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 CANADA. 
 
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 PAPERS 
 
 KELATINO TO TIIK 
 
 REMOVAL OF THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, 
 
 AXU TO TItE 
 
 ANNEXATION MOVEMENT. 
 
 ^tsmttU to hoib T^ouscs of ^arlianunt bs Command of JlStx i^alntp, 
 
 I5th Apkil, 1850. 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET, 
 FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONbRY OFFICE. 
 
 1850. 
 
SCHEDULE. 
 
 CANADA. 
 
 DESPATCHES FROM GOVERXOR-GKNEHAL THI, lUGHT HON. THE EARL OF ELGIN- 
 AM) KINCARDINE. 
 
 Nuabtr 
 
 in Dale and Nuiubtr. 
 
 Serin. ' 
 
 1 29 May, 1S49 (55) 
 
 11 Jane, 1849 (6S) 
 
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 14 June, 1849 ((i8) 
 
 20 Aug. 1849 (99) 
 
 18 Nov. 1849 (113) 
 
 19 Nov. 1849 (114) 
 3 Dec. 1849 (127) 
 3 Dec. 1849 (129) 
 
 14 Dec. 1849 (134) 
 
 28 Dec. 1849 (138) 
 
 31 Dec. 1849 (141) 
 
 SUBJECT 
 
 REMOVAL OF SEAT OF GOVERNMENT fr,,,. Moinxf,]. EMcl..»ing 
 copies of .V(]ilrcs8 of lluUBC of Assembly, niid Utply ■.hereto on tlic 
 Subject ........... 
 
 ALTERNATE SITTINGS OF PARLIAMENT at Toronto .mil 
 Quebec iiru(ioied ......... 
 
 REMOVAL OF SEAT OF GOVERN.MENT. With PETITION TO 
 HER MAJESTY from the City Coimeil i.f Kiiii,'t.t()i,, iirayiiig tliiit the 
 seat of Goveriimciit niiiy he lixeil iit tli.it place ..... 
 
 AI.TERNATE SITriNGS OF PARLIAMENT at Toronto nnd Quelxc. 
 Transmitting Resolution of Legislative Council on proposal relative thereto 
 
 DISTURBANCES AT MONTREAL. Report of Occurrenees on the occa- 
 sioi: of the arrest of parties charged with tlic Destruction of the I'arliament 
 House ............ 
 
 REMOVAL OF SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. With Enlract Minute 
 of Executive Council, emiiodying the decision of (iovernment to alteriiale 
 the sittings of Parliament at 'Qiiiicc and Toronto . . . . 
 
 The next Session of the Legislature to be held at Toronto . 
 
 ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY from the Warden and Officers of the 
 Municipal Council of ihe Gore District, repudiating the doctrines advo- 
 cating a SEPARATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PRO- 
 VINCES from the Mother Country 
 
 ADDRESSES ENCLOSED FROM OFFICERS OF MILITIA and others, 
 expressive of atiachment to Her Majesty, and desire for MAINTENANCE 
 OF THE CONNEXION BETWEEN THE COLONY AND IHE 
 MOTHER COUNTRY 
 
 ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF CANADA, RECOMMENDING 
 ANNEXATION To THE UNITED STATES. Printed copy en l.ised ; 
 together with copv of Minute of Council on the REMOVAL OF 
 PERSONS HOLDING OFFICE WHO HAVE SIGNED THAT 
 ADDRESS 
 
 RESOLUTIONS OF A PUBLIC MEETING AT THE TOWN OF 
 LONDON, expressive Ci" loyalty to Her Majesty and attachment to British 
 connexion .......... 
 
 ADDRESS TO PEOPLE OF CANADA ON ANNEXATION TO 
 THE UNITED STATES. Reports Mr. J. C. Mackenzie's signature to 
 have been affixed thereto ■ . . 
 
 FURTHER ADDRESS TO PEOPLE OF CANADA, from the body 
 styling itself the Momreal Annexation Association .... 
 
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 DKSPATnn-S FF?OM THE UUiUT HONOrHAIU.i: KARL r.UFV, SI-CRETARV OF STATIv 
 
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 Sctirt. 
 
 DaU h.u'\ \umbcf. 
 
 It July. Ih49 (391) 
 
 SLBJECT. 
 
 2 
 
 11 J»l>, 
 
 184'J (392) 
 
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 18-19 (411) 
 
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 If) Nov. 
 
