that of each in regard to the future, under their existing engagements ; and lastly, to the state in which the finances of the United Province will probably be found should the Union Bill pass into a law as proposed by me. The account marked A* is the estimate of the revenue and expenditure of the present year, as prepared by the Inspector-general of Lower Canada. This return would show a probable deficiency in the revenue of about £9000, exclusive of the debt of £20,000 to the military chest. I do not, however, anticipate any incon- venience from this deficiency, as many of the services for which it is necessary to make provision during the current year will not in reality be paid until after the commencement of the next financial year. In regard to the debt to ths military chest, I trust that Her Majesty's Government will not object for the present to suspend its repayment. It this be permitted, I have every reason to expect that the revenue of the present year will be sufficient to meet all the charges upon it. I must also remark that I have not been able to provide this year for a sum of from £12,000 to £15,000 for indemnity to snfferers under the rebellion, which have been allowed under a Commission named by my predecessor. The account A at will show the estimated expenditure and the interest of debt in Uj)per Canada, to be provided during the present year, together with an estimate of the income likely to accrue. From this account it will appear, that after providing for the payment of the dividends upon the debt due in London on the Ist of January, 1841, which must of course l)e met by remittances in December, or by some other arrangement, there • will remain a deficiency of £50,394. Against this has to be set a debt from Messrs. Thomas Wilson and Co. of £61,021, of which, however, only a small part can be expected to l)e realized within that period, if indeed any dividend be made, although there is no reason to doubt that the witole will ultimately be paid. To provide for this deficiency, the Ijegislature have voted a credit of £63,000, to be raised by the sale of debentures in London without limit as to price or rate of interest. T .us you will perceive, that to complete the payments and fulfil the obligations of tl.-* province during this year, a sum of about £50,000 must be raised, which can be effected only by the realization of the debt of Messrs. T. Wilson and Co., or by having recourse to the powers gnmted by tlu. House of Assembly. Of the first there is little jirobability. Although I entertain no doubt of the ultimate solvency of the House in question, and of the payment of the debt in full, it is not to be expected that this can be effected during the present year, and it will be necessary to have recourse to the other resource, if other means cannot be adopted. lint this would in my opinion be most objectionable. In the present state of the credit of Upper Canada, del»eiiture8 to the extent required could not most probably, if saleable at all, Ije dis)M>8ed of for anything more than 75 or 80 per cent., if bearing interest of 5 per cent., and only redeemable in a certain number of years ; Ke.l. * Income and Expenditure of Lower Canada, for the year 1840. * Income and Expenditure of Upper Canada, for the year 1840. B CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE CAWADA. or, if redeemable at pleasure at par, probably it would be neceMary to pay an ioter«8t of 8 or per ceut. A fre«b loan to thi« extent w«»uld add materialiy to the debt wliich mutt hereafter form the united dKbt of the province uf Canada, and would, in addition to the in- juKticc of thus Nuldiiiig upon the united province an iingnieiitcd burthen to that extent, impose onu contracted upon the most diHadvantageous termo to the bor- rower. I wouhl, therefore, earnestly presH upon Her Alajesty's Government the propriety of affording the means of avoiding thiH neet'saity, which it may do with no incon- venience, and without any t'mk worth s|ieuking of. Tliis may be effected by the Treamirv undertaking the advance of £50,000 necessary to complete tiie balance i-e(|uii-ed, and taking in security the transfer of the debt of Thomas Wilson and Co., to which would be added of course the security of the province. The advance would, as regunls the British Treasury, be n purely teuiporary one, probably not remaining uncovered for more than a few months ; but to the province, it would be a matter of tlie greatest moment. I next come to the financial condition of tlie two provinces under their present separate administration. * In Lower Canada tlie provincial debt already incurred, or which may probably be raised during the ensuing year, is comparntiveiy insignificant From the state ment B, annexe U PEi •< < f,if*v. B Si B fr S I >- •< SB a. u en O •8 o e o o o o o o o o o o o o e o OlOOPO© oo o lOOOOOO (CO - «tl l^ O O I' © o (e o « >o o P! o t- CO o o o o o o o o (M « 00 > # ->• ^ ^ H Q 'A U X H iJ •< & ■< g. O li b o £ • t a _o ? id c B "> a cu s . >> -a « &•! X a- — a 6 S ^ B a b B o a .2 -2 t 5 {£ B m o (ft _ •S g Q.T! a) » ^ a. S t TJ "^ a O 3 . ^ o ■o ^ a. ■> •>_ o. O OS ^ • = E o — eS 3 B B < 3 o H § fce-S g o B b S. B O M I.. -a V s I" u (9 1 • ? * .a 3 C a E u £.£ ^ X n>. — In the yt>«r< IS.lfi and IH37, in coniie<|iii!nce uf the rr|^Ur luppliM bcinf; withheld by the HouM of A»vnihly, a couiiilcrnble pro|iailion uf the expanse* ul the Civil (loveram«nt were, by direction! from the Secreataiy of !^(at« fir the Coluniea, madr payable out of tix! revrniiift at ibe diipnaal of the Crown ; but when the Land Company ceaird paying up thrir initalnwnlt, thew revenue! fvll ahoit of the amounl of expenditure to which they were directed tu lir applied. On the luipeniion of the Cunititulion of thi4 Province, it waa eoniidrred aa the more timple eoune to roerf^ the Crown meaura in thr other fundi, and fr>>m that ((eneral fund, the appropriation! required for defraying all the expeniei uf Guvernmrnt, (inrludicg theae chargea on the Crown revenue!,) were made. That rour«e hai beeu puraued up tu the preient time. Montreal, June 1840. JOSEPH GARY, Inspector-General Public Accounts, AFFAIRS OF CANADA. 9 CANADA. F. LOWER CANADA. Statbment of the Duties levied under the Imperial Act 14lh Geo. III., cap. 88, for the Year 1839. ^ On Importations by Sea at the Ports of Quebec and Montreal :— For the Quarter ended 5th of April, 1839 ,, ended 5th of July. ,, ended 10th of October, 1839 ended 10th of Januury, 1840. f • Gross Amounts Espeniei of Collection. Proportion for Upper Canada, SSj^ per Leaves for Lower Canada. . . . Deduct Vir for Sterling Currency Cunency. £. $. d. 191 6 5 15,428 6 4 14,747 16 7 5,200 5 8 35,567 15 38 17 8 35,528 17 4 13.678 12 3 Steiling DolUn at . ,, S,000 atSI ,, £137,662 12 2+ 229 19 5U0 138,392 12 2f at 6 percent. Total . £204,632 12 2^ Currency. Sterling Debenture!. £826,750 at 5 per cent. . . . 1 per cent. Cummiaiion on Dividend! . • • . . Currency Oollan at 9*. £. «. i. 203,902 12 2i 229 19 SOO Starling Dollara at &. M. £. I. d. 826,750 204,632 11 3J Average fur Exchange, &c., II per cent. . Total Annual Charge! fur intereet, Ac, on the Public) Funded Debt ^ DcBT WBICH MAT BE INCURRID IN TH( PriiIHT TiAR. Debenture! authoriied by Provincial Statute 3rd Vic. c. 36, for liquidating balaucei due the London Agent! Voted for Indemnity to SuReren during the Rebellion and luTaiions Required for Public Workg • . . Total .... CUAHOB! FOR InTIRB!T. On £70,000 Currency or £63,000 Sterling, at 9 per cent Exchange at 1 1 per cent One per cent. Cummiation on Dividend! . , . . . On £100,000 Currency, at 6 per cent. ... Total Annual Chaige for Intere!t RaCAPITULATlOH. 'imount of Debt, certain ....... Debt, »liich may be incurred in the preient Year , Total Amount of certain and poiaible Debt . . . 204,632 11 H 3,062 293 IS 8,303 U 11,639 6 826,750 S7,039 18 8 863,789 18 8 10,493 7 S 41,337 10 413 7 Total Amonnt ia Starling. £. «. if. ,010,263 6 11| 1,010,919 6 I 1,067,959 4 9 10,493 7 5 41,750 17 4,592 11 10 46,343 8 10 (Sterling. . . ICunency . . 70,000 40,000 60,000 Annual CHAaaii. Certain Powible 170,000 3,150 346 10 6,000 Together . 204,632 II 21 170,000 Currency. 63,152 3 9,923 16 11 3,496 10 34 19 3 3,531 9 3 5,400 73,075 17 2 (Sterling. (Currency 883,789 18 8 Equal to in Sterling. 56,836 16 3 8,931 9 3 46,343 8 10 56,836 16 3 63,152 3 153,000 65,768 5 6 8,931 9 3 9,923 16 11 1,067,959 4 9 153,000 1,220,959 4 9 CANADA. Insp«ctiir-Geiieral'8 Office, Toronto, May 30, 1840. (Signed) JOHN MACAULAY, Inspector-General. It ' rORnESPONDENCK RELATIVE TO THE CANADA. C. c. UPPER CANADA. Statkmrnt uf the Aiimml Char^eH for the Tntere«t of thi> Public Debt, »n(l of the Enlimiileil Annual Provbiciiil Rxpetiililurr nnd Rrveiiiie. ANNUAL RXPRNDITURK. Total Amiiunt of chiirjfi's for liiliTCNt of the Piibbc Debt, iiH per StatfitU'tit 11., Hubji'cl to a (limjniitidii on the three iteinn of Debt wliii'h miiy bi- inc\irri'(l thin year AdminiNtrniion of JuHtive iiiul sii|i|)nrl of Civil Ooveriiiiient Le}(i!tluture SthcioU PeiiKiiiim Lijtbthoiises Agriculliiriil Si)cietien Penileiiiiury Militiii Courls-Martial ANNl AL REVENUE. PrDpnrlion of Dulles at Quebec . , . , Import* frnin United Stales Licences and Auction Duly Tolls and Harbour Dues from Oovernment Works Interest payable by Private and Incorporated Couipunirs on Loans and by Macadamized Roods £13.329. ^s. lid. (estimated receipts from) Touiiujre Duty Fees on .Militia Commission*, Fines, &c. . i Annual Deflcienry The estimated charges on the Additional Debt which may l)e mcurred this year (part of which should be relurned by payments from the various Public Works, in proportion to the advances miide lo them), are . . . Ciirrenry DolUn at 3i. £. f. d 73,075 17 a 28,500 10,000 11,050 a,.so2 10 2,.'J00 1,000 6,000 300 £. 60.000 IH.OOO 12,000 2,000 10,000 300 500 StiirlinK Dullara •• 4: AW. 134,738 7 8 102,800 31,928 7 2 9,923 16 11 £, (. d. 65.760 5 « 121,355 10 6 I 92,520 28,735 10 6 8,931 9 3 Inspector-General's OfTice, Toronto, May 30th, 1840. (Signed) JOHN MACAULAY, I nipector-fleneral. Statcme.vt uf tl e Annual Charges for the Administration of Justice and Support of the Civil Go- vernment. Civil Government, per Ist Will. IV., cap. 14 :— £. Lit'Uienant-Goveruor 2,000 Three Judges 3,300 Atioriiey and Solicitor-General 500 f Five ''Ixecutive Councillors 500 Clerk Executive Council 200 Sterling . . £6,500 neceiver-Gcneral's Salary, £700 sterling, per 1st Will. IV., cap. l.'> . . . . Iii»'|ici.tor-(ieiieriil''< Salary, .t3(i.) sterling, per li>tli Geo. 111., cap. 13 , , .Surveynr-tienenr^ Ri-turns to Treasurers, [jcr .^!)th Geo. ill., cap. 7, say • Afljiitiint(feneral of Militia, per 2nd Vic. cap. 69 600 .\ssist.iiii-(ifiu'ral of Mililiu, per 4lh Geo. IV., cap. 27 (4 Sep.) . , 200 Coutiiigencies, per 4lli (Jeo. iV., cap. 7 85 AdniinistrHlioii o'' ./iislice, per 7tli Will. IV., cap. 1 : — T«o Judges 2,000 Clerks of Assiae and Travelling Expenses 1,000 V.ce-Ciianccllor, per 7th Will. IV., cap. 109 A.inual (irant, per Bill of Supply for |840 Less, .Vrrcars of 1939 16,779 4 6 2,fH;l 15 6 Cumncy. £. s. d. 7,222 4 5 777 15 6 405 II 1 •40 885 3,000 1,250 13,580 11 14,117 9 27,698 EatimatediitiCJUi'ui lS4U, 1 : I . 1 s. d. 4 5 15 6 11 1 11 E. t. fry AFFAIRS OF CANADA. UPPER CANADA. 15 TAN ADA. No. 1. 8tal«m«nt ofpaymvnta to (he C\ergj: — Church of England Less. Eatlmaled Sum pa>al>l« from the Clergy Fund furmed by llenta of Leaoed Heaerveii, Iiiterem in Sulea, and DividendR on the amount uf proceeds of Sale* inveited in London Church of Scotland Presbyterian Synod of Upper Canada . Melhixliits Roman Catholic Biitliop . . . . ti Priesta . . . . !. Charf^cs now by law payable, ex in the Civil List of £75,000 :— elusive of those provided No. 2, for Maintenance of Lighthouses, variable Clerk of the Crown in Chancery Adjutant- General of Militia, Assistant ditto, and Contin- ( icies of Office Offices of the Legislature Schools Pensions variable Agricultural Societies , , Mihtia Courts'-martial , , Surveyor-General's Returns to District Treasurers, variable Provincial Legislative Library . No. 8. Annual Votes for the Civil Expenditure Contingencies of the LegiHiature for 1839, Currency £6,801 14 Schools Adjutant-Genera! of Militia, Contingencies of Office . Repairs of Government House Printing the Statutes Other Government Printing Casual and Extraordinary Expenses ,640 700 700 500 ,000 Penitentiary No. 4. Crown Revenue : — Sterling. Canada Company (ceases in 1 842) . i^20,000 Sales of Crown Lands, Licences for cut- ting Timber, Rents of Mills, Ferries, Ac, Fines and Forfeitures, Fees on Grants of Land under certain regu- lations 10,000 No. 5. Charges on the Crown Revenue to which the faith of the Crown may be con- sidered as pledged, viz. — Indian Annuities £3,405 currency . . 4,864 Pensions 1,198 Upper Canada College 1,000 Spear Legislative Council 360 Contract School, Toronto 418 10 School at Peteraborough 67 10 Leaving 2,500 67 796 846 4,860 2,972 900 270 36 72 10 10 5 6,121 5,08.5 423 180 900 675 540 10 Sttrling. 6,000 13,924 10 8 4,500 30,000 7,908 22,092 1,291 b 6 4,440 5,781 5 6 13,070 5 18,424 10 8 7,903 Inspector-Generars Office, Toronto, May 30, 1840. (Signed) JOHN MACAULAY. Inspector-General. 16 CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE ' CANADA. P. f. UPPER CANADA. Statrmint of th« Dulitf levlfd under the Imperial Ad, 14th Qtn. III. c HH, fur th« Year IRSP. COLLECTED IN LOWER CANADA. DuliM on Importatlona by Sea, accordinff to tlia Rfturnt of the iniipcctur-Ucneral ol Lower Canada, vis. :— For the Quarter ended April 5, and up to May 1, 1»39 . Ditto July &. „ Ditto Oct. 10. „ Ditto Jan. 5, 1840 Eipeniee of Collection .... Proportion to Upper Canada, 38)^ per cent. Deduct ^ for Sterling COLLECTED IN UPPER CANADA. Spirit* imported from the United Slotm into Upper Canada, per Returns ended December 31, 1H39, 16,5l2j ftallunn . Licence! for retailin{i^ Spirituous Li(|iiorti, per Returns to January 4, 1H40, 1473 at £1 lOr. Sterling each .... Eittimated Expenses of Collection Total . Curnncy. £. : d. 101 6 5 n,42S 6 4 14,747 Ifl 7 80,367 9 4 5,aoo f» 8 35,567 15 .18 J7 8 35.588 17 4 13,678 \'i 3 1,367 17 3 £. StvrllBR. d. 12,310 15 835 18 9 2,049 12 3,475 4 9 5U() £. 13,310 15 2,975 4 9 15,28-) 19 9 Inipector-Oenvrnrs Office, Toronto, May SO, 1840. (Signed) JOHN MACAULAY, liis|j«ciur-tieneral. » « AFFAIRS OF CANADA. ir r iiiitl J^owrr ('tinudu, hihI for the (lovcrnnieiit of Ciiiittila, it will l>e luTt'HSHry to ivvoko the Hoyiil CoiiiniixHionH which you have rec'ived mi Governor of the two MeparHte provine»'K, and to ittwue to you ii new ConiinixHion tin (iovernor ofCuniulH. I have necordincly direeted that instrument to Im! prepared, together with a revised set of Uuyal Instruetions, and they will he forwarded to you us smtn us tht; lieeessary forms ran he eomitleted. Tile re(iuisite Order of the Queen in Couneil, authorising you to proclaim the Unidn <»f tlie Provinces, is also in course of preparation. As tlie office uf Lieutenant-( iovernor of Upper Canada will henceforth lie on a dilferent f(H»ting, Major-Cieneral Sir (Jeorge Arthur will return home. I do not propose to nominate any person to that situation, until I am in ])oss4*8- sion of your wishes on the suhject. It seems to n»e, however, desiralde that the oflicer in coimnand of the troops in Upper Canada should have the title and salary of LieutJMiant-Ciovernor ; hut if you (lo not concur in this suggestion, I will send from this country a jterson qualihed to perform the duties attaclied to the office. I hove, &c., The Right Hon. C. Poulett Thompson, (Signed) .1. HUSSKLL. &c. &c. &c. N«.!t. (No. 204.) No. 3. Copy of a DESPATCH from liord John Husseix to the Right. Hon. Lord Sydenham. My l- authorized to issue a Proclamation appointing a day upon which the Union of the Provinces is to take j»lace. You will issue that Proclamation in the capacity of Governor- (leneral of the two existing Provinces. But from the day so to he appointed, it will he neces- sary that you should assume the character of (iovernor ot the Province of Canada. To this end yo)i will he ajijiointed to that office hy a Commission lo he issnest{K)ne- inent necessary. I have, &c.. The Right Hon. Ix)rd Svdenhan>, (Signed) J. RUSSELL. &c. &c. &c. No. 3. 