 1849 (43.3) 
 
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 1 Jan. 
 
 IS.'JO (442) 
 
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 9 Jan. 
 
 1850 (448) 
 
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 18 Fib. 
 
 1850 (4C8) 
 
 UKMOVM, or SKAT OK OOVKKN'MKNT. Acknowlodninif the 
 I'llitiui) to Ilcr .Majesty from tlie City Ckjuiicil ol' Kingsloii 
 
 IArknnwli'(lj;in(j the I 
 Ad.lrwscH .,|- tlie As- 1 
 .cnihly 1111(1 Legiilativcj 
 Cuuncil on the ■ulijectl 
 
 HISTIUHANCKS AT MC)NTKEAL,-a» reported in Governor's Dos- 
 imuli, No. 99. 20th Aiiiruit, — evidences the neceisily for the REMOVAL 
 OF TIIK SEAT OF ilOVEUNMENT from that City 
 
 Mr. Markenzic's appointment as Portuguese Consul. Inquires if there be 
 any rbjcction to .......... 
 
 REMOVAL OF SEAT 0.' GOVERNMENT. Approval of Governor's 
 
 dclciminution to act on the o|)inion of the Assembly thereon . . . 
 
 ADDRESSES RELATIVE TO ANNEXATION TO THE UNITED 
 
 STA'l ES. Conveying the expression of Her Majesty's Commands on the 
 cuurfc to 1)6 pursued in respect thereto ...... 
 
 ADDRESS ON ANNEXATION TO THE UNITED STATES. Mr. 
 
 Mackenzie's signature thereto disquatilies him fur the uHicc of Consul for 
 the Portuguese Government ........ 
 
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 CANADA. 
 
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 Despatches from Governor-General t!\e Ri^lit Honourable 
 the Earl of Elgin and KsJicardine. 
 
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 CAMADA. 
 
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 2 I'A I'l: us n/atiiv to (/,.■ HK.MOV A L of the SEAT of COVK UN M ENT. 
 
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 No. I. 
 
 Cdi'V iif a DKSI'ATCII rnmi (»ii\«Tii()r-(«'i'iuriil lln" Uif^lit Hon. tlic Karl of 
 IIi.<;i.\ AMI KiNCMdUM; to Karl (iiiKV. 
 
 CJoviTiimcuf House, Montreal, May 29, 1819. 
 
 (U-.civi.l Jmir !<(, 1«49.) 
 (AtuHcrnlJiily II, 1"<49. No :W-'. i-uhc'J.'.) 
 
 Mv Loiin, 
 
 I invK file honour to transmit herewith for your Lonlship's informa- 
 
 - fion, the cojiy ol an adilress jires^-nteil to me liy the I>'(,'islative Assemlily on 
 the sulijeel (ti' tile removal ol' the seat ol' f;overnmeiit Irom .Montreal, witli a 
 
 - eopv oi my reply. Tliis aiHress was I'ouniled on resolutions movetl in the 
 Assemlily hy tlie Honourable .Mr. Sherwood, an eminent member ol' the Von- 
 servafive party, and Attoruey-Cieneral lor (..'aiiada West, in my '.ate adminis- 
 tration. 
 
 I have, fic. 
 
 The Ui-ht H.m. Karl Grey, (Si-ned) KLCilN AND KINCAUDINE. 
 
 Kc. \c. &e. 
 
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 End. 1 in No. 1. 
 
 I'liiclo-iin- I III No. 1. 
 
 To lii<! Kxccll.Micy till' |{ii.'iii HiMioiiriitilc J\Mrs Karl <p|' Ki.cin iind KiNrMiniNK, K.T., 
 CtiniTiior-ftiMiiTMl iif Miiiisli Xorili .Xiiicrici. iiiid ' 'apaiii-Giiii'ial iind Giivcriioriii-Cliiof 
 ill mill over llii' I*ri)viiic.'s of Caiiaihi, N'uva .'»ci)ii.i, Ni'u Bruiisivick, and ihi) I^ilaiid of 
 I'riiii'r Kilwiird. and \'ici'-.\(liiilial ollliu saiiu', &i'., Siv., &.C. 
 
 May it ii.ia.si: voi k Kx<ki.i.i:ncv, 
 
 Wk. Hit Majcslv's duti'iil ami loyal suHjcrl-, tin- I/i.'islativ>> .Asspiiiljly of tlif Pi-oviiicc 
 of r.inada, in Provincial ParliaiiiiMit Ksiomblt'd, humbly ho'^ k'livi- to approach your EKcelliMicy 
 with rcc|ini.'« of ri'^pi'ct, anil to ropro-^i'iil — 
 
 Tiial till' liiiii' lias airivpd wluMi a dilVi-ront and much more satisfactory arraiigcnu'iit may be 
 madir as rcijards the placi- of coiivoniii;; Parliament than at present exists, 
 
 'I'lial it was the cause of complaints on the part of many of iho iiiliabitaiits of Upper Canai'a, 
 that the Parliaiii'nt was, in Isi:?, romoved altrceilier from within the limits of their province. 
 
 Tliat it was suiisjestcd at tliiil time, as each province had I'lijoyi'd the advantages of having a 
 separate legislature within its limits, (rom the first eslablisliment of its representative form of 
 governnieiil down to llie time of the union, that afti r the union it would be an act of rommoii 
 justice only for the representative of the Sovereign to convene Parliament alternalely at 
 Toronto, in Upii.T Canada, and at Quebec, in Lower Canada ; but the Legislature to wiioin 
 the suliject was submitted thougllt otherwise, and advised Montreal as the place to be seleclod, 
 which advice was received and acted on. W illiin a very short jjcriod of time, however, we 
 have seen the building in Montreal occupied by the Legislative Council anil Legisl.itive 
 Assonibly. rented and lilted up as it was, at a great expense to the country, wilfully burnt b 'fore 
 our eyes, and the libraries belonging to there<i)ective liouses, and tiieir records and proceedings 
 con-iiineil with it. 
 
 That such thi-n, being the state of the c.is,-, and witii the view of removing every obstacle 
 that may have a tendency to binder, or in any way interfere with the well working of the union, 
 we most respectfully beg leave to recommend to your Kxclluncy to adopt the suggestion rj- 
 ferred to, that alter the present session, your Excclleisi'y will bj pleased to convene the Parlia- 
 ment nlterniitely at Toronto and Quebec, during periods not exceeding four years at each place. 
 The lirst sitting under this arrangement to be held at such of the two places mentioned as vour 
 Excellency in your discretion may dejiu most advisable for the general good. Tliat the plat) 
 now submitted to your Excellency is not without prec .'dents in other countries, and that it can 
 now more easily than at any antecedent period be carried out, inasmuch as all former records 
 and proceedings in Parliament have been destroyed. 
 
 That each branch of the legislature will now have to commence anew again, and with a view to 
 alternate sittings as iierein recomnieiided, their records and proceedings ought henceforw.inl to 
 be made out in duplicate, so that one cojiy may be deposited in the vatilts of the Parliament 
 House at Toronto, and the other within the walls c'.' the Citadel of Quebec, where they wi!l be 
 secure from the ravages of fire, and from the attacks of external and internal foes. 
 
 'I'hat ihc Parliament buildings at each of the cities of Toronto aii:l Quebec are the property 
 of the province ; that they arc commodious and comfortable, and can hj made ready for the 
 reception of the legislature at comparatively small expense. That under this arrangement the 
 members of the legislature will have a better opportunity of ascertaining and understanding by 
 
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 Kiictosiiri' '2 ill No. I . 
 
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 Till' siilijpi t nfyniir aililn«.< inMikiii;; tln' i-\rrciM> nf thi- Hoviil IVfrouafivn. in .1 m.iffiT 
 
 ilivolviiiy very <• iiiiii« (•..|i'.i(l.Tiitii>im of jhiIiIh- | iiIii\ . -Iiall r m- tiiy ln~l attiiilinri 
 
 I niii«t iiiit ciiMiriil (Mini yiiii, Ik.wcmt. lli.it ill niv i>|Mhiiiii "ii -••r<nm » rliaiiyi' in th:it jmlipy 
 oin;lit i».t III !.<• Iii>li|ly aihiMitiiii il ii|i(>ii. .iml llim .ilimc all. i,,.- I'Ti-'^iirc ol' iiii a]! .iri-i.l 
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 the ailoplioii ol' it. 
 
 (No. fir>.) 
 
 No. J. 
 