10 August, 1840. ( OHIir.S|»ONDKM'K HEI.ATIVK TO TIIK P I'ANAIIA. KndMuiv in So, X KiK-lnatirit ill No :l. At llit> ( uurt m HiirkiiiKhani PiiltirK, ihp KHh of Atigiul, 1H4(). Pri'tK'nf : — The Qurkn'* Mmr Kxckilknt Majmtv, Lord riiiimM'llor, l.onl John Kiiiim'II, l.onl I*ri'«uli»nt. Vimonnf PHln«pr«ton, l.onl I'livy Meal, Vinroiiiit MfHiourno, VlarqiiiK ol' Nomwiiby, ViM'«nint Dinicuiinun. Loi'il Stinviirtl, I^tinl llollttiul, l.onl rhiiinticrliiiii, Sir John llolilioiioi', Hart. F.iiil of Mlnnuirl.'. Mr. Cliiiiu-ullor of tin- Kxrh<'iju«T, Kiirl of Miiito, Mr. Macuiiluy. iix, hv ail Ai't of Piirliiimi'iil iiawHcd in llif Si'o«criiniciit of Cunuda," it in, ainon^Nt otliur tliingw, ciiacicd, That it ^Imll he lawful for llcr Nfnjc^ty, with the aiivico of her IVivy Council, to iIccliTc or to authnrixc the (lovcrnor-noncral of the Nuid two Provinces of I'pjM'r nnii Lower r.ii ada to dcclnre, hy prorlmnnlioii, that the oaid provinces, iinon, from, and iifler a certain day in such proclaniiitioii to Ixt apimintcd, which day nhall be within fifteen calendar iiioiiiIh next nfker the pumtiiig of the said Act, kIimII forni and Ix- one iirovince, under the name of the Province of Canada; anil thenceforth the waid provinces Nhall conititiite and I e one province under the name aforesaid, u|M)I|, from, and after the ilav no appninted h* aforesaid. And whereas, with the advice «)f her Privy Council, Her Maiextv in jilenned to >{rant to tho ««id (lovurnor-gencral the authority in the said Ait tne(itioiu!(l. Iler Majeciy doth hereby, with the advice of her Privy Council, mid in piirsnaiic<- and exercise of the powcitt in Her Majenty vextetl hy the said rcrited Act. authorize the (lovernor-general of the -aid two Pro- vinces of Cpper and Lower Canada to ileclare by proelnniaiion, that the said jiiovinces upon, from, and aOer a certain day, in such proclaniution to he a)'pointeil, which day shall be within lit>eeii calendar nionths next alter the pa-sin^ of the sai I .Act, hIuiII form and be one province, under the name of the IVovince of Canada. And the Kiulit llonomalile l.nnl John Uussi'll, one of Iler .Majesty's Priiu'i|iul Secretaries of State, in to give the necessary directions herein uccordinjjiy. C. GKt:viLi.K. (No. 160.) N(.. I. KxTBACT of a DKSPATOH frotii tlie Hii.rht Hon. ('. Poiilktt Thomson to |j«)rd John Ri'sskli., dntcd Toronto, Ititli Septciniwif, lM40. No. ). I HAVi; the lioiioiir ttt lu'kiiowltMJge tlie n-rcipt of a ropy of tln^ Act for ip-tiiiitinn; the Pfoviiifi's of Upper atid Lower Citiiiula, mid for the tioverninetit of ('aiuida. I have ean'fiiUy perilled llie Aet, and I oh.servi' with regret that some alterations have heeii made from the origiiiui plan which I transmitted, wliicii will create dilheiilty and emharra.s.smeiit iiere, «'speeialiy the rfitrictions intrresseil with the truth (d" his declaratitm, of the abscdute necessity of the establishment by Parliament of a system r ri'inintl your I.4>nlN|iip timt mIiIImI thiit WHN the uiU"iiiiiou« opinion ol tht* Citltint^l, thoMt nieinherH of it uho n-ally tiMik u il«'e|> iuti'rttst in (Jiuiiuliun iniittcrH I'litertaitieil mi Mron^ly thr oninion of the iiri'eHoity of I'liluroin^ thin |)riti«M|ih', thut they wouhl nut huvu uhHfiit<> two proviiu't'h. Itut in the iiiHtructioiiH with which 1 wiih honouri'd with n view to my Iiroeeciiin^M, I wns eiii|iliiiticiiriy tohl tliiit one of the iiioNt iin|iortuiit |lrinci|de^ to he ept in view in any ineiiMiieM U>r the future governnieiit of tlie CiiiiuiIuh wiim " the eiitttlilihhinent of ii Ny^telll of hx'al uoveriune.'it liy re|iivhentative hiMJietn Irei-ly churted ill the variouh eitieH, and rural diNtrictn." "That alter a full ttlve^ti^atilln uf ev.'ry other plan whieli Iium heeii HU^'gehui-h a plan for local government iih, wliiUt it eiilircly e^^laldiKhed the principle for which Her Majesty H (iovernmeiit contended, luid the adoption of which they ami I deemed iiidiKpennahle, altogether removed the delects of (he scheme of last year, and was feneiHlly aeceptahle to the |itiople. Tliit* plan receiveil the cordial apprnhatiun of ler ^hlje(lty'N Govennii *iil. ^'oiir I»rdsliip did not indeed deem it expeiliciil to hitrodiice to Parliament the claum's for carrying out the |trovisions for llie ^_\stl■nl wliieii I tran>mitt«il to yon, hut you did more, lor you called upon rarliunnMit to euahh> me to provide all the necessary machinery myself, suhjeet to tlie h-ading principles whieii I had recommended. Under such circumstances I should have been far less surprised to find the Union Hill aiianiloned altogether by the (iovernnunt, than this most essential part ol it withilrawii. I i;'i.iiuid certainly have inrmilely preferred that the Hill should have been deferred, rather than deprived of what rendered it .sale, or gave a lair chance of its being advantageous. For if, before my better acipiaintance u ith these colonies, tht; inforniatiun uhieh I could acipiire from the reports 4>f other>and from geiuM'ul reasoning, had satistii'd nie of the neeeHsity, to use the words of Ijord J)nrliam, " id' making the estaldisli- iiient of g(HNl niunicipul institutions fur the whole country a part of the colonial cuiiHtitution ;" the opportunity I have now hud of studying the state of the Hrilish North American provinces — of observing the social condition of the people, and the working of the constitutions uinler which they have been governed — !ias con- vinced me that the cause of nearly all the did'iculty in the governmeni of every one of them, is to ]tc found in tiie absence of any well organized system of local govcrn- meiit. Owing to this, duties the most unfit to be discharged by the gen.ral legislature are thro\t'n upon it; powers eipially dangerous to the suliject and to tin; Crown are assumed by the Assembly. The people receive no training in tliose habits of .self government which are indis[ieiisable to enable them rightly to exercise the jKiwer of chousing representatives in Parliament. No field is open for the gratifi- cation of 'ambition in a narrow circle, and no opportunity given for testing the talents or integrity of those who are candiilates for popular favour. The people acquire no liabits of self dependence for the attainiuent of their own local objects. \\iiatever uneasiness they may feel — whatever little improvement in their re- s|iective neighliourhoods may appear tu be neglected, afford gruunds for complaint against the executive. All is charged directly upon the (lovernnient, and a host uf discontented spirits are ever ready to excite these feelings. On the other hand, whilst the (iuvernment is thus brought directly in contact with the people, it has neither any officer in its own eontiilenct; in the different parts of these extended provinces from whom it can seek information, nor is there any recognizx'd body enjoying the public eiuitidence with whom it can communicate, either to determine wiiat are the real wants and wishes of the locality, or through whom it may afford explaiuition. Hence the readiness with which a demand for organic changes in the constitution has been received by the peoiile. Upon every consideration, tlierefore, I am of oi»inion that it was our duty to .seize the Hist opportunity of supj-'yiug, through the Imperial Legislature, this capital CANADA. 20 CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE l!' '■ * CANADA. omission in the constitution of these colonies, by the establishment of a good system of loc;:I government ; and although tlie Act wouhl, in fact, only have extended to the Canudas, I entertain no doubt that with such an authority before them, similar provisions would have buen adopted by the legislatures in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, where the defect is no less glaring. But it may l)e said, why not trust to the provincial legislatures for the establish- ment of such institutions if they are needed ? Lord Durham has given the reply which certainly appeared la.st year conclusive to Her Majesty's GovernnHjnt, and the correctness of whicli I can now confirm — " That it is vain to expect that such a sacrifice of [wwer will be ''oluntarily made by a representative Ixwly ;" and to this I may also add, that although, after a con- sideral)le time and m-j -Ji excitement, the |»eople might conipel their representatives to establish .such a system, it is so easy to mislead them by representations against tiixation ; although no more is in fact intended than to give tiie power of taxation by themselves for their own local objects : and the argument in favour of its being the dull/ of the Government to find money for all tiieir wants, is so specious and popular, tl.'t it would probably be some time before the people exerted themselves strenuously for this purpose ; and when tliey did, I greatly doubt whether it would be possible to obtain those checks against abuse without which the system would fail ; and which it was my object to introlication to nuitters of general utility. As the Act now stands, the executive government will be called upon to propose every grant of of. or 10/. for a road or a bridge GUO or 700 miles from the seat of government ; of the merits of which it can know noliiing, and of which it can learn nothing, except througij representations which it has no oppor- tunity of testing. If it acts, therefore, it will probably act wrong ; if it does not, it is at once expo-sed to the reproach of having neglected the interests t)f tl\e loca- lity which it was bound to consider and advance. Whilst tliese duties are im|K)sed upon it, too, no means whatever are afforded by which it can acquire infonuiition, or exercise the slightest control. In Upper Canada it is true that there is somi; machinery in the different districts now established by law, which will prevent the executive from being wholly p«»werless. There is an organization in each district of sherirt's, grand juries, &c., and the magistrates possc^ss under the provincial laws certain powers wliich, although defective, still afford the me.,hs of going on. But in Lower Canada this is entirely wanting ; and tlie division tb'jre for judicial pnr- jioses is of a cl.aracter which affords no assistance wlmtover with re.sjject to the rural districts of the jtrovince. The hand of the (iovernment is entirely unknown and unfflt throughout them. If I had to seek for iniorniation from any place from 10 to 150 miles from Quebec or INIontreai, I possess no i.icans whatever of obtain- ing it, exce[»t from tiie authorities called into existence by the rebellion, and for whose |)ernianeiicy there is no secui'y whatever. If tiic executive .seeks to know tlie opinion of the people with regard to any improvement, there is no one to whom apidication can l)e made. In a word, every country district throughout the whole of the vast province of Lower Canada, is as completely cut off from any connection with the executive, as if it were on the other side of the Atlantic, and under a difhirent form c>f government. I certainly was impressed with the opinion that the existence of this state of things must be fully known to Her Majesty's Government, and that after the de- liberate judgment that had been arrived at last year, and the instructions I had received, it was, therefore, unnecessary for me io have repeated any statement, or AFFAIRS OF CANADA. 91 have ruriii^lied any fresh argument in support of the principle of local govern- ment. It remains for me, however, now only to consider the course which I can pursue under tlie determination which has been arrived at. Entertaining so strongly as I do the conviction that the principal advantages intended by the Union Act are defeated by tlie omission of this part of the scheme, I confess that I should strongly incline to defer acting upon the powers conferred b3r it, and proclaiming the Union at all, until Parliament had again had an oppor- tunity of reconsidering these clauses. But I must acknowledge that the delay which would thus arise, and the reopening the Canada question in England, where unfortunately, all that relates to this country is m little understood, would be probably attended witli greater evils, and I cannot, therefore, take on myself the responsibility of reconmicnding that course. But failing this, it would be far more grateful to me, with the opinions I hold on this subject, that Her Majesty's Government should confide the attempt to work out this new measure to other hands than mine, and nothing but the anxiety which I feel to discharge my duty to the Queen to the last, and the deep interest which I now take in what concerns these provinces, would lead me to attempt the task under circumstances which I consider almost hopeless. I am willing, however, if re(iuired, to yield to that consideration, and above all, to the feelings of the people here, of whose confidence I have lately received so many and s"ch flattering proofs, and I shall endeavour to work out the Act as it stands, by such means as I possess. For Upper Canada it is out of my power to make any provision. In Lower Canada, however, I shall, with the assistance of the Special Council, provide such a system as may supply a part at least of what was intended to be given under the provis'ons of the JJill ; at uU events to the extent which is necessary to carry out fully the different ordinances of that body which have already passed, and provide for some local organization for the wants of the country districts. The Council will, under any circumstances, meet the middle of next month, to complete its labours preparatory to the Union ; and I shall then propose to them measures to this effect. 1 shall then be able to |)roclttim the Union at the earliest period at which, looking to the time when the elections could be held, and to the financial concerns of both provinces it would be possible, namely at the beginning of January. The elections will take place as soon afterwards as they conveniently can, and when the united Parliament meets, I shall propose to them, on the part of the Government, to adopt for the whole province a system of local government which will already have been in operation here, with such additions as may appear necessary. CANADA. (No. 160.) No. 5. Copy of a DESPATCH from I^rd John Russell to the Right Hon. Lord Sydenham. My Lord, Downing-street, 25t!i October, 1840. I HAVE received your Lordship's Despatch, No. 100, of the 16th September, pointing out the injurious consecpiences which you anticipate lioni the departure in the Act for the reunion of Canada, from the Bill which you had proposed, and more particularly from the omission of legislative provision for local government. Partaking as I do in the general opinions which you have expressed on this subject, I nevertheless couhl not supply the want of Canadian authoiity for the nninit'i|)al clauses, which induced Sir u. Peel and Lord Stanley, friendly as they were to the Bill, to sup|)ort their omission. I may also observe that Mr. Gillespie and others in this country well acquainted with Canada, concurred in the objections made to those clauses in the House of Commons. The benefit of municipal government being so great, it is difficult to conceive that tln^ legislature of the United Province win long resist the introduction of a system so useful »o the interests, and so directly tending to increase the power of tlie people, when reconnnended warndy and repeatedly by the executive of the province and supported l»y the Crown. I have, &c., The Right Hon. Lord Sydenham, (Signed) J. RUSSELL. &c. &c. &c. No. 22 CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE CANADA — (No. 161.) No. 6. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. Lord Sydenham to Lord John Russell. My liord, Government House, Montreal, 27th September, 1840. No. 6. I HAVE the honour to inform you that I returned to this city on Thursday last, the 24th instant. I shall transmit to your Lordship by the next mail copies of the various addresses which I liave received during my tour, and of my re[>lies. In the mean time it affords mo the most sincere satisfaction to be enabled to say tiiat, throughout the very extensive district of country wiiich I have visited, comprising nearly the whole of the province of Upper Canada, the best pos.sihle spirit prevails. From the province line to Andierstburg and Sandwicii, Irom Lake Erie to Penetanguishiue, I have everywhere found a (lelerniin:ition to forget past differences and to unite in an endeavour to obtain, under the Act of Union, those prttctical measures for the improvement of the ciuintiy wliioli have been too long neglected in the struggle for party and personal objects. At 'ruionto, even, wliere party spirit reigns with more vio!en<'e than in any other part, the general leeling of the province at last prevailed over the opinions of the e.\tremt's, and I met there witJi a mo.st cordial reception from all parties, and had the (ipportunity,()f which I wasglad to avail myself o^ of doing much to soften down tlio aspi'ritii'.s which had existed. Amongst the British inliabitants of this part of Lower Canada, I am also happy to say that the same good feeling reigns, and the same eonhdeiici' in the principles upon which I have conducted my government, and in tht; exertions I have made to introduce improvement. The citizens of Montreal had prepared a public entry for my return, which I have reason to know would have been n)ost numerously attended, but this I was conipellerili>Ii empire. Its population may be trebled, and its protbu-ts iiicre.ised in an inimeiise ratio ; whilst, if properly governed, its inliabitants will, I am satislied, become the most loyal, intelligent, and industrious subjects which Hi;r Alaji-.-lv can iiumiier. 1 have, &c. (Signed) SYDKNIIAM. 'ihe Riglit Hon. Ijord John Russell, &c. &c. &c. No. 7. (No. 245.) No. 7. Copy of a DESPATCH from L.rd John Hussem. to the Right Hon. Lord Sydenh.vm. My Lord, Downing-strect, -i-hd October, Im40. I HAVK received your Lordship's Despatch, .\o Kil.of the 2'rili ultimo, reporting the result of your recent tour in Upper Canada, and the improved state of public feeling in both the Canadian |tr<)vinee>-. Having had the iionour to lay that Despalcli before the Queen, Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to command me to inform ycmr l»rdship that she has AFFAIRS OF CANADA. 13 been highly gratified to learn that the disposition of the people in Upper Canada, as well as of the British residents in the Lower Province, is so loyal and free froni party feuds and factions. ' •, I have, &c.. The Right Hon. Lord Sydenham, &c. &c. &c. (P-gned) J. RUSSELL. CANADA. (No. 162.) No. 8. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. Lord Sydenham to Lord John Russell. My Lord, Government House, Montreal, 27th September, 1840. I THANSMIT, for your Lordship's information, copies of the addresses which were preseiitc^d to me on my late tour through tlie eastern townships, and of my replies. I hnve derived great pleasure from this visit, and it will be attended with good effects. This part of the province of Lower Cannda had not hitherto received the attention to which it is entitled from the advantages which it derives from nature, and from the character of its inhabitants, which render it, in my opinion, by far the most valuable portion of Lower Canada. Since my arrival in this country, it has been my object to introduce measures calculated to benefit [t into tlu* Special Coimcil, and I was very glad to find that this had been appreciated by tlie iuhabitants, who are distinguished tor tiieir loyalty and their industry. I t,hiill anxiously seek every opportunity of advancing their industry in future. I have, &c., The Right Hon. lord John Russell, (Signed) SYDENHAM. &c. &c. &c. No. 8. Enclosure i- No. 8. (Copy.) 'I'o his Excellency the Right Hon. Charles Poulett Thomson, one of Her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, Governor-General of British North America, and Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Provinces of Lower Canada and Upper Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice- Admiral of the same, &c. &c. &c. We, the inhabitants of the town of Sherbrooke and vicinity, humbly approach your Excellency to offer yon our hest congratulations upon your visit to the Eastern Townships of Lower Canada, and your arrival at this thei;- principal town, fully appreciating the zeal for the public good which lias thus prompted you to deviate from the more convenient and speedy line of intt-rcourse by water, to cncoiuiter the fatigue and delay of inland comnumication, having in view the ])ersonal and full knowledge of this, we believe we may truly say, flourish- ing part of tho province. We rejoice in this opportunity of expressing to you our sincere attachment to the British Constitution, and, forming a mixed people ot British and American origin, our firm alle- giance to tilt- British (idveriinu'iit, oiu- respects towards yourself, both as the representative of our Most (jiraeious Sovereign and as a talented and efficient member of Her Majesty's Ministry, and the graiifieation we feol at being thus honoured by your presence among us. While we would tender our humble trib\itc to the enlightened and liberal principles with which you have undertaken ilie iulniinistraiiun of the government of these important colonies, .and t:) your well-judged and sucee^sliil endeavours "in calming party agitation, in reconciling political (lilVerences, and in j oiiiliiig the altcnlidii of the people to their real interest," we are particularly sensible of and grateful for ihc attention aTid interest whii'h your Excellency has evinced, by several imjioriant measures, iu the welfare of this section of the province, tending to devote it in its institution to tlie scale to which we humbly consider it entitlcti. and we con- fidently rely upon a continuance of the same fa\ourable disposition in the promotion of future views for our prosperity. In the sangiiine hope that your important labours may be crowned with entire success in the development of the resources of these extensive provinces, and in fostering their loyal adherence to the British Crown, we wish your Excellency, in conclusion, a prosperous journey and the enjoyment of I'.i'alth and all happiness. Two hundred and fifty Signatures. Sherbrooke, August 11, 1840. I'ncloaure in No. 8. i 111 24 CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE CANADA. Answer to the above. ■ Gentlemen, I thank you sincerely for your Addross and for your kind greeting on my arrival in Sherbrooke. The trieil loyalty of the inhabitants of the Eastern Townships and the spirit of industry and improvement which distinguished them, give to this part of the province a special claim upon the attention of the Government, and I can assure you that I am fully sensible of it^ importance. It is with great satisfactior therefore that I receive your assurance that the measures which I have adopted with a view to the advantage of the townships have met with your approbation. Vou may rely upon my continued attention to all that concerns your welfare, and the opportunity which I have now enjoyed of visiting the district from which I lu'.vc (lorived so much pleasure, will increase the interest I feel in it, and render me yet more anxious to co-oporate with you in whatever may tend to its improvement and to the prosperity of its inhboitants. (Copy.) To His Excellency the Right Hon. C. P. Thomson, one of Her Majesty's ni'ist Hon. Privy Council, Governor-General of British Nortli America, &c. &c. &c. May it plkask Y'our Excellency, We, the Undersignerity and the developemcnt of those resources which hitherto have lain "to fortune and to fame unknown." We wish your Excellency health and success in all your praiseworthy endeavours, and ay that your Excellency may be guide' by unerring wisdom in all your meaiures for esta- blishing the tranqviillity and happiness of ihese col'iniis, until, iti the completion of what you have so successfully begun, you leave in the recor't of your administration a monument more durable than brass. Anxwer to the. al/ovf. I liPg yf>" 'o accopt my thanks for your .\ddress. I have derived great pleasure from my visit to the eastern townships, and from the oppor- tunity it has afforded mo of becoming acquainted with this most interesting part of the jirovince. I shall ever feel a deep interest in its improvement and in wliaie-er may be for the welfare of its inhabitants, and you may confidently rely on my using my best endeavours to promote all measures calculated to etl'ect these objects. (Copy.) To His Excellency the Right Hon. C P. Thomson, Member of Her Majesty's Privy Council, (iovernor-General iu and over the British Provinces of North America, N:c. &c. &c. May it plkask Youh Excellency, We, the clergy, magistrates, &c., on behalf of the habitant.; of Melbourne and Shipton, beg leave to approach your Pixccltency with every feeling of respect and attachment which is due from loyal subjects to the representative of kler Most Gracious Majesty. We hail your Exceh-.-ncy's arrival in the townships (called the Eastern Townshijjs) with our best congnit\dations, and beg to assure your Excellency that we duly appreciate every act of your administration which tends to Wnefit these townships or in anywise to advance the welfare of their iidiabitants. We are not insensible of the difficulties with whi-ih your Excellency has had to contend. AFFAIRS OF CANADA. U upon aisuming the reini of the government of a colony recently rent with civil discord and rebellion, we therefore rejoice with your Excellency in the tranquillity which has thus far favoured your administration. Maintained and defended as we have ever been by Britain and Britain's sons, we should feel wanting in gratitude to our Sovereign did we not avail ourselves of the few opportunities afTorded us, in our secluded location, of expressing our filial attachment to Her Majesty and the British Constitution, (which constitution it will ever be our pride to support in its purity). And while we make this assurance of our attachit.ent to Her Majesty and the Constitution of Great Britain, we more than indulge the hope that your Excellency will in all matters connected with the administration of the government committed to your care, exercise a parental watchfulness over the rights and privileges of Her Majesty's loyal subjects in these townships, thereby strengthening their attachment to the Crown and securing their gratitude to yourself, and their hearty support toward your administration. Twenty-five Signatures. CANADA. Answer to the above. Gentlemen, I beg you to accept my thanks for your Address. I rejoice in the opportunity which has been afforded me of visiting this most interesting part of the Province of Lower Canada, and it is gratifying to me to be able personally to assure you that I fully appreciate the loyalty and good conduct by which its inhabitants are dis- tinguished. Since my assumption of the government of the province, my attention has been particularly directed to this portion of it, and I trust that the measures which I have already adopted will prove conducive to its prosperity. It is my anxious desire to assist in the developement of its resources and to promote the welfare of its inhabitants, and you may confidently rely upon my best exertions for these objects. (Copy.) To his Excellency the Right Hon. Charles Poulett Thomson, one of Her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, Governor-General of British North America, and Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Provinces of Lower Canada and Upper Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice-Admiral of the same. The undersigned deputation on the part of the inhabitants of the Township of Stan- stead beg most respectfully to address your Excellency. May it please your Excellency, We are proud in having the honour to welcome your Excellency to this portion of Her Majesty's dominions. We are happy to welcome you as the representative of our Most Gracious Sovereign, and we are happier still to welcome you as our Governor, under whose administration we have reason to hope that the anarchy incident to the late rebellion will soon become tranquillized. And we trust that by the blessing of Providence, through your Excellency's wisdom, our beloved country may soon be (if it is not now) in that peaceful state when we may be again restored to our rights of elective franchise, which, as British subjects, we have inherited. The efficient aid rendered by Her Majesty's Government to the loyal inhabitants in these provinces, in suppressing the late unnatural rebellion, warrant our confidence that the con- nexion with Great Britain, which we have ever endeavoured to support, will be through every emergency maintained. We view with ])leasure the imwearied efforts of your Excellency for the political welfare of these colonies, and we therefore deem it not ill-timed to point out to your Excellency, as an evil which cries aloud for redress, that the inhabitants of the Eastern Townships have no power of coni])elling the non-resident proprietors of large tracts of land to aid in those improve- ments by which they arc equally benefited. We beg also to state As ;.n improvement which will contribute largely to develope the resources and intrinsic wealth of these townships, the construction of a ; ailroad from St. John to the outlet of Memphreniagog Lake, connecting so directly the heart of the townships with the grand marts of the St. Lawrence. We wish your Excellency a pleasant tour through our district, and a happy and fortunate issue of your government. And when Her Majesty shall be pleased to relieve you of your duties here, we trust you will receive the approbation of your Sov» reign and the gratitude of every loyal inhabitant of these provinces. And your Excellency may rest assured of our sincere prayers for your health and happiness. Twelve Signatures. Stanstead, 10th August, 1840. i I m 1 m Answer to the above- Gentlemen, 1 beg you to receive my thanks for your Address, and for the expression of your kind feelings towards myself. I assure you that my visit to this part of tiie province has given me the utmost pleasure, since it has more than confirmed the expectations which I had been led to entertain. The E 26 CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE CANADA. fertility and beauty of the country, the advance which haR been made in cultivation, and tlie ~ improvements which I nee in proeress demonstrate its value, and at the same time aflTord the best evidence of the industry and intelligcnco of ita inhabitants. It is to be hoped that those dissensions, from the eflects of which you have suffered, will have for ever been terininiiteil ; but you may confidently rely upon tlie continued protection and support of the British Crown, and upon tlie firm determination of the Queen to maintain the connexion which binds you to her empire. I rejoice to think that there is every prospect of your being speedily restored to the enjoy- ment of your constitutional privileges; and if the representations and advice which I have offered shall prevail, those evils of which you so justly complain as arising from the absence of power to enforce improvements will be remedied by the establishment of a well-digested sj'stem of local government, whidi will place- the affairs of earh district under the control of those who reside within it, and who can best judge of their true interest. It will afford me sincen* satisfaction to consider any plans you may suggest for the improve- ment of your condition, and you may rely upon my best endeavours to promote your welfare. (Copy.) To His Excellency the Right Hon, Charles Poulett Thompon, Governor-General of Her Majesty's possessions in British North America, &c. &c. &c. May it pleasb Your Excellency, We, the Under»igiie:oed in a new country in opening the forest and constnintiiig gooil roads to niarliet, the Eastern Townships have had to contend with those arising from tlie neglect of local interests and the retardation of public improvements conse- quent upon the unfortunate political agitations which, under the lato form of legislature, distracted the province, resulting in the most deplorable afflictions to some