 Copy of a DESPAT(;H I'rom (Jnviriior-(M!nral the Hi^ht IIoii. tlir Karl of 
 Klgin .\sn Ki.M .\nniNK to Karl (Jhiy. 
 
 GovcriinHiit House, Montrtal, Jiiiir II, HIU. 
 
 (Hcccivfil .?iinc 2r>, 1SJ9.) 
 (A111.W. rcil July 11, 1S4'», No. .391, [inge 22.) 
 
 Mt Loiin, 
 
 I iiAVK tin- honour to transmit for your Lonlbliip's information, tliccojiy 
 of a littor I'roin tlii' Mayor of tin- City of Kinsstoii, actonipaninl liy a tdpy of 
 ajiftition to Her Majesty from tlie City Couiuil. which has heeii iiitrustetl to 
 liim for iiresentation to your Lordship, praying that the seat of (toverimient of 
 Canada may he fixed at that place. 
 
 I have, &c.. 
 
 The Hi^ht Hon. Earl (Jrev, (Siixned) KL(JIN AM) KINCAUDIXK. 
 
 &c. & . i;:c. 
 
 Kiiclosiiri" I ill \o. -. 
 Sir, Kiniision, .liiiio 1. l^'-JU. 
 
 I liAVK lilt! honour lo rcqufst that you will lie jilcax'd to lay bfl'iirc his KscrlliMicy iho 
 Govi'iiiiir-CjiMuial, (or tin' ]>iiii!Os(' of liciiiM tniiistiiiiud to Hit Majisty's SiTrr'ary of Stall' for 
 thf C'olonii'.s, till' acc'oiii|'iiiiyii y coiiy nl' a pililioii to llio (^iiccii. 
 
 I liig nio^t r(-i|i(Ctrully (0 i.>k tlial his I'.xcfilt'iicv. will he iilca-^cil, l)V tho I'li^uiiij; mail, to 
 inform till' Colonial Seer'taiy ui the rciini'-t, that I ni.iy ln> iii-riiiilticl. a- mayor of ihi.* i-ity, 
 acfomjianifd by a niBnihi'r oT tin-City Ciniiicil. to have tlic liciiioiir (.|']irc~iiitiiiif tin- jictilioii in 
 Ldiiilon ; and also, thai I may hi' indiilgi'd »iih an iiit iviow at ilic Colonial Ollicf. 
 I I'xpi'ft to sail from I?oston on Woilncsilay lU'M in tlu- mail sioamrr. 
 
 I have, \c. 
 
 Major Cam]iht'll, (.Signed) FdANcis M. Mii.l, 
 
 &c'. &r. Mayor. 
 
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 '.nclosiirc : 
 
 To Victoria, by tho Graco of Hod, of the United Kingdom of On'al Hrilain and Ireland, 
 Queen, Uefeiuler of the Faith, and so forth. 
 
 May it fleam: Your Majh.sty. 
 
 We, Your Majesty's most dutil'iil and loyal sul)jec(s, (he Ci(y Council of the eily of 
 Kingston, ill that j'ait of the province of Canada known as (Jjijier Canada, haviii)^ learned 
 that it is in eontemiilation to reiiiovo the seal of GoveriinionI of Canada from Montreal, in 
 consequence of the insults to Your Majesty's representative, and ihe violent disturbances and 
 deslruclion of properly, so much to be deprecated, which have recently oecurretl there, con- 
 sider it a duly which they owe to the inhabilanls of Upjicr Canada, as well as to their fellow- 
 citizens, to set forth the claims of this city to be restored as the capital of Canada. 
 
 We humbly beg to assure Your Majesty, that the union of the Canadas was cffectpd with 
 a distinct expression of opinion on the part of the Legislature of Upper Canada, that the seat 
 
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 End. I in No. ; 
 
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 l''i'irii.irv. I*"!-' . Miul «Ihmi' iI n'rihim.-cl fur ilirrr v.mih iinti! riiiicunl In Mniiinsil. 
 