portions of it, and not exempting the townships from that share in the general calamity to wiiich their frontier position rendered them peculiarly exposed. But wo are happy to assure your Excellency that we look with confidence to the compre- hensive measures for our relief now under the consideration of the Imperial Government, and more particularly to the spirit of your E.xcellency's administitition — to your Excellency's persevering efforts to calm party agitation, to reconcile political difl'erences, and to point the attention of l\ie ])eoi)le to their real interests, — for a better order of things, for the amelioration of both local and general evils, for the dawn of brighter prospects u|K>n the British North Aniericn possessions— while your Excellency's unsparing exertions and expedition to become acquainted by personal observation with every portion of the widely-extended country under your Excellency's government, assure us iu the belief that measures for the future developement of the resources of the Eastern Towns.hips will meet with every attention from your Excellency. We hail with lively satisfaction this opportunity which your Excellency's return from the Lower Provinces by the way of the Eastern Townships aff'ords us of convey iiig to your Excellency our best wishes for the siicci'ss of your Excellency's measures, and for the long continuance of your Excellency's health and happiness. Si.xly Signatures. Frost Village, 11th August, 1840. No. 9. Antteer to the abore. Gkntlkmen, I beg you to convey to the inhabitants f f the county of Sheffbrd and its neighbourhood, my acknowlcdgnienis for their Address, and for their good wishes towards myself. Tlie visit \vhich I have made to this part of the province, and the opportunity I have thus had of becoming acquainted with its principal features, have given me sincere pleasure, and will stimulate my efforts in favour of whatever may appear conducive to its improvement. I li-.irn witli great satisfi'.ction that the measures which have already occupied my attention with a view to the benefit of the Eastern Townships have met your approbation. I require the assistance of the people to enable me to proceed in that course, but with this co-operation I feel satisfied that this most important district of this country, in which I recognize with so much pleasure a truly British feeling, must attain that station in the province wliich it so justly merits. (No. 247.) No. 9. Copy of a DESPATCH from Lord John Russell to the Right Hon. Lord Sydenham. ftly Lord, Dowuing-street, ^Sth October, 1840. I HAVE received your Lordship's despatch, No. H)-2, of the 27th September, ejiclosing \jirioiis nddresses which were pre.seiited to you during your tour tiirough the eastern townships of Lower Cuiiudu, witli your replies. It hits ufibnied ni« much gratification to perceive tlie terms in which the iaha* ,;, AFFAIRS OP CANADA. W bitants of that important district have acknowledged your Lordship's exertions for their benefit. yfs j n I have, &c. ■'' : (Signed) J.RUSSELL. The Right Hon. Lord Sydenham, i j^ &c. &c. &c. CANADA. (No. 169.) No. 10. Copy of a DESPATCH from Right Hon. Lord Sydenham to Lord John Russell. My Lord, Government House, Montreal, 2nd October, 1840. In conformity with tlie intention expressed in my Despatch of the 27th ultimo, No. 161, I transmit to your Lordship herewitii copies of the Addi-esses presented to me in my progress through Upper Canada, and of the answers re- turned to them. I annex a list of those Addresses. I liave, 8cc. The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, (Signed) SYDENHAM. &c. &c. &c. Nu. 10. List of Addresses presented to Lord Sydenham in Upper Canada, in August and September, Kncloiure in No. 10. 1840. Dttoof Recaipt. Place. DiUof Receipt. Place. August 19 . Cornwall. August 10 . Toronto. • • 20 . Brockville. » « 9 » 21 . Kington. t » *f 1 « 12 . Niagara. 22 . Hamilton. Goderick. 29 . St. Catherine. 14 . Barrie. Chippewa. 14 . Medonti and Floss 1 1 » » • Port Robinson. 14 . Penelanguishine. Scpu 1 . Amherstburgr. 13 . Orellia. 1 . Sandwich. 16 . Hollands Landing. f 9 2 . Chatham. 16 . Hope Village. 4 . London. 16 . Township of Mosa. 5 . St. Thomas. 19 . Belleville. 5 . Bcechville. 19 . District of Trent. 3 . Woodstock. 19 . Ditto of Prince Edwnrd. S 1 7 . Diitrict of Talbot (Simco) 22 . Kemptviile. 7 . Mount Pleasant. 22 . Smith's Falls. 9 . Brentford. 22 . Newborough. 8 . Paris. 23 . Bytown. 8 . Gait. 23 . Ottawa. 8 . Guelph. 23 . Richmond. 1 1 9 . Dundas. Oakville (District of Tra- 1 , , 24 . 28 . Chatham. Montreal. »l 10 . falgar.) Toronto. 29 . Surnia. r - (No. 252.) No. 11. Copy of a DESPATCH from Lord John Russell to the Right Hon. Lord Sydenham. My Lord, Downing-street, 31st October, 1840. I have the honour to acknowli'cige tlie receipt of your liordship's Despatch, No. 169, of the 2nd October, forwarding copies of various addresses which were presented to you on tlie occasion of your late lour througli Upper Canada, with your replies, i have received and rend with great pleasure a series of documents so honourable to your Lordship's public services in Canada, and bearing such ample testimony to the fiivourable acceptance of them by Her Majesty's Canadian subjects. I have directed these addresses to be placed >vith those which you transmitted to me in your despatch, No. 93, of the 25th April for the purpose of being re- corded in tins office. I have, &c. (Signed) J. RUSSELL. The Right Hon. Lord Sydenham, &c. &c. &c. No. U. ml ■■ut\f i I";' ffa 28 CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE CANADA. No. lit. No. 1. No. 3. No. 3. I a it* (No. 3.) • ' ' ■ No. 12. ' ■ • • •" «• ■• • Copv of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. Lord Sydenham to Lord John Russell. My Lord, Government House, Montreal, 16th February, 1841. I HAVE the honour to inform your Lordship that, in jtursuance of the authority vesi»d in me by the Royul Commission, and by the Order of Her Majesty in Council of the 10th August lust, I on the 5th insta it isHued a pro- clamation, a copy of which is enclosed, appointing the 10th instdnt as the day on which the union of tl»e provinces of Upper and Lower ('anada t^hould take effect. On tiiat day I accordingly took the oaths and assumed tlie office of Captiiin- General and Governor-in-chief of the United Province, according to the form pre- scribed by the Royal Commission. I the same day issued a conmiissiion to Sir Geortre Arthur, appointing him to discharge the duties of Deputy (Jovernor for that p.irt of the province heretofore Upper Canada, and investing him witli all the authoi ity previously belonging to him as Lieutenant-(>overnor of Upper Canada, Avitli the exception of the use of the great seal. Sir George Arthur had most kindly consented, at my request, to defer Lis de- parture until the middle of next month, and t-> undertake this duty; and I beg to take this opportunity of expres.sing to your Lordship my sense of the very generous conduct of his Excellency in thus affording his assistance to prevent inconvenience to the public service, and render more easy the passage from two distinct govern- ments to one. I enclose copies of the official corresjtondence which has passed between us on this subject. The t'onsiderations which induce- Wednesday tho 10th instant, on wiiicli day I j)ropose to open Her Majesty's eoiiiniiss' .i and take the oaths prescribed as Governor of the Province of Canada. Your Kxcellcncy having consented, at uiy earnest request, and with that regard to the interests of the public service which has so eminently distinguished all your acts, to defer your departure from Toronto for a short time, I shall have the honour, immediately after I shall have been sworn in, of forwarding to you a commission, under the powers confided to me, by which your Excellency will be enabled to exercise all the powers heretofore assigned to you, with tho exception of affixing the great seal of the province, which is not transferable. I have, &c. His Excellency, Major-general Sir George Arthur, (Signed) Sydenham. &c. &e. &c. 30 CORRESPONDENCK RELATIVE TO TIIF, CANADA. . ». . (Copy.) ~" My Lord, Government Houn, Toronfo, 1 0th Fobniitry, 1841. I HAVK the honour to iirknowli> »hn n-ct'ipt. it|iutrh oflho.Vh inittHnt,«nclo»inxacopy of ihepruclanwtioniNnuad on that day, fixing the minion of the Provincn ol' Upp«r und Lowvr Canada lor the lUth inatant— this day. Your Lordnhip'n proclamation wot rrml yf«tfrdiiy lirfori' tho Excrutivi< Council ; and I Ijeg to rncloaa a copy ol' tlitt (iiuiMto Extraordinitry in which the procetHJiiigH on the occasion art) puhhxhcd. A royal salute has thin ilav hecn fired in honour ol'this great event. In accordance with vonr LonUhip'H oarneHt nMiuext that I Hlioidd dolor my dejiartnro from Canada for ihree weeks or a ii.'inth, I shall cordially meet your Kxccllency's wiidics, and post. Cone it until the lOlii of Miircli, in the hope that it may be in my power to he of some use elort* your machinery i» perfeetoss and advantage. In your hands rests now your own fate ; and by the use which you will make of the opportunity nmst it \ie decided. May the All-wise Disposer of event* lo oidaitt your acta, that they may tend to the AFFAIRS OF CANADA. promotion of iirac<« and hiippiiWM umonf^it you; and iniiy H« pour hit l>lf«Hin<; upon that union of which it ii my ntriuin^ duty tltia day tu anmiunui* to you the roninlKiun. GivvD under my huiiu and it-al ut HrniH at the GovcrniiK'nt-liouM-, in the city ol' Montrciil, in the Muid I'mvinci- "f Cuimdii, thii liMiih iliiv oi' l''cl)ruttry, in tin- v<'i»r of our Lord one thousand eight liuiidrvd and I'orly-one, mid in tlie loiirlti year of llur Majeitty'N rei^n. Hy command, (Siijiie*!) I). Daw, Secretary of the Frovini'o. CA^'AD^ (No. 3 15.) No. 13. Coi'Y of ft DESPATCH from I^onl John Russell to the Right Hon. Lord Sypkniiam. My L(trd, D(»wiiiiif(-Rtr»'et, -iTtli March, 1841. I HAVK received your I>inlMlii|)'H l)e«pateh, No. 3, of the lOtli of Felnuiiry, with its ench»»ureN, re|)ortiijfr v<>ur proeeediiigR for proclaiming the re- union of the two provinces of Upper una Lower Cainidu. Having laifl tiii» Despntt h before the Queen, I have received Her Majesty's commundH to signify to you her gnieioiis approval of your lordship's conduct, and of tlie prochunatioiiu which you issued on the .5th and the lOth of February. The latter proclamation appears to nie to liavir been well adapted for the puriK)se which it bad in view, of exh«)rting all classes of iidiabitants to disregard unwise rounteis, and to avail themselves of the present favourabh^ opporttinity, when repre- sentative (iiovernment is restored to tJH'in, to co-operate cordially with each other in promoting those measures of public importance which will conduce to the common welfare of the province. Her Majesty's fiovernnient must fully appnn-iate the conduct of Sir (Jeorge Arthur in consenting tu defer his departure from the province, and assuming the subordinate oflice of Lieuteiumt-governor of Canada. I lielieve, however, that I shall W'st explain the sense of ajiprovnl which the Queen and her ministers entertain towanis Sir George Artlnir for this co\iduct hy comnninicating to you a Copy of the Despatch which I wrote to that otlieer by the last mail on this subject. Tlte names of the gentlemen whom you have nominated as menti)ers of your Executive Council will be submitted to the Que<;n, at the first Council, for Her Majesty's appit)val ; and on receiving that approval, the necessary instruments of appointment will be made out, and sent to your Lordshijt. With regard to the appointments of Mr. Daly, Mr. Harrison and Mr. Dunn, to the respective offices to which you have named them, I have only on this oc- casion to signify my upj>roval of those appointments, and to acipiaint you that I have given directions for th«! immediate preparation of the usual Warrants. I have, &c., The Right Hon. Lord Sydenham, J. RUSSELL, fco. &c. &c. Nu. U. Pago 32. No. 97. No. 14. Copy of a DESPATCH from Sir George Ahthur to Lord John Russell. My Lord, Government House, Toronto, lOtli February, l841. I HAVE the honour to communicate to your L»rdship will perceive, with reference to a private cor- i'';"';""''"'". *f . , xi i 1 1 * 1 1 . \i ^1 I 1 ir I » 1 Vide KiiclusureB 1 and respondence that had passed betwt«n the tiovernor-general imd myseli, tiiat I have, j in No. u, page 29. at Lord Sydenham's eiiniest request, consented to remain in Canada for a few weeks as his Lordship's deputy, whilst the new system for carrying on public business incident to the Union is being brought into operation. Many considerations render this arrangement very undesirable to myself, and I have, indeed, a feeling respecting its propriety, after administering the government under Her Majesty's Commission, winch I cannot entirely overcome. At the same time I believe it is difficult, under any circumstances, to be very much in the wrong when (M-Tsonal considerations are made entirely subservient to the public interest. The seal of Upper Canada I shall have the honour to return to your Lordship at an early perioe dillii'iiltieH have l>een greatly decreiiited iiy the cordial iU|>|M)rt which I have at ull timcH received from Her Ma- jetity'R aubjects throughout my government. I have, Sic. (Singed) (JKOUr.E AHTHUH. The Right Hon. Lord John Ku8sell, &c. &c. &c. (No. 145.) No. 15. Copy of a DESPATCH from Lord John Hitsseli. to Sir Georqe AKTiitrii. 8ir, Downing-Htreet, 20th March, l8il. I HAVE received vt«ir Despatch of the 10th of February, No. 97, aiuiounc- ing the Proclamation at Toronto of the Union of the CunuduH, and informing mu that you had coUHcnted to act under l»rd Sydeidiain'H Commission, as Deputy- (iovernor of Upper Cunatia, for Kome few weeks in order to diminiHli, us much us possible, the dimculties which may occur on the innnediate change of the system «)| Government. I subscribe to your opinion that it is " difficult, under any circumstances, to be very much in the wrong when {)erNonul considerations are made entirely sul>servient to the public interest.' In submitting to ap]K>ar in an inferior rank, and in a sul>ordinate character in the great province in which you have for some years past held the highest place of authority, you have given the most forcible illustration of the truth of this remark. From such a seeming degradation, men actuated by vanity or vulgar ambition would, of course, have shrunk. You have judged much more wisely in attaching real dignity to the prosecution of objects of eminent public usefulness, regardless of misconstructions to which for the moment you may be exposed. Highly appreciating the motives of your conduct, it has uflbrded me great pleasure to lay your Despatch before the Queen, and I have received Her Majesty's Coinmaiids to convey to you the expression of her entire approbation of your conduct in this instance. It is gratifying to me to know that tne last act of your annoxville, distant about three miles from that of Slier- brooke. The population of the whole borough will be of courae agricultunil, but of thia I conclude that Her Majesty's Government muat have been aware wiien they added it to the list of places im|H)wered to return memliers to the United Par- liament, and under the limita I have assigned I should hope that the constituency may not prove very limited. Aa it 18 possible that thia aubject may be adverted to in Parlianifiit, I have thought it my duty to explain to your Lordship the grounds on which I have acted. (Signed) I have, &c. The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, SVDKXIIAM. &c. &c. &c. CANADA.' EiK'Ki^iire !n No. 16. No. 1. Pkovincr ov Canada. SYDKNIIAM. ViCTOKiA, by the Grace of Go>'0 chains, more or less, to the eastern limit of Marlborough-street. then eolith 10 degrees east lOll chains, more or less, to the said river Saint Lawrence, then westerly along the water of the said Saint Lawr'?nce to the place of beginning. The town of Bytown shall be bounded and limited as follows, to wit: — commencing at the western shore of the river Rideau in the limit between lots lettered E and F in the broken concession D on the river Rideau in the township of Nepean, then south (Mi (le^^rci's west \'i'> chains, nioic or less, to the liniit Ijctween lots nuinliers .'V.) and 10 in the first concession from tlu' Oltaaa of the said ttiwnship of Nepean. then north 1("» degrees west'.ll chains, more or less, to the river Ottawa, then easterly and north-easterly fol lowiiiif the waters of the same with the stream to ll;i' month of the river Rideau, then following the waters ol'llie s;iid liver Kidiau against the stream to the ])lacc of beginning — of uhicli all our lo\ ing subjects, and all others concerned, are to take notice, and govern themsi'lves accordingly. AFFAIRS OF CANADA. 35 In testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent, and the great seal of our said Province of Canada to be hereunto affixed. Witness our right trusty and well-beloved the Right Honourable Charles Baron Sydenham, of Sydenham, in the county of Kent, and of Toronto, in Canada, one of our Most Honourable Privy Council, Governor-General of British North America, and Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over our Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the island of Prince Edward, and Vice- Admiral of the same. At our Government House in our City of Montreal, in our said Province of Canada, the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-ono, and in the fourth year of our Reign. By Command, T. W. C. Murdoch, ■ Secretary of the Province. No. 2. Province OK Canada, SYDENHAM. Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the I'nitcd Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith. To all to wliom these presents "! said street, and followin^r tlie course of the norlh-westermiiost section thereof, to the small creek or rivulet passing in rear of I'ertlms Street ; thence south-westerly and southerly. I'ollowifg and continuing aiung the easternmost side of the saiil creek or rivulet, thriiMt;ii the whole extent of Craig Street, and ti-rly therefrom, conwuonly designated as Colburne Street; thence south-easterly along the la^l-menlioned stree' to \\'ellinj;ton Street, thence southerly along the same to tile L.iehine Can, d ; thence north-ea>terly and norllierly. follow'ng the westerly S'de of the saiil canal to the plai . of its coujunelion with the Hiver St. Lawrence, and continuing thence downwarcN aloiiii the saiil river to the iioint uf drpartiu'c first above mentioned, F 2 CANADA. i ivl i t 36 CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE CA NAD A. The town of Three Rivera, for the purpoaeb aforesaid, shall be bounded and limited as "~" follonv^i, to' wit : sliiill comprehend all that tract or parcel of land (being part and parcel of the aforesaid county of St. Maurice) bounded in front by the river St. Lawrence, and in the rear by a line parallel to the general course of the said front, at the distance of 160 chains from the westerly point of tlie mouth of the river St. Maurice ; on the easterly side by the said river St. Maurice, and on the westerly side by a line rectangular to the aforesaid rear line, rMnning ft-om a point therein at the distance of 160 chains from the westerly bank of the saicl river St. Maurice until is strikes the said river St. Lawrence. The town of Sherbrooke, for the purposes aforesaid, shall be bounded pnd limited as follows, to wit : shall comprehend all that part of the township of Ascot, in the district of St. Francis, which is contained in the fil\h and sixth ranges of the said township, from lot number 10 to lot number 17, inelusively, and in the seventh and eighth ranges thereof from lot No. 14 to lot No. 22 incliiMvely ; also all that part of the township of Orford, in the said district, which is contained in the first and second ranges thereof inclusively ; the above parts and sections con- jointly including and circumscribing the said town of Sherbrooke and the adjacent village of Lcnnoxville, with iheir respective vicinities. Of which all our loving subjects, and all others concerned, are to take notice, and govern themselves accordingly. In testimony whereof we have caused these our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of our said Province- of Canada to be hereunto affixed. Witness our right irvsty and wcU-beloved the Right Honourable Charles Baron Sydenham, of Sydenham, in the county of Kent, and of Toronto, in Canada, one of our most honourable Privy Council, Governor-General of British North America, and Captain-General and Govcrnor-in-Chief in and over our Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and ' the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice- Admiral of the same. At o'lr Government House in our city of Montreal, in our said Province of Canada, the fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and in the fourth year of our Kcign. (By command.) T. W. C. Munoocii, Secretary of the Province. i kind ;ire tiie erigayi'inents of the Land Companies, and the future disposal of the (.'row ii Liinds. Tiie means of eoninninieatioi for commercial jturpo.ses within the Ihitisli territory, tludugh the whole letigth of ('anada, must always be a matter of tin; Iiiglie:.! iiileres', lioth to Canaila ami to this country. But it .s'enis to mi- that witli a Lei;i>iatur:' in (.'anada disposed to co-operate with the (^ueen and rlie l*arlianient of the I'nited Kiiijjdom in developini; her vast and unexplored resources, tliere is e\ery Impe tlur ^ve sliall behold the jtrosperity of tiiat nolih- provinee aiii;nient every year, umI add more am! more to the strt'iiiith and staldlity oi' tlit; empire. I have, &c., Tlie Uiifht Ibn. l>.ird Sydiiihaiii, (^ig'ied) .). IICSSELL. &e. &e. ■ &e. APFAIKS OF CANADA. No. 19. • 39 (No. fiO.; Copy of a DESPATCH from the Rii,'lit Hon. Lord Sydenham to Lord John Ri;ssEix. My Lord, Government House, Kingston, Ist Jmie, 1841. I HAVE the honour to inform your Lordshijt thut in conse(|uence of the continued lateness of the season, imd tiie consequent delay in the completion of the arrangements necessary for the accommodation of the Legislature, 1 was compelled to postpone to the 14th instant the meeting which, as 1 informed your Lordship, had been fixed for the '2Gth ultimo. This postponement I was the less unwilling to sanction as it was generally called for by the Members of both Houses who are engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was likewise more convenient to such of them as were connected with the bar of Upper Canada, the assizes not terminating before the 12th instant. My decision has, in another respect, been fortunate, as owing to the state of my own health it would not have been in my power, as it has since turned out, to have reached Kingston in time to meet Parliament on the day first fixed by me. I left Montreal on the 26th ultimo, and arrived here on the 28th. I enclose, for your Lordship's information, copies of the several addresses presented to me on my arrival, with the answers which I leturned to each. I have, &c. (Signed) SYDENHAM The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, &c. &c. &c. CANADA. No. 19. Enclosure in No. 19. To the Right Hon. Cliarlcs Baron Sydenham, 'of Sydenham, in the Coiiaty of Kent, Encloww in No. 19. and of Toronto in Canada, one of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Governor- General of British North America, &c. &c. &c. May it please your Excellency, We, the members of the Board of Trade of the town of Ki!i;;ston, beg leave most respectfully to welcome your Excellency on your arrival at the metropolis of Canada. It is a source of gratulation to the commercial community generally, that one so well versed in the principles of trade as your Excellency should have been chosen to preside over the affairs of this country, the resources o*" which are unbounded, and which we feel certain your Excellency is of opinion only need developing in order to make Canada one of the most valuable possessions of the British Crown. We are fully impressed with a sense of the many advantages your Excellency has already conferred on this province ; and we hope, as we believe, that the measures now in progress will result in the general prosperity of Canada and the strengthening of our coimexion with tlie parent-country. The Boiud of Trade recognizes, in the choice of Kingston as the scat of Government, the desire to forwin-d general rather than local interests, and the result of comprehensive views of of the increasing resources of the province. The importance derivable from such a selection which Kingston must acquire we gratel'ully acknowledge, and we trust that your Excellency's residence here will serve to impress you with the opinion we entertain, that the position of ttie metropolis of Canada is eminently desi.-able, and one every way qualified to insure its con- tinuing what it now is, — the emporium of the lakes. Confident in your Excellency's dis))osition and desire to promote every measure having for its object the advancement and protection of trade, we, as a hody, shall, whenever occasion may require, presume so far upon your Excellency's indulgence as to seek from your Excellcucy that counsel and assistance which you are so eminently qualified to bestow. We would most sincerely congratulate your Excellency on your recovery from a late and dangerous illness ; and we fervently trust, that a short residence in the delightful spot chosen by your Excellency may result in your conn)li'te restoration to health and sli'engfh. (Signed) Thomas A. Haikk.s, Secretary. Rvply. wA Gemlkmi'.n, I beg to return my grateful acknowledgments to the members of the Board of Trade of Kingston fur the Address which you have presented to me. All that is required to develope the vast resources of this colony is. a steady determination on the part of those to whom power is ..)w given, to devote their attention to public improve- ments, and to take advantage of the returning confidence in our credit and security which prevails in England. I shall use my be^t etVorts to reconnnend measures for this purpose ; and I trust that the j)ei)ple of Canada will i\ot permit the present opporl unity to pass without reaping the benefits which I am satisfied it presents, if used with ])rudenee anil discretion. It will at all times allbrd me sincere pleasure to give my best counsel and assistance to the Board of Trade which you represent. ■11 40 CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE CANADA. (Copy.) ■""" i,To the Right Hon. Charles Baron Sydenham, &c. &c. &c. May it pi.kask vour Exr ellkncy. We, Her Majesty's dutiful and loyal sulijccts, the inliubitants of the Midland District, bog leave to avail ourselves of the present opportunity of assuring your Excellency of our attuclnncnt to Her Majes.y's royal person and Government, and to express our gratification at your Excellency's recovery from your late serious indisposition. Since your FiXccllency'j last visit to this portion of Canada a change has taken place in our political condition, which we trust, under the watchful care of the British Government, will tend to discover the true causes of our troubles and the means of removing them ; and we rely wilh confidence on your 'Excellency's acknowledged talents and statesmaidike views to develope the vast resources of United Canada, and to lay the true foundation of our prosperity and greatness. And we fe.-l assured that the acconiplishnient of so desirable an end must be the source of the greatest satisfaction that your Excellency can experience. Tlie selection of Kingston for the seat of Government, while it cannot fail of greatly advanc- ing our immediate neighbourhood, will, we trust, be found, from the commanding position of the town, the most convenient and advantageous for the general prosperity of the United Province. We beg to assuie your E.scellency of our zealous co-oi)oration in all those measures which your Excellency has ni view for securing to this colony the jierinanent ascendancy of British mstitutions and Briiish connexion ; and we trust that your Excellency's administration will meet with tlie unqualified approbation of our most gracious Sovereign. (Signed) John S. Cartwrioiit, M.P. for Lenox and Addington. Allan M'Pukkson, J. P. Hknky Lasiikr. Samuel Clark, J. P. W.J. Fairfield, J. P. Repfy. Gentlkmkn, I thank you sincerely for your Address, and for the assurances of confidence and support which you tender in the name of tlie inhabitants of the Midland District. I unite with you in the earnest hoj)e that the future may be pi-oductive of increased happiness and prosperity to the Pi-ovince of Canada, and my efl'orls will be unceasingly directed to that object. (Copy.) To the Right Hon. Charles Baron Sydenliam, &c. &c. &c. May it pleask your Excellency, We, the inhabitants of tiie town of Kingston, beg permission most respectfully to offer to your Excellency our sincere congratulations on your arrival at the seat of Government of United Canada. We have learned with feelings of extreme sorrow that your Excellency suffered under a painful indisposition, and it was with anxious .^^licitude that \vc daily awaited the announce- ment of your restoretl health. In these feelings we participated with our fellow subjects throughout the province, for the general benefit ot whom you have undergone those mental and bodily hibours which could scarcely fail to press on tiie human constitution.' It is noetlless for us to assure your Excellency that wo rejoice that it has been our providential lot to bo placed in a geographical position so favoured as to be selected by those most compe- tent to decide the uioniontous question for the location of the government of this extensive l)rovince; but while we behold with humble gratification this imjxirtant change in our con- dition, we cannot but I'eel sensible that much personal inconvenience must for the present be «xperienccd by many who will necessarily accompany this nuivement ; and it becomes our duty, lis it will be our endeavour, as far as lies in our power, to render those inconveniences as little ]:ressing as possible on tliose exposed to them. With rosjx'ct to your Excellency personally, we take occasion to declare, that wc should be wanting in every feeling of gratit\ulo and duly were we to fail in ministering by all the means in our power to your Excellency's comfort and wishes ; and wo fervently hope that, notwith- .standing the disiidvantages of temporary accomuiodaiion, your Excellency may enjoy uninter- ni] ted healtii and happiness. On bi^lialf of the Inhabitants, (Signed) J. Counter, Mayor. Kingston, "iStli May, 1811. (Copy.) Mm. Mayok and Gentlemen, I accept \vith great pleasure tlio Wu'looin'- wliitli you offer me on my arrival at Kingston. lia\iiig felt it to In- my duty, with reference to the general interests confided to my care, afttr due consideration, to fix upon your city as the place where the first Legiblature of the AFFAIRS OF CANADA. 41 Province of Canada should meet, I learn from you with satisfaction that the inhabitants are determined to use their best eftbrts to contribiilo to tho comfort and convenience of those whom the public business nr.ust necessarily assemble there. It is unquestionably your interest to do so. On mv own part I thank you for the expression of your sympathy for the suffering with which I have been afflicted. The interest which I take in tho welfare of this province, und my deep conviction that the present is a crisis in its fate will, I trust, under Providence, support me in the task which yet remains to be performed, and enable me, even under the disudvan- tiige of failing health and strength, to discharge my duty to my Sovereign and to the people of Canada, who have afforded me so many marks of their coiitidence und regard. CANADA. (No. 395.) No. 20. Copy of a DESPATCH from Lord John Hissell to the Right Hon. Lord Sydenham. My Lord, Douning-.strcet, 3d July, 1841. I HAVE liad the honour to receive your Lordshijt's Despiitcli, No. G6, of the Ist June, rejHJrting the circumstmices under wliiclt you iuid found it necessary to postpone the meeting of the Legislature of Canada until the 14tli of that month, and enclosing copies ot the Addresses, with your answers, which were presented to you on the occasion of your arrival at Kingston. I liave, &c. The Right Hon. Lord Sydenham, &c. &c. &c. (Signed) J. RUSSELL. No. 20. (No. 73.) No. 21. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Riglit Hon. Lord Sydenham to Lord John Russell, My Lord, Government House, Kingston, Oth June, 1841. I HAVE the honour to transmit to your Ijordship lierewith the return made to me by Mr. Buchanan, of emigrants arrived at the port of Quebec up to the 2"2nd ultimo. I also enclose for your information the copy of a letter addressed to my Secretai-y by the Medical Superintendent at (irosse Isle. Roth these documents your Lordshij) will find to be very satisfactory. Notwith- standing the unusually large number of emigrants, scarcely any sickness has pre- vailed among them ; nor have there as yet been so many cases of destitution as heretofore. I trust that this will continue to be the distinguishing feature of this year's emigration. You will observe that Mr. Buchanan alludes to the dilViculty of persuading emigrants to accept work at Quebec or Montreal ; and I have received similar reports from tiie emigration agent at the latter port. This arises no doubt from extravagant expectations held out to them in regard to Upper Canada, and the wages there to be obtained, but it is productive of very serious inconvenience. Unskilled labour is, at the present moment, in comparatively small demand in this l)art of the jirovince, although mechanics and farm servants, &c. can obtain good wages. Accordingly the emigrants, on arriving here, lind that they have exhausted all their means in procuring their conveyance to a ]dace where their labour is not wanted, and where they are only likely to become a burden on the public ; while at Quebec and Montreal, the only work for which they were fit, that, namely, oa the roads, would have afforded them an ample subsistence until the harvest should have j)rovided work for them in the upper part of the province. It is impossible altogether to correct this evil, but something might be done by cautioning the emigrants, through tho agents at the out-ports in England, not to refuse work .-it reasonable wages when offered to them ou their first landing in Canada, or to suppose that mere hibour is so nunrh in demand as to ensure them extravagant wages. I would suggest to your Lordship whether it might not be advisable to direct the general promulgation of such a caution among those who come out here in the character of mere labourers. I have, &c. (Signed) SYDENHAM. The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, &c. &c. &c. O No. 21. it' I I 42 CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE **- o >^ a S ru 5?, "3 ««i I a d> o H Z (3 o 25 ■ t 1 o » B 1 6 S = i -2 § « S 1 ^ 1 5 2 "3 1 S . 1 hi it i'jv. si "i a .3.3 "S 1 3 2-^S I:- ?^l is.li^s 3.1 2 ^^j 11 • il 2:?^3 2T?B-||"I 0. «_0>_ O •< U •«• 01 fl« « -H -H CO © S S "^ of _ t- • * •, • • Ol t- .3 i 3 e o u -3 • • ;....i.f .-s^l.i.. " silence a t« t 't ■£ a l € % = = ^ I 3 1 1 E ;2 • • £ 3 • • • B • - • 2 • . E , • • • E • - . 1 . . -2 aD'^l^oaDOao.^«1■ o*'N'M^J->-•u6^ 33 01 ^ ~< >n eo (N (N III — a » o -- «^ t» CO Jii" *«na)'M^.oan .St -.x-nfwx-row'MTO — cocoto es ,-,_^oo-<— 'CO coot» — t-oo.noM«f.= .* i^,-..oio eoi>< - • • 01 ■ • Q. £ • ■ ■ • — C- _s «.■ .-.i:'^.-3-»'C33— — = = : = •2 i- .2 aS" 2 £ <0 <0 t- OD -A •t IN ID u a I I e* < I JO I I t- ■ o ■o "gOui = j; 8 Q ■s ■§ 8 2 1 •> p-t s 1— t ^ o 1* t a ■« at o s u o te. 5S AFFAIRS OF CANADA. 43 in a 8 X Ji o J- a u <3 a .fc i o .a o I s § -s It o s u o C 5« S a " of— g U V § h. b L- £ JS (Q M CO w ed •a a e S ST c US'- e -a B .* S ■3 S iNO»"no-oacii"©»i"aD(M>noi'n«o>«t-'0"0'e'n t> e>i « ■f i>»j>'»»'o>«^o«'«j|»»'BW««»'Oj'Min©i>rfo>aDoac©coe»jO'n««;niiio --'-"Ol'NO (N095 OJT'MaJtOO "-«(OiniNcr)U5-"Trl»i-il-iO.-« OOD ^^. « cT •sjl = S 8 I 8 .a a 3 I 4 Q I" £ e .2 _ 1 «§ Oi A — eq 'Co e8»»« a 3 c« Ji .2 -i S.-S -2 .5 j; « a f £->-g.sri^§i.||i o 01 . o o • -^ u • e o c = .s c o » . E ii a > j= a o H<0 5 bcs 03 T3 2 .2 . o (i2 CORRKSPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE CANADA. O GO — 3 m — CO -n 94 lO » to I •^ B o c *^ •** ^ C ^ »* -t -i» r* ^ -M »>. X "M o — -^1 ~ i ^ iyj "^ ~ '" •-- r* - -C -M I- >C n l< >. c o=2 "" fr. S "T * 2! '' ® =■• I' "^ " o> « X I- O 05 . «» eo OO -^ .— ^* ',0 C 'C c^ '«• X S — X ■>! C-, S »» CO IM (N lO 3 X .ra ts iTs M I 4t ^^ o ■T3 B 01 E 3 •v a b e « H ^ on M c ,r :^ • - - ."^ 5t .T c 5 fl rt ,_ * ~ : to •3 .. . ice Ji g K..- -c .= £ j= o u » u?c2' o = 5 S »; .i: - S =.— — e Z ~ s Z a 9* IN bo s w si" * ' 55 " AFFAIRS OF CANADA. 46 Note to Paor 44. — The number of eniiftrnnl* urrived durini; this week have been unusually large, in fact 8000 of them hiive landed during thin laat four days, all in {(uod health and circnmHtanccs: Ihi-ir deatinatiun, with but few exceptiuns, is to the western section of the province, where u large number of them have relations and friends already settled. I am happy to state that there has not been a single well-lminded complaint from any of them. They have all landed with large surplus stock of provisions, which is owing to the favourable passages they have hud, the average of which has betn 38 days. The Marchioness of Abercorn, witli 50H passengers, landed her passengers on the 26th day from Londonderry. Among these emigrants are 400 who have been assisted by their landlords; 190 by the Prince George ; 1 .'*> embarked ut London, sent out by the Poor Law Commissioners ; 1 10, embarked at (iravesend, were sent out by I»r M-onun, to the Khurlni-M of Ihv ]iaHM(;o, and to tlittir binng a oluiw of men a|)piirt'ntly in Unter circutuHtuncft than last »i'a»on. As the niin.her of sick in hosi>ital on the '21st instant, exceeded 30, I engaged the wrvicon of Mr. Woltf, as- apothecary ami hoiwo-mirgeon, at th<' rale iil 5,f. jH-r diem, from that day, until (liset»niinuwl by hi« Kxcellency the Governor-Uenernl, agrreable to the permiMMon con- veyiil to me in your letter "f the Pith April. I have. &c., (Signwl) G. VV. Dud ULA8, M.D., Medical Sup«,«rintcntloqt. Hon. D. Daly, Civil Secretary, Sec. ike. &c. AKFAIUS OF CANADA. !■ •5 M •5 I I CnQD'3D, ». i li en u v u b -t 3 ^ ii c = c S c 5 y %±,iL^ 3 3 it 2Ja 5 § o = I=.ji a S ^ = 'S ^'-la ■•-■5 3 i.-0 " < - 3 • 3 » 08 u« rt ?l j3 al n B B pq S XEQ 48 CANADA. a •7S o (N So p CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE i ^& i to r^ « g 4i ^S •> &) 3 i oc£— o S"* .fi. t, =' 1 - * II aig I =11 1| - ^i si q J ^1 SJ 2 ^» I - -'i «•- ^ ll ^. < CH S< «! HP 22 222222222222Si2§§S rt ■-; " ■ ■-'■■■■■■■. \ s -■■■■•■'""'" ■ ^ ■■' ■■ ■• '- ' ' ■ ' __ ^ V c .SP Cfi ^-/ a **'.= = « a, ...s-'^---=---i--- = _--- -■. 'fe J, oo, a S > H a O 'A (N(N!M IN-" -"1—1 — (N — IN-" . >« — I « — n tf.2 >■ =^ .y -a • ■ • , -2 t; a fl u. , a ^ „ • a; a » O O ^ W -J ffl (U .s c - t; cj I - a '"1 ^ .r, J : . S C J C2 Q. CD k'o e - c _ S a r Ji c E 5 o T' S = = .?^ tx, •- ■- • r rt c s s ^ ^ .-"■"■^-QES^S^stsx-t^ae-^ 4. • • • fcn s ^ = O c (J 4< <5 = Q L.-= s-i S 4/ 3> cE-iX> 2;fc" r E" £■ -. .5- H.^' E".*i. flart"rj3t.t-(au :sa:c^xaBess S S (8 U" • 3 cs It U ft} 3 3 TC IS COS ~ e Co J = bo fcn b x csoa 9 ' K CD M JP \- :- t*. C >> 4 1 J If XI «« M Ir. a s <^ "i^ B^. <9 "W ^ S, CI s Si a 3 OS I AFFAIRS OF CANADA. 49 CO pi CO a Two adults, from consumption, took ill before leaving Hull. An infant died, and one of the ciew lost overboard. An infant, from debility, died on the voyage. An infant born and died on board. SmuII-poK among these passeu- gers, but no deaths. Two children died on (he voyage. Meas'es broke out; six children died. One child died. Two children died, and two born on voyage. An infant died on the voynge. s •a 5 ;i in "3 o (M © — o o a bo 'i • • • • • • • • •.a. • • C9MO b • • • • < • • • • .0 . *- S u ^ - - ' 'S 3 • . • • . :Ht: . . . . !^ ''3 " ' u 1 u "k S u '§ i J !, o osSo ££« jl o s 1 1 O — U) « *-4 a^ f«4 r-< OOt--< — -MOO O) T ^ o a) c. •>( o M -™ — 3VJ 5J CO « W 1- M O .fl .fl O) H • • • - .- . .«-- . . . . _. . .OS 3 3 "^ Jl 111 O > (M >, - - i t s •.3 i -N «t (N 0> *c < • • • III ^ — « w X ! '.1 ■M ts l-^ .n Ol ~ .= •s' S .2 «; ; o b cs o CL PC 1. V a n 'a u s . . 5 M 5 « a s 3 ^ BSE .a a i« r2 . s S^ . 5; 1 ' • = 3 be » _ «) 2 . = 3J s 1 • •••• •••■ ••••>. ••3J >^. .9 a-. • • 1.= • 3 ■= a SS 2'e .2 .5- E" c" >i (nana n a> S^ Win ^ S E" 2- 2" bp .5.K =^ S" 2* « 15 a X *n 15 * * u o <- o \ J £ Tc 2 S = T,.^ 1 l^fch*a i^3sr < c w 73 = s x 5 ai 2'bE?'S"W>'«bEC.E' a X rt rt X X X ;= a 1 n a cQ K a n PS v: s O >-. S C >. a IM s o 3 3 . '-■ 3 «i fcn S '^i S >i 5 a « o 1 ii ' 11 o ^ a; «« S' - - - ' ^ - •M •> #. « ^1-^ #1 « »*! »^. • • • • .... . ' • -cj ■ . • "^ o . ■ • c c . c ^6 . .^sa « C -3 s c c -a X a a [T rt rams " " fl ste y a )itt E 5 r, -2 m 2 o > n .c ■5 o = " S liihJHUOtaPUS- w o -H ;o Sl —1 — « Ol !0 t- ■^ .-3 .r: ■<)■ :i -n — •«• oi — F^ t— F^ .• f— 1 F-^ .. ». *> .t M .. .-T • • • • n _ a j; - .. r. il a >. r. n .. n a oa ua o — O! M W 5J IM IM >, <• w > evil, we shall endeavour to give publicity to Lord Sydenliam's Report of the delusive nature of the hope thus enti-rtainetl. We shall accordingly communicate to the Government emiifration agents at tiie j)oris, from which vessels sail to America, the substance of Lord ."Sydenham's observations, and siiall further include it in the information which we propose shortly to give 'o ihe public, fnunded upon the returns which have been ri-ceived from the North Atuerican Colonies, in reply to our g'jueral inquiries. We have, &c. James Stephen. Esq. (Sign«-d) Frf.di rick Ei.i.iot, &c. kc. Edward E. Vii.lier.s. (N(.. 81.) No. 23. t'oi*^ of a DESPATCH from tlie Rii,'lit lion. Ixjrd Sydenham to Lord John Rus.sf.ll. (lovernnient Hmise, Kingston, MyJ^>rd. -iSth June, 1841. No. 22. I HAVE the honour to transmit to your I>(inishiit herewith the copy o.'' the Spffch witli whicii, |>i('s of tilt- adilresses pri'senteil to ine in answer by both houses, and of my replies to those i\ddresses. The L«'<,'isiattire had been summoned, as your Lirdsliip is aware, for tlie 1 Uh instant; but as it was ncces.sary, in compliance with the •i-hil flause ol the I'nion Aet. that the Assembly should, in tiie first in lance, proired to i:lect their Speaker I abstained, in conformity with the opinion of my Law Advisers, from meeting the Parlian.ent until timt preliminary had lieen fonipleted. This licparture from i'onuiT practice was, as your Lordship AFFAIRS OF CANADA. 51 will perceive, the necessary result of thiit provision of tiie Union Act wliicli, con- trary to the parliamentary usage in Enj^land, invests tlie Assembly with the abso- lute power of selecting their Spealter without rei'ere»M.'e to the Executive Authority. I have, &c., The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, (Signed) SYDENHAM. &c. &c. &c. CANADA. Enclosure 1 in IV o. 23. 1 r Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the End. l, in No. 23. House of Assembly, — I have deemed it rijjht to assemble you at the earliest period which the circumstances of the ^ Province and the duties imposed upon me by the Imperial Act for the Union of the Canadas, under which this Legislature is constituted, have admitted ; and it is with sincere satisfaction that I now meet you to deliberate on the great and important interests committed to our charge. A subject of Her Majesty, an inhabitant of this I'rovince, has been forcibly detained in the ni'ighboviring States charged with a pretended crime. No t me was lost by the Executive of this Province in remonstrating against this proceedinp,, and provision was made for insuring to the individual the means of defence pendin]? the further action of Her Majesty's Government. The Queen's Representative at Washington has since been instructed to demand his release. Of the result of that demand I am not yet apprised, but I have the Queen's commands to assure her faithful s»ibjects in Canada of Her Majesty's fixed determination to protect them with the whole weight of her power. Arrangements were completed during the course of last summer by which, under the directions of the Treasury, the rates of Postage jbetween .;U parts of this Colony and the United Kingdom were greatly reduced : and a more speedy and regular conveyance of letters between differs ' parts of this Province has since been established by arrangements made by the Deputy Postmaster-General under my directions. A commission has been appointed by me to inquire into and report upon the Post-office system of British North America, and I confidently anticipate that tlio result of its labours will be the establishnjcnt of a plan securing improvements in the internal communication by post within the Colony equal to those which we have already obtained in the communication with the mother-country. Many subjects of deep importance to the future welfare of the Province demand your early attention, upon some of which I have directed bills to be prepared, vhich will be submitted for your consideration. Amongst them, first in importance at the present juncture of affairs is the adoption of measures for developing the resources of the Province by well-considered and extensive public works. The rapid settlement of the country — the value of eve/y i lan's property within it — the advancement of his future fortunes are deeply affected by this qui slion. The improvement, of the Navigation from the shores of Lake P2rie and Lake Huron to .he Ocean — the establish ment of new internal communications in the inland districts :re works requiring a great outlay, but promising commensurate returns. To undertake then successfully large funds will undoubtedly be required, and the financial condition of the Province, as it stands as i)resent, wotdd seem to forbid the attempt. But I have the satisfiirtion of informing you that have received authority from Her Majesty's government to state that they are prepared to eall upon the Imperial Parliament to afford their assistance to\fards these important under- takings. In tiie full belief that peace and tranquillity will be happily re-established in this province, under the constitution settled by Parliament, and that nothing but a relief from its most pressing difficulties is wanting to its rapid advancement to prosperity, they will propose to Parliament, by affording the guarantee of the Imperial Treasury for a loan to the extent of no less than a million ami a half sterling, to aid the Province, for the double purpose of diminishing the pressure of the interest on the public debt, and of enabling it to proceed with those great public undertakings whose progress during the last few years has been arrested by the financial difficulties. I shall direct a measure to be submitted to you embracing a plan for this purpose, and I shall lay before yon, for your information and that of the people of Canada, extracts from the despuielies which convey to me this most gratifying assurance. In immediate connexion with the outlay of capital upon public works is the subject of emigration and the disposal and settlement of tlie public lands. There exist within this Province no means so certain of producing a healthy flow of immigration from the mother- country, and of ultimately .stablishing the immigrant as a settler and proprietor within the Colony as the power of affording sure employment for his labour on his first arrival. The assistance of Parliament for the ' • works which may be .nderiiken Iiere, will in great measure provide for this ; but wnn view ftirther to aid imriigration, I am authorized to declare to you that Her Majesty's government are prepared to assist in facilitating the passage of the immigrant from the port at which he is landed to the place where his labour may be made available, and that a vote of money for this purpose will be proposed to the Imperial Parliament. The conditions which Her Majisiys government attach to this measure will be submitted to you at the same time that I shall iIimw your attention to a scheme for the settle- ment and disposal of the public lands. It appears highly desirable that the principle of local self-government, which already prcvailD to some extent throughout that part of the Provhice which was formerly Upper Caki..Ja, should receive