 \Vi' fiiilliiT l«';2 liniiilily tiiinruini N'mir Mii|'"<ty, tliut a lari;<- an<l \.iliialili' tract nl land in 
 till* iilv. nort l\iii;f »acaiit, wai j^rociirril liy I.ukI S\ ili'iiliaiii in nrilrr t.i ■•rcrl iIiii.'mh (In- 
 liivi'««.irv imnimial Imililiiii,'". wlmli Hart -till r>'tii.iiii< |iiil)lic |iri)|..Tiy, anil i- now .i\ailatili' 
 fur till- ' lairiMM' t\ir wlm ll it ivai |iiiii'lia-i'il . 'I'lial lli<- inli.iliit.iii!-i and ('oi'|u>ratliin of 
 Kin^'lon. iindiT llic a-«iiraiic'c lliat lli.' lonn «a<i I'l-ini in.Milly l'i\fd iipoii as tlit> «ial <i( 
 (iimTiinii-nt, ('\|'.iMidi'd l.irtjc' «unM nfnmrirN in rrictinj.' | nlihc and pri^alo Iniildiii^jt toprmidi' 
 r.ir ill.' iiici.Miii' I ipiiiiulatiiiii. whicll i \|«Midiiiiri', n|K>ii llir rriin.v.il to Moiiinal, n iM-inniil 
 •ifricin. and rnimm^ Ihh-i'h Id many riti/fii-., and li.i< nrr ^nll !■ imu-i-.I jjriMl rtiil)urra''<inrMit to 
 till' ('iir|Kir«liiin. 
 
 'I'lii- CiHiniil linnilily lAiiri'** In Voiir Ma|<"iy ilwir i)|iinioti, thai had tin' V'.it ol" (invcrn- 
 liii'iit III-, ri allii"id to rVniani at Kin;;'«iipn, il I'.ir Ip.'tliT ii|)|Hirlnnity wiinld havi' Ihtii alV..rili'd 
 I'lir cirrMiii; mil lln' in.iiii oliji iN nl the I nion, «hirh arf nnili'i>tiiiHl to have licrn :;i'.iiln,illy 
 to n-nimr ^rrliiin.il niii>r>">l'>. tn ani.il^anialc the |Hi|iii|.iliijn. ,ind ni.iki* thr iinitrd |iriivini'i' 
 (ini- piiiiil.', ■' llrili-li III I'.irt ii'^ Mi'll as in ii.inii' :" 'I'hiit niii' lir.inrh iif tin- I'rovinnal Lc;jis- 
 l.iiiiif liaiiin; iriiMiilv •■\|irr-rd an tiii.ninn in faiiiiir nl allrrn.iti- veals of (•oiciiiinrnl at 
 (^Ill-Ill'. • and rniiMito (.1 ■.flirnii' ivliicli li.i-. -ini'i- l.ii'ii nnaniinirii'-ly ciinilenined in li..- oihi-r 
 lir.iiicli 111' I'arli.inirnl), «••• hnnilily I'raii' Niiur Majesty's .iiiinln.n In a iiL'ssn^rc iioni Sir 
 
 Charl.-- M. 'call.' I., llie I.e^'islalm' .A nlily .if r.iiind.i,' il.Hed the •'nh il.iy •.( Ociuli.r, l^Ct. 
 
 ulii'M thai nnhli'thaii inniiiMini(a''d the inslrni'liuns ol N'linr M.ijesly's (JiiM'rnnient in these 
 iViinN: ■ Tlie luiiner cii'ilaK, (Jiiehee and Tnliiiilo, liein^j .dike tun reniutij Ikhii ihe crnlie 
 ol' ill.' iiii)\inee, and the |il.iii of alleriiale «essiiiiis at inie or ;he oilier ol' tliiMc last nii'nlii.ned, 
 or .inv oilier I l.iie-. Il -ni^ dceinid olijeetion.ilile and inijiraeliciilile, on ai'eoiint ol' ils inanirest 
 and iMiTiiie ineiiiueiiienre," 
 
 We iiiosi lininlilv liee Id slate to Yonr .Majesty, that ihr rapidly increiisiii;; pojiiilalion ol 
 Can. III. I I. lids almost i nlirelv to the west, whuli lircnnislaiire will, in a short |ieriod. e.inse the 
 eeiisiis I.I' l'|i[ier ('.inada to lie eijiiai to, il' not ^re.iler ill, in ih.it ol' I,ower f'.inad.i, ami tiiat 
 Kini;s|,,n, I'mni ils centi.il silii.uion at the iiiiirluni ol the tjr.'at ehain ol lakes with the UImt 
 ."^t. L.iwreiice ; at llie head o! the eoiniiinniea'ioii Willi the Uiver ( 'tt.iwa liy tlu' liide.m Canal ; 
 its aecessilnliiy at all seasons of the ye.ir ; ihe (jieat slren^'lh of ils jiosiiion and fort i ileal ions, 
 willi ils |iiililii' Imildines, suprrior to any in the pnuinre lor (ioverninenf iniriioses, rurently 
 oflered liv your |ietilioiiers to his I'lvci'lleiicy I. old I'.l^in lor siu'li |iiir|iusc:<, and imiiiiMliatoly 
 a\ailahle, is |)iciili.uly elieilile lor the seat ol'tlie Canadian fioveniiiient. 
 
 ^'oiir ])etiiioiR'is, iheii'i'oie. hninhly hi'i;, in \iew ol' lliise various circnnistances, niost 
 slroiii;lv. hnl iiiosl res|ieiiriilly to iir;;e npoii the attenllon ol' Vonr Majesty, that the lo_\al and 
 |('aciali!e inhaliilanls ie|ireseiiled liy yonr |ielitioneis have sironj; and nndeniahlo ciainis for a 
 resior.ilioii to Iviiijjsioii ol' iho seat of Governmoiit, and which they hninbly solicit may be 
 reslorcd a('corilin;;ly. 
 
 And that heaM'ii may liless '\'our Majesty, loiij^ tu rule over an united eni[iiro, your jieli- 
 lioners will ever htiinhly pray. 
 
 Fkas. M. Hill, Mavor. 
 
 y,,,, (No. 08.) No. a 
 
 Coi'Yof a DESPATCH from Governor-General the Riglit Hon. the Karl of 
 Elgin- and Kintaiidine to Earl Ghev. 
 
 Government Mouse, Montreal, June 14, 1849. 
 nii'ccived .Inly 2, 184').) 
 (.\nswered July 11, 1849, \o. 392, jwgc 22.) 
 
 My Loud, 
 
 * Page J. With reference to my Despateli, No. oS,* of the •29th May, I have the 
 — honour to transmit Iierewith a eopy of a resolution of the Leijislative Council 
 
 on the lU'oject of lioiding alternate Parliaments at (^uel)ee and Toronto. 
 
 I have, &c , 
 
 The Ki-ht Hon. Earl Grey, (Signed) ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. 
 
 I 
 
 i M 
 
 End. in No. .!. Enclosure in \o. 3. 
 
 Legislative Cuuiicil, Friday, May 25, 1849. 
 Resolved — 
 
 That it is the opinion of tliis House that it would be extremely inconvenient and expensive 
 to hold alternate Parlianionts at Qnehee and Toronto, inasmuch as such an arrangement 
 would keep the public mind un-eltled and uneasy under the constant influence of local and 
 jiersonal feelino;; and therefore this Hoiisj cannot withhold its opinion that any such measures 
 would prove injuiiom to the best interests of the whole Province. 
 
an>l f., //,. AWKXATiON' MOVl.MKN I' 
 
 Saiurila,,. M,„f Qft, l*\-*. 
 
 That llii> Ki'xiliilioii ii(lo|ili il In '\i,' lli.iix' M'-ti riliiv. "II 'I"' ^nl. •• l ol' ImMii';; alliTli.i'i' 
 I'^ii liiiinriit" .il ill'' rilii'^ III rorMiilii .iii>| (jmbiT, I ■< coiiiiiiiinii.ilril in |ii< Iaii'II'mk v ilh' 
 ( iiiVi'iiior-Cii-nrral by aiii-li Nliinlii r« «f tile iMcutiti- Couiiril wli>> itrp iiirnilKT* vt llii'> 
 IImiim-. 
 
 (Atti'M) 
 
 CiiMii.t* UK 1.1 in. 
 
 Cli-rk olllif L<'){l>l>ititf CiiMiit'il. 
 
 c<N*r>». 
 
 (No. 9'J.) \,.. I. 
 
 Coi'V of a DKSI'A'I'CII Ikiiii ( l.iv. rii.i-< miu-imI th.- Iliu'lil lion, llic K.irl of 
 
 Kl.MN .\Nt) KiMAHlilM. tn Ivirl (illl V. 
 
 (iovcrniinnt ll(iii«i', .Moiitrf.il, AuL;M»t -Jit. \^l'.K 
 
 (ItiClili.l SiiiIi-imIhT J, I t'.l.) 
 