a more extended application there, and that the people should H2 m CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE CANADA. exercise a greater deercc of power over their own local alfaiis. I have directed a measure """ . upon this subject to ue submitted to you, aiid I solicit your earncHt attention to the esta- blishment of such a form of local government for tliosc districts of the Province which arc unprovided with it, as may ensure satisfaction to the people whilst it preserves inviolate the prerogative of the Crown, and maintains the administration of justice pure from party and popular excitement. A due provision for the education of the people is o"o of the first duties of the State, and in this Province, especially, the want of it is gricvouslv felt. The establishment of an efficient system by whicn the blessings of instruction may bo placed within the reach of all is a work of difficulty ; but its overwhelming importance demands that it should be under- taken ^ recommend the consideration of thut subject to your best attention, and I shall be most anxious to afford you in your labours all the co-operation in my power. If it should be found impossible so to reconcile conflicting opinions as to obtain a measure which may meet the approbation of all, I trust that ut least steps may be taken by which nn advance to a more jierfect system may bo made, and the difficulty under which the people of this Province now labour may be greatly diminished, subject to such improve ments hereafter as time and experience may point out. Gentlemi^n OF THE House OF Assembly, The financial accounts of the Province will be immediately laid before you, and I shall direct the estimates for the public service to be submitted lo you with the least possible delay. I rely upon your co-operation in the financial measures which it will be my duty to propose to you for taking advantage of the assistance which her Majesty's Government propose to afford, and for carrying into effect the public improvements which are deemed most desirable. I shall earnestly endeavour that whatever you may appropriate for this latter purpose shall be economically employed and rendered effective. Honourable Gentlemen and Gentlemen, In your wisdom and prudence 1 confide for the regulation of the different important matters whicii must necessarily come before you. Canada, united under a constitution which the Imperial Legislature has framed with an earnest desire for the welfare of this portion of the British Kmpire, cannot fail to prosper under prudent and sage counsels. 1 he generous aid which I have already announced to you, the determination wl'.ich I am also empowered to state upon the part of the Government to devote annually a large sum for the military defences of the Province — the fixed and settled determination which I have the Queen's commands to declare that her North .American possessions siiall be maintained at all hazards as part of Her Kmpire, are pledges of the sincerity with which the mother-country desires to promote the prosperity of Canada, and to assist in the well-working of the new institutions whicli it has established. The eyes of Kngland arc anxiously fixed upon tiie result of this great experiment. Should it succeed, the aid of Parliament in your undertakings, the confidence of llritish capitalists in the credit yon may require from them, the security which the British jieople will feel in seeking your shores, and establishing themselves upon your fertile soil, may carry improvement to an unexampled height. 'I'he ra])id advance of trade and of immigration within the last eighteen months, afford ample evidence of the effects of tranquillity in restoring confidence and promoting ])r()sperity. May no dissensions mar the flattering prospect nliich is ojien before us. May your efforts be steadily directed to the great practical improvements of wliich the Province stands so much in need, and under the blessing of that Providence which has hitherto preserved this portion of the British dominions, may your counsels be so guided as to ensure fo the (^uccn attached and loyal subjects, and to United Canada a jircsjierous and contented people. Enc!o-ure "J in Nc '23. ('Copy.) End. 2, in No. J3. To the lliijlit Hon. Ctiiuk-s B.iron Sydenham, of .Sy^]ieech from the throne at the opeuiuf; of this the (ir^t session of the Provincial Par- liament. We tliank your I'xrellency for asseniiilin^ the Legislature of United Canada at the earliest jieriod wliieli the circimistaiices of the province and llie arduous duties imposed upon your J'^xcelleiiey by the Act of Union adinilliHl, and we parlieipale must fully in the satisfaction ex|jres-eil by your Lxcellency on y<»ur Excellency's nieetint^ the Provincial Parliament to deiiberat*' on the great and important interests coniniitietl to their charge. AFFAIRS OF CANADA. ■ f: > 53 > r We lenrn with feelings of deep indignation the injurious detention, in the neighbouring States, of one of Her Majesty's suojects, iin inhabitant of this province, charged with a pre- tended crime. We gratefully acknowledge the promptness of the Provincial Government in remonstrating against this proceeding, and in ensuring to the individual tlie means of defence pending the further action of Her Majesty's Government; and we confidently hope tliat the demand made by the Queen's representative at Washington may be acceded to in the spirit which ought to actuate an enlightened and friendly nation. We assure your Excellency of our warmest gratitude to our beloved Sovereign for Her Majesty's gracious expression of Her determination to protect Her faithful subjects in Canada with the whole weight of Her power. We feel great satisfaction at being informed by your Excellency that arrangements were completed during the course of last summer by which, under the direction of the Treasury, the rates of postage between all parts of this Colony and the United Kingdom have been greatly reduced, and that a more speedy and regular conveyance of letters between different parts of this province has been established by the Deputy Post-Master-General, under your Excellency's directions ; and that a Commission has been ap))ointed by your Excellency to inquire into and report upon the wliole post-office system of British North America ; and we rejoice in your Excellency's confident anticipation tliat the result of the labours of the Com- mission will be the establishment of a pliin, securing the improvements in tlie internal comnni- nication by post within the colony equal to those wliicli have already been ^obtained in the communication with the mother-country. Wo assure your Excellency that we will devote our early attention to the important siibjects upon some of which your Excellency has directed Bills to be prepared for our con- sideration. We acknowledge the primary imiwrtance of the adoption of measures for the developement of the resources of the province by well-considered and extensive ])ublic works ; and wo cordially conciir in the opinion expressed by your Excellency, that the rapid settlement oC the country, the value of every man's property within it, and the advancement of his future fortunes, are deeply afl'ected by this question. We feel most grateful for the det(!rmination of Her Majesty's Government, of which we are informed by your Excellency, to call on the Imperial Parliament to atlbrd their assistance towards the improvement of the navigation iVom tlie shores of Lakes Erie and Huron to the ocean, and to the establishment of new internal conmiunicalions in the inland districts. We are fully sensible of the importance of these undertakings, iind of the benefits to be derived from them, as well us of the necessity for the aid so generously offered by Her Majesty's Government; and uniting with them in the full belief that peace and tranquillity will we hajipily re-established in this province, under the constitution settled by Parliament; and that nothing but a relief from its most pressing difficulties is wanting to its advancement to prosjicrity, we humbly express our gratitude for the proposal intended by Her Majesty's Government to be made to Parliament of aft'ording the guarantee of the Imperial Treasury for a loan to the extent of not less than a million and a iialf sterling, to aid the province, for the double purpose of diminishing the j)ressrved this portion of the British dominions, the counsels of this Parliament may be so guided us to ensure to the Queen attached and loyal subjects, and to United Canada a prosperous and contented people. (Signed) Roueht S. Jamkson, Speaker. Legislative Council Chamber, 18th enple. (.Signed) Austin Cuvillikr, Speaker. - I^egislativ-' Assembly, Wednesday, the 2o.'l day ot June, 1841. (Copy.) HONOURAHLE GkNTLKMKN OF TUB LkOISLATIVE CoUNCIt, I thank you for tills .Address, and for the assurance which it nflonls me of the cordial assistance of the Legislative Council in proniotiiii| niHiisures for udvunciiig the prosperity of this province. GeNTLK.MEN of TIIK HoiSK or ASSKMOLV, I ihank you for your Address, and I assiiiv you of my entire reliance upon your wisdom and prudence to assist me in whatever may lead to augment the prosperity of the people of Canada. (No. 413.) No. 24. Copy of u DESPATCH from Lord John Rijsskli, to llie Right Iloti. Lord Sydenham. My Lord, J)o\vnin";-street, 24th July, 1841. I HAVE to acknowledge tin' reci'i])t of your Lordsliip's Despatch of tiie 25th of June, No. 81, in wliicli you transinit to \m- a copy of the speech witli MJiicIi your lordship opened the session of tlie Legislature of Canada, together vitli copies of tiie addresses presented to you in answer \>y both Houses, and of your replies to those addresses. i have great satisfaction in informing y on the address whicli you have received from the House of Assemhiv, in answer to your sj)eeeh, and on the |)rospects of the session. I have, &c. (Signed) J. IIUSSELL. The Rit^ht Hon. Ijord Sydenham, &c. &c. ■ &c. (No. S4.) No. 25. Coi'Y of a DESPATCH from tlie Right Hon. Lord Sydenham to Lord John Ri;ssELL. My Lord, Government House, Kingston, 2r)th June, 1841. I HAVE the iionour to transmit herewitli, for your Lordship's information the returns received from tlie emigrant agent and the superintendent of ijuarantine, at firosse Lsle, since my Despatcii of the 9tli instant, No. 73. Your Lordsliip will oltserve with satisfaction that tliere has lieen comjiaratively little distress or sick- ness among the large bo(\v of emigrants who liave arrived during the present season in Canada. I have, &c. (Signed) SYDENHAM. 'ihe Uiglit Hon. Lord John Russell, . &c. &c. &c. ■9 M e 3 o o CS s c >. o a a W « J 3 o a m Li a >4 M M AFFAIRS OF CANADA. 99 K * M 5 9 CO IN X >- '• ^ C a ii 01 -u S -a — a; 3 3 I -J <5 c o a .. q rt c o a s n • - J, . 3 II - ^ 01 O -f *l -T 1^ r. ^■D 'i •:'. CC CO tS IM to IN X i>t " o to m — « •^ -r IN IN . Oe<5i'lW'NtOOI«»--t-3)-«C/5ifl tO«-t»35 — OlCr-^ l-H to a3 -« -J i> tO (M F« (N iNto — ciMM'-oxfxi^ti-tn-ro »flNei3 -HiNIN p;»0?5-r-r-" Ol -T O) O-. IN o e» o e»J X •-I I- -M 1-T if! 4.1 » >-< ■M ~ — .rj -r -/• cc rj o -r .n 3> "N "M «T o IN 'O •a — t) ■ • f ■-i t^ r: X ■3 "7 5 ■-. C - " 5 ^ = H » I •a c ii -5 -a e 2 tt^ «i V B ^ >>4f' " ii »i i o tnaSBcSSSs^BiI-s— to .S."^ ^ 3 .5 « — 3 "5 x o a -" a J: . . . 3 O .= .= J N e i S -5 ■ « = 2 lasaa S id o c 3 s u a 3 — J bo ■ m u ,; > t' 2 SK o i »i o „ „ a J2K n = O 1, JO "■is S = -S S 9 = = ■:' := "• -- r; >> >:i?, i-uJw-5!~.=:H = 0-3 - a u •- o c X i_ • 3 "^ ^ 41 X M l: it • ^ ^ = -1 i^. 3 ~ Ph w ^ 3 01 • »« • • ,^,=^; ■3"= (■ ^ "^ ^— — ' — : " I ^ *^ _ IN (N (N IN »*■. IN O CANADA. CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE NoTP. TO Paoe 57.-The emigranU arrived durin- the last week are chiefly Iri.h, and all In good health : a large portion are going up the country to join their friends. p..„„^, 1 regret to have to report u gro« infringement of the Secund Clause of the Imperml Passenger Act. in the case of the shTp . C-p.ain . from ; this vessel had np.ur of ;. full passenger, over her complimen.. and out of the 399 per«.n. on board, there were only 322n..„esonh.r^a..engerlist. The n,as,er was fined by .he collector £2« sterl.ng. wh.ch wa the highest penalty under the Act. In the .pace occupied by the passengers there was only 6 feet 5 inch'es su^rflces! whereas by the Act there should be 10 feet. These people. -^«'' f"" ^ ;^- crowds! .uVe. landed in good health; the only deaths during the voyage was a ch.Id of two year, and a half The master appear, to be quite ignorant of the regulation, respecting .he carry.ng of passenger., and had not a copy of the Pawenger Act on board. This veuel is owned by . "^demand for labourers .till continues ; but all I can do or «y to those seeking employment, they will not remain here if they have mean, to proceed further up. A party I directed over to New U verpool for employment were, on arrival .here, offered 4.. per day. and refused it, and afterward, applied to be sent up free. AFFAIRS OF CANADA. 50 ood iger irds inly was feet heir ears gof lent, per r.VNADA. GO COURESPONDIi.NCIi RELATIVE TO THE CANADA. :'; i I Note to Paor 50. — The arrivaU iliiring the pa«t wmk are chiefly Irith, niul mnittly of (he lahoiirlnK claig. A few reipecttible fanner*, wilh capitnl from one to two hunilred pounds alerting, cume out in the Obcrou from Liverptxil. About 20U of the paiiK«iigcrH by this vtiiiiel proceed immediately to Montreal, on the route to Upper Canada, where they intend to vettle. Five young men are going tu New Ilruniwlck, and a few tu the United Stales. ThoNe by the Tour from Dublin, and Snuriea from BelfusI, landed in go3 of whom remained ut Sydney for employment ; a few went tu St. John's and Halifax; and those that came on here are going to their friends. AlMiiit ."il of them will remain in the province, the remainder arc going to a place called Silver Luke, in the stale of New York. In consideration of their condition, I forwarded theni to Montreal, and •;u>c them a supply of provisions, as they were nearly all pennyless. The total number of persons assisted from this office this season, with the exception of these people, are 85; vix. 4 men and 81 women and children, either widows or m:irried women wilh families going to their husbands in different parts of the province. Those by the Men, from Galwny, and Julia, from Sligo, londcd (m Saturday, in good health, and many of them have remained here for employ- ment, from want of means to proceed further up. o 01 E a .s 1 > •E H < a s V. * B H m •J AFFAIRS OF CANADA. •1 is a & J! a c e 9 s I a o a ■J > •E a w f u "s M D H H s; o in lo >n in 5. -S •a -fl c -3 a 5 ftt ® if P4 ^ r3E s = « o 2 '5 ^S.i|J| S ^ J( <«. ? S! S o ^•s» L •§.§•§ «^ I. •J u B ° = ^ ^ e2 » a o 5 g g o «* •" *- 5°^ .5 a. g E is ^ 2.:= u . -g C's f -^ » - ^ .- o ''r^ Et c S! « a * rt C3 « g 01 •o - a . s tr« s ^ .s .5 "S 41 .f^ 3i_- S M « = . to > c -J - = - •c "^ S. C a a g ° - .&i a g ■c E £ W -g - u t a ^ a o B 15 - 6D §:§ I ^2 s s s ^ < j= £ ft •«- 2* ft.'S S B H «» g S ^ B ^ " s ^ M « o fe^S SOJ I CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE 9 M s !S S a e 3 S £ a = a o a o I = 1 I 1 I II i-i a " O i » M* ■ a 8|« "5 » § 03 •§ ** 2 a * k a « o o (« II s si ago USJ2 IS ,^ *-g si ■S'C » * ^ o -3 C 3 or <£ ; ; '. '• : : : 106 • • .1 • • ;rs, labourers, and 3 • 1 • •fl i ■ if • 1 3 ■ . 2i 3 O 3 -rl •i I i y labo ies am • 2 £ 2 t: a^ t: 5 S 3 a §1 5£ BB I §2 £ f S22-S i-5 S - .5 5 2 S 2 C ii 1 SIX 5'- (M in 04 CO I- CC OS '^ t* CO Oi ^^ OS 05 iM in (N CO X l^ 5»; ;0 '^ CC t^ ^ W * — CO SO .^ I issfi C.^tfwx4= Jiw H a.30ay S AFFAIRS OF CANADA. ■■*:• i -,-t: Note to Page 62.