 (.\ii»«criil St'|iuiiilp(M 1 I. l>l'.i, Ni. 11", \>. J'.'.) 
 
 I ii.WKllu- li(iiiiiiir til tiaii^iiiil 111 rcwitli, Inr ymr iiitbniiiitinii, the iMi|iy 
 of a li'ttcT uliifli lias lit-iii iiddroM-d t<> ilu- I'niviiiri.il Secretary liy tlif l*ulii?f 
 Maifi^liiifcs for tlic City tif Mi'iitrral, ri'|Mirliii:; ilii' "rfuriiMicc of (ri>iiirlMiii-i'« i>\\ 
 tlu' uccasiiMi (if tlif arn'sl of cirlain |ii'r«Mii-; rli.irgcil willi lia\ilig (Icliiuli^lnil and 
 St't fire to till' I'arliaiiiciit 1 louse in April la«t. 
 
 I iiave. &e.. 
 
 The Hit,'lit Hon. EarKJrcy, (Siitia-d) KLCIN AM) KI.\("AK1)I.\K. 
 
 &C'. &c. &c. 
 
 v. I. 
 
 most 
 
 Eiiclosiiii- ill \o. 4. 
 Sill, 'iovciiiiiiiiii IIdiim", M.ihiriiil, Aiii,Mi-i 111. jsl'j. 
 
 Wi: Imvp till' honour to ropoit, fur the inrniiiiaiKin ol' ihi' (Jovfriior-fli'ii-iMl, iliat 
 warrants lor tlio arrc^l oC j.crson-. chartiod with h.iviii;; diiiupli^hcd atni ^rt lirr to ihi- I'ai- 
 liaiiu'iit IIousi! Here issiietl, anil wort' yosterday pluccil in tlio liands of tin? hij;li coiiiiabli! of 
 the city for oxeiMitioii. 
 
 Fidtu tile liiuo il was known tliat arrests wens to ho made great e\ritenient jirevaileil 
 in tlio city, the gem'ial idea beiii;; that the arre-t of u vory largo nuiiiber of jiei-ons was 
 contemplated. 
 
 It was tiioii>;ht in consoqupnce necessary to cominunicale the apprehension of disiiirliaiurs 
 of the peace to Lieut. -(ioiieral Rowan, who was please<l to order a picket of lOO men to he- 
 posted at the (jovornniont House, iie.ir the Court Mouse, where the prisoners were to be 
 examined, in order to prevent any attempt at rescue, and to hold atrooii of cavalry in readiness 
 to escort the prisoners to gaol. A picket of lOl) men. with a half battery of arldliTV, were 
 in readiness to turn out in support, if necessary, and all the troops in garrison were coiiline<l to 
 barracks during the day. 
 
 The arrests were nuule without any difllculty; one attempt at rescue was made which was 
 promptly resisted by the troops. 
 
 Tlie excitement increasod towards the evening. 
 
 At hall-past nine o'clock, p.m., it was reported that a hirge mob w.is collected opposite 
 Mr. Stallord's shop, mi Noire Dame-street; one of tlie magistrates |)ioceeded to tile spot to 
 ascertain their intention and object ; it appeared that thi- jiariy assi'inliled had ^onw ill teeliiig 
 towards Mr. Tully, a member of the Ciiy (\)iincil, who was then in tho House, and luwards 
 whom they seemed inclined to direct their hostility. 
 
 On the return of the magistrate it was deemed necessary to call out the picket statioiUMl at 
 the Govirnment House, and a detachment of cavalry, and tiie streets were cleared. 
 
 Shortly before this a report was made that a mob had started for the purpose of attacking 
 the house of the Hon. M. Lafontaine. 
 
 A magistrate was instantly despatched thither with troops. 
 
 In the mean lime an attack had actually been made on the house, when immediately a 
 magistrate Wiis despatched with a troop of cavalry to tho spot. 
 
 On his arrival there he learnt that the house had been assailed with stones from a mob in 
 the street which flanks it, who then ibrced tho gate, entered the grounds, and discharged a 
 volley of stones and one shot at the house. 
 
 The party within returned the, lire, which was answered by a volley of seven or eight shots. 
 
 The mob was heard to say, " We are loo weak, we must go back for more force," and 
 retired. A party of troops were left in charge of the house for the night. 
 
 r.ncl. ID Sii. 
 