— The emigrants who arrived during the past week are in good health, and consist of farmers and labourers, the great majority of them intend settling in Upper Canada, where they have friends. The passengers in the Robert Alexander Park and Unicorn from Londonderry are respectaWe settlers, and all appear in good circumstances : they, with few exceptions, have their relations settled in the Home Gore and Wellington districts. In the barque Harmony, from Bristol, were a party of Mormons going to settle in Illinois. They report that two other vessels are expected from the same port this season. Three families are going to the Newcastle district. Those in the , from , 135 in number, are principally farmers, and going to the western division of the province ; these families complained to this office that Mr. . the owner of the vessel with whom they engaged their passage, charged them 6^. a-head for landing charges, and which he told them would be refunded by the master on arrival here if the charge was incorrect. He stated on application that lie was not aware of any such agreement, and refiised to refund : the parties having no written proof, I could not inforce their claim, but from the manner in which these people tell their story, I have no doubt of its being correct. In the Perseverance, from Dublin, were 106 passengers who were assisted to emigrate by their landlord, the Honourable Charles Butler Clerk, from his estate in Kilkenny; they landed in good health, and proceeded on their route up the country. The rest of the passeuge.s in this vessel were labourers : one family went to the Eastern Townships, and some to friends at Bytown and Toronto. A large number of the labourers from the different vessels have availed themselves of the employment which offers on the roads in this neighbourhood. A Urge number of emigrants are reported at Grosse Isle. CANADA. 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Caaei not Clatiified under niwawe. Total. DMciiption. , i 3 •i. 1 1 a 1 1 i 1 1 -1 .a u Ramaiki. 1 Since od Total. Inrante at the BreauL Men . . Women . Children . 9 5 19 ;i 9 6 34 1 2 8 3 ■A 2 1 3 3 6 1 "i • • •• •• • • • • •• •• • • • • ■ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 6 4 23 Total . 33 16 49 11 5 33 3 12 2 16 • • • • .. •• .. j .. • • 33 Names of those who have Died during the Week, No. Names. Age. DiieaM. Vcfiere Name. When Admitted. { When Died. Remarkt. 1 2 3 4 S Mary Welch . . . Patrick M'Kenna . Ann Jane U»)jle\ . John Rice . . . John M'Uoun . . 18 Month! 18 ,, 4 Yean 25 ,, Feb. Conl. . . Rubeola . . . Feb. Cont. . . Carleton • . . . Conitiinlion . . . Helen Stuart ■ . Hamptun . . . May 28 . . ,,28 . . ,, 2r . . ,,21 . . ,,19 . . May 28 . . | June 1 • • ? May 30 . .) June 4 . .1 ... . .| Sickly int'anli, landed in a dying atate. Both then ynung men left li:uru|ie with diieaiied lunge, and were lamled herein a dying ktate. G. W. l)OUOL.\8, M.I)., Medical S".perintendent. Weekly Retuen of Sick in Quarantine Hospiiiil, Grosse Isle, from 6th June to I2th inclusive, 1841. 1 •5 •< § i t 5 a a be c '.a tt e Oiaeate. Catei not ClawiBed under ■"■ .•». Infant! at the Hreait. Total. Detcription. > m a i 1 1 M 8. J 1 S i ■5 M s Ji '0 JS 5 Rimarki. Men . . Women . Children . 6 4 23 33 3 1 13 ir 9 a 36 M • • • • 'I 9 4 34 i 1 5 3 8 1 • • 20 • • •• 1 • « • • 1 • » • ■ • • • « • • • • • • •• • ■ 4 34 Total . 3 47 3 1. 7 20 • ■ •• 47 Names of those who have Died during the Week. No. 1 Names. | Age. Di!eaie. Vetsel'! Name. WhenAdmilte.1. When Died. Remark!. 1 1 1 Ann M'Karlane . . 2 John Taylor . . . 3 I Margaict Dolan . . 40 Yean. fi .Montlii 1 Year. Feb. Cunt. • . Rubeola • • • Sarah Stowart . . Cuuiliiution • . . liaiper .... May JO . . ,,27 . . June 4 . . June 11 . . ,, II . . ,,10 . . G. W. DOUGLAS, M.D., Medical Superintendent. Weekly Return of Sick in the Quarantine Hospital, Gross Isle, from IStli June to J9th inclusive, 1841. X t a i in ■0 ■fc a •2 a ^ Diwasc. t.'iieinot Claesitied uniler Diiieaae*. Total. Dncription. 2 3 a ■i M J" -3 1 a e ■z 1 4 < s 1 u S •1 * • Remarks. Infants at the Breast. Men : . . Women . Ihildn-n . 9 4 34 ■' 9 4 39 3 1 22 1 I 6 2 16 \ 1 • • 3 1 1 6 ■4 • • '3 • • 1 *• • • • « •• • • •• • • • • • • 16 1 Total . 47 & a 26 ■ -T -- 24 3 7 7 4 3 -i£.-=r- • • I =.=^- • • • • .. • • • • 24 Names of those who have Died during the Week. No. Names. 1 Ap- 1 Diieose. VMiel"! Name. When Admilled. \ When Died. Remarks. 1 MarKorrt .M't'aniey . UeorgpYtiung' . . i 18 i Kulwolu . . Scarlatina . . . i ('ousliltitiuu • , , . Mary Aiinu . . . ! ,M.iyJ7. . . June 17. . . June It • • 1 Jnne 1^ , • U. W. DOKiLAS, M.D, .Medical Superintendent, laiki. matk*. nit, landed in ate. yuunfcmenlrR rith diwaiiral i were lamled lying ktate. I, M.I)., purintendent. AFFAIRS OF CANADA. No. 26. ■■^w (No. 90.) Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. Lord Sydenham to Lord John Russell. My Lord, Government House, Kingston, 13th July, 1841. I HAVE the honour to transmit to your Lordship herewith the retu'"s ••lode to nie by the emigrant agent at Quebec, and by the superintendent at Gr'>scc isle since my Desprttch of the 26th ultimo, No. 84. I also annex the copy of a report wliich I have to-day received fron» the emi/iMiit agent at this place. To this latter report I would beg to call your Lordship's especial attention, m it affords the most conclusive answer to statements wiiich have been circulated for mischievous purposes through the public press, and which may, perhaps, have been repeated in Enghmd, that emigrants were leaving this province in great numb rs for the United Slates, and that great distress prevailed among those who remained here. Your Lordship will perceive that these statements are not only not con- sistent with truth, jut are the very reverse of it. I have, &c. • ' ' ' (Signed) SYDENHAM. The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, &c'. &c. &c. CANAD4. Nu 26. imatkt. (Copy.) Enclosure 1 in No. 26. Sir, Emigrant Office, Qui'bec.Gth July, 1841. I HAVE tho liononr to enclose you for the information of his E.vcellency, a list of tiie j.^^^, j j^^ j^^ jg^ passenger vessels, received by tlie English mail yesterday, as also the names of those formerly reported, and still due, in all amounting to 2,8-29 persons. I have also advices of three otlier vessels, two Irom Skye, and one fror.. Glasgow, but the numbers on board are not stated. Over 1200 passengers have landed here since Sunday, three-qua-'ers of whom are going to the western division of the province, some with good means, to purchase lands, and others for employment. I have, &c., (Signed) A. C. Buchannan, Chief Agent. H. C. Murdoch, Esq., Chief Secretarv, *C. &c. &c. ' amarkii. S, M.I)., uin'riiiteudent. Icmarks. iiurka. Return of Passenger Vessels received by the English Mail on the 5th instant. Date of Sailing. June 4 „ 10 ., 12 „ 15 » »» „ 16 .. 17 .. 18 Vcsjel'n Name. Pomona . . Huron . Orlando . Chiuia . . Joseplia . Clifton . . Astrea . Independence Where from. Numbei of Pasiengen in each Vessel. Slis;o . • Liverpool . London . . Limerick Bel fust . . Cork. . . Dublin . . Liverpool . Total 214 327 102 170 24.3 112 134 249 1,531 Vessels formerly Reported not yet Arrived. May 20 21 22 25 26 31 llaclielor Le Plate Dulpliiii ■ • Muria Bennan Centenary . Isabella . . Cuiistitutioii IIoiH! Emigrant Department, Quebec, 6th July, 1»41. Lo ouderry 196 Cork . . . 107 Limerick . . 141 Ditto . . . 137 London . . . 162 Greenock 33 Belfast . . . 426 Ut'.bl.n . . . 72 Total . 1,274 (Signed) A. C. BUCHANNAN, Chief Agent. K 2 AS. M.I), Si'.iiennlenJciit. 68 CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE CANADA. EDclotun 2 in No. 26. Encloiur 3 in No. 26. '- r':-\-^ \ ■■■•-. ■.I- ■'"!■ :- Enclosure 2 in No. 26. Sir, Emigrant Office, Quebec, 3<1 July, 1841. . I HAVE the honour to enctoHe you my weekly return of ur>'irnlH of omigruiits to the 27th instant. The detention oecasioncu in getting the passenger lists has been the cause of this being delayed so much beyond the usual time. I enclose you a return of the numbers lamled this week for the information of his Excel- lency, viz., 2051. making a total tliis season of 18,722. From 300 to 400 more are at Grosse Isle; but exact numbers are not known. I have, &c. (Signed) A. C. Buchannan, Chief Agent. H. C. Murdoch, Esq., Chief Secretary, &C. &c. &c. Office of Her Majesty's Chief Agent for Emigrants. Quebec, 3d July, 1841. Number of Emigrants arrived during the week ending 3rd July. England OIB Ireland 1.8<.)2 Scotland 1-13 2.t>5l Previously reported .... ICi.O?! 18 "22 To same period last year . . . 15,421 Increase in favour of 1841 . . . '.y,'<]0[ (Signed) A. C. Buchannan, Chief Agent. H. C. Murdoch, Esq., Chief Secretary. &c. &c. &c. (Copy.) Enclosure 3 in No. 26. Sir, Emigrant Office, Kingston, 12tli July, 1841. I have the honour to stale, for the information of the Governor-fJeneral, that I have received returns from t'le emigrant stations at Bytown, Toronto, and Haniillop up to tlie 30th ult. 1 am happy to state that all these returns represent the state of the inmiigrant population as being, with very trifling exceptions, heiilihy and prosperous. Laijour is scarci.' ; but it appears that uU who consent to work for low wages are getting employment and settling in the province. Tile total number of emigrants to this section of the province, acrordiiig to my returns, is as follows : — Emigrants rid the Hideau Canal .'ifiGO Ditto St. Lawrence 2750 «i V 0< W Cli Tu 8410 It has been currently reported that numerous emigrants who left the United Kingdom with the intention of settling in Canada have abandoned the province and gone to the neigh- bouring states. I find on inquiry that this is not true. Labour is as scarce, and money srarcer, on tlie American side of tiie line than on ours. Many emigrants wiio liave gone to the states liave returned, and very many others have accompanied them. In fact, tiie balance so for this season has been in our favour. I liavf the iionour to transmit to you herewitii copies of letters from J. H. Greer ami Hobert Patterson, Esqrs., on tliis subject ; and should I'urtlier ])roof be required, it can, I am assured, be obtained (iom lie commanders and agents of all the steam-boats which toucli .-.l ports in the United States. I have, &c. (Signed) A. B. Hawke, Chief Emigrant .Agent, H. C. Murdoch, Esq., Chief Secretary, Western Division. &c, &c. &c. Dear Sir, \o. 1. Custom-house Wharf, Kingston, Tith July, 1841. Havino heard it reported that a great many emigrants were crossing to the United .•States '.'lis season aft'.T tlieir arrival in tliis j)lace, I beg to inform you tor your information, as cliiet emigrant agent, that a very small number of these individuals have left this for the other side by the American stcam-boat.s, n// of which depart from my wharf daily; but, on the con- M M AFFAIRS OF CANADA. trary, a very great number of settlers and adventurers have arrived here this season from the United States by tlie above-named conveyances. I am, &c. A. B. Hawlto, Esq.. Chief Emi(;rant Agent, (Signed) John H. Greer. r -^ &o. &c. &c. CANADA. fr- 'J.' >H-^u, No. 2. Dear Sir, Steamer Commodore Barrie, Kingston, 12th July, 1841. IIavino been informed that a runiour has got abroad that numbers of emigrants having obtained ticket:) from you for a free passage to Toronto, and having embarliod on board this boat from thence have lantled at Oswego, I beg to Htatc that that is not ttie case. A ffW went across witli me wiio paid tiieir own passages; but I do not believe there has been a single instance of fraud of that kind. 1 repeat, a few have landed there who have paid their way ; and an equal number, or nearly so, have returned with us from thence ; and from my knowledge of tlu> travel by other boats 1 would say that double the number come to Canada from the United States that go there from hence. I have, &c. A. B. Hawke, Esq., Chief Emigrant Agent, (Signed) KonicRT Patterson &c. &c. &c. Enclosure 4 in No. 26. VVrkkly Return nf Sick in tlie Qiiamntiiie Hospital, Grossc Isle, from 20lh June to 'i6th inclusive, 1841. 1 E i s ■i it 1 i 1 tic a 'a '3 1 Diaeaav. Canei not Dtiietipliun. i > S 1 1 .2 1 1 B i 1 i: 1 9 ClaMiiified under Dikeaae. — — Total. Infanta at the Hreaat. Remarka. Men . . Women Children . G 4 !i 17 Ifi 'Jl 10 19 .17 • 1 1 .. 9 .. .. 19 U 1 27 1 1 4 n 9 1 1 1 • • • • 1 4 ,. II 5 2 ■ • 1 • * • • 2 2 « • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• !) 19 27 The admimionathia week urn from the ahips Dum- frieaahire and Lord Set- tun, from Belfaat, the barque Grace from Li- ver]iool, and brig Indian from Slip). Tut»l . . 24 42 OG 1 10 1 I 1 1 55 2 24 13 " ■ • • 1 4 •• •• • • •• 55 Names of those who have Died duriiifr the Week. No. Names. Aue. DkNease. 1 Veaaera Name. When Admitted. When Died. Remarka. 1 Samuel Sanderson . .1 Conlinued fever . Robt. and Alex. Parke June 23 , , June '24 . . . O. W. DUL'tiLAS, Ml)., Medical Superiuteudent. \v I-F.KI.V I? KiuRN of Sick ill the Quiirniiliiie Ilospi ill, ( i rosse Isle, from 27th Jun e to 3d July inc! usive, 1841. 1 1 ■c Caaea not Si M ^ ) Claaaitied ^ b J> ,^ under Deacriptioii. i a S 1* 1 in .3 a '3 s t" 1 . 'S 1 M ill- 1 il 1 i 3 M 1 2 Diseaae. Infanta at the Hreast. Total. Remarka. • ■ 2? .= 1 H : C a « H O 1 tfl ~ Wl u 5 ! 1 Men . . 9 4 1 13 1 2 11 1 5 2 1 3 i 1 .. I .. •• 1 11 M'omen . i )!• 9 1 28 ! » ■1 18 1 11 ■> 2 , .. i .. 2 1 , , .. IS Children • '27 ■11 j 48 ! 18 ; ; 5 25 •• 5 8 ; 1'2 ■ .. 1 .. •• .. 1 .. • • .. 1 .. .. ! '25 Total , . .55 M 89 28 7 54 2 '21 1'2 14 .. . ■ 5 • • .. ■ • .. 1 1 54 Names of those who have Died during the Week. N... N'i.nieN. A«e. Disease. Vessel's iVame. When Admitted. When nied. Remarks. 1 it Martini Arnihtroii^ . Sarah Juh-.ntuu • • 24 30 Measles . . . ,, . • • Lord Sealon . . . Dumliieahire . . Juno 2fi . . ) » • • July 2 . . . July 3 . . . Five children landed mori- bund t'runi thi' ahipa Lords tteutun and tirace have died thia week from the sequelsB of measles. Une attendant upon her sick children, Mary Sanderson , gave birth to a male chilu. U. W. DOUGLAS, M.D., Medicftl Superintendent. CORRKSPONDENCK RELATIVE TO THE CANADA. 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Her Majesty's fiovernmciit have received with much regret the account, which your recent communicatiunH to me convey, of your severe hodily indi.sjioNi- tion, and I have received tliu Queen's cunmiands to ac(|uaint you that Her Majesty has heen graciously pleased to sanction your return to this country on a leave of absence for six mouths as su<>n alter your receipt of this Despatch us the exigencies of the pul)lic services in Canada nmy admit. I have, &c., (Signed) J. RUSSELL. The Right Hon. Ij«»rd Sydenham, &c. &c. &c. (Separate.) No. 28. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. Lord Sydenham to Lord John Uussem.. My Lord, Kingston, 21st July, 18il. As it is prolnible that the sittings of the Ijegishiture will be protracted till the end of next month, and the state of my health, as your Lordship is already aware, renders it of great importance to me that I siiould be able to quit this country early in the autunm, I think it right, without actually waiting for the termination of the Session itself, to enable Her Majesty's Government to fcike the necessary Eteps for the future conduct of affairs here, by formally reVJ7, conveying to me h>ave of absence from my |Mw Province, in accordance with my instructions, my presence in Knglund may, I ho|H>, not b«r altogether without value. I expect to be able to complete this by the middle or end of September, when I shall proceed home, but of this I shall l»e able to judge more exactly in tiie e^)ur^•• of a short time, and I shall then apply to the officer commanding the naval sbition at Halifax to furnish me, if he conveniently can, with a ves»rtunce, introduced l»y the Government, have already passed the House of Assembly, and are Itefore the other House. .\ Hill for the esta- blishment of a Hoard of Works, conferring tiie most extensive |K)wers ujton that department, and thus enabling us to proceed safely and securely in whatever may be undertaken on the public account or with public aid ; another for the establish- ment of District Courts of Justice ; and a third for the Naturalization of Aliens, a subject of the deepest interest to many of the inhabitants of the province. A Bill for the establishment of District Councils in Upper Canada, similar to the Ordimmce which I passed in the Lower Province, is in Committee, and will, I have little doubt, be shortly passed ; and the otiicr measures are all, more or less. in a state of great forwardness The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, &c. &c. &c. (Signed) I have, &c. SYDENHAM.