<\ 
 
 C PA I>I:HS - - /a//.y <« tho REAIOVAL of tfw SEAT / ClOVKHNM KNT. 
 
 CANADA. Inf..rm..li..a r,|- :l,o rnristniriion of l.arrira.lo* r.-a<-i.r(l ih- m;ii:i«lrai.- .x^ th<- (imvruuu-nl 
 U.,„... .,1 li-u ocl,i k, when li.' r.illr.l out ll.c Iroopn and procr.!.-.! In ,l.'moli«li tlinii, nliich 
 
 " Kn.m till" iitn.- ill.- fiiv »a« Iraiunul. Al fi»f c.'olo.k on ill.' r..ll..«m|{ inoriiiiiif the polic; 
 r,-i...rl liaviiiu- to,i.i>l l,..rn. ii.i.-i .T.-rl.-.! in ill.' ^.<M..- .Ir«-I. Ail ill- aliet,.|.i> ill Uuricaa.-. 
 w.'r-ii..»i ,„.ii:n,r.rat,l.an,l.ii.[.am,ily ihrorti, lo.;.'ll.rrf..r..opr..olicMlol.|.rt. 
 
 jl «,i- ii.r.-.-.ir\ In ci.iiliiiu.' ill.' -.vu>' niiliMrj prcc.iiiti.ni" .liiriii(; tli,. infill ..fill.' Uitli. in 
 t,ns,.(Mi.'ih-.'(irili.'^ .M-iK'i'"'"' '■•"I'*'''' t'V 111.' iii.|u."'l llifii l»'Mi;; ii.'l.l on 111.' iMHiyorili.' iii.in 
 
 II IIK 
 
 (ii.s, ciim- 
 
 wl,(, . 1..I I'rom w.Min.ls r.T.'U.-.l ui tli.' attack <.ii Mr. I,al..iilaiii.' . Iin.i^.'. Si 
 iK,..-.l ol tlm low.'il I'la-s. cillwlnl ^it -''V.ral parls of' llic li.wii, linl wcr.- .li^i'civd. .Mr. 
 I)r<il.l "111. 'MV f*!.!.'"!-'' iijr.iiii-l "i"' ol'lli.' mi'iiarr.'«lL'(i (iir :ir«oii, «as aiiark.'il ami m-v. r.'ly 
 Im'.iI. n. aii.l a"iiimil).'r .■!" lil<M-k<i dl \v..o.l. iis.'.l lor paMiitf ill.' -^invl, «.t.' llir.nvn M.u.'th.r in 
 N.ilr.' |).iiii'' sired, in IiuihIjIi' imilalion ol' a h.irrii'a.l.'. Tli'iy ".tc sii.ni kiioiki-d il.i\\ n by 
 
 till' troiip'. . 1 , 1 ,■ 
 
 On ihi' I "ill 'li'" iiiTi'-^l conliiiM.'d ils^iliinj;, and llic coroni-r r.'qu.'-l.-.l a ])arly ol lr(>o|i-; to 
 toirnl.Ti III.' wiliK-s-rs, nine!' w„sKranl.',l. , , , r,- 
 
 'III.' Iiiivn «M> plac.iiilf.l Willi inllaiiini.ilmy nolic.'s ot ill.' Iiin.'ral ol the man wliodi.Ml of Ins 
 WO'. II. Is. Till' S.11II.' military arraiii."'iii''ii''' "'.'r.' made for th.- iiiejit ; tli.. s.riiar.1 iii('i-.'a-.'<l at 
 Mr. I.af.aitaine's house; ai'i.l tile mayor. «li.. Ii.i.l issued a pr..il.Lmali.in ayaiiisl ass.iiilila;.'.s, 
 was on .luty with tli.' .'i'y poliee and iwo i-iiy e.iiiiicillors during' lli.' iii;;lit, an.l i,ieiit.-f;eiiiTal 
 Rowan visit, (1 ill.' (I'lV.'i.'iit po-ls. 
 
 No ilismrli.iiic.' look place. t)ii the 1*^111 stroiii; iiiilitaiy delaehnii'iits wer." ready to turn 
 
 out ill the eieiit of riot. „ . , », 
 
 (Si:;no.l) r. \\ KTlil'KM.l., Special Maj^istrale. 
 
 The 11 .n. .las. Li'slie, Serret.iry, \V. K. .Mere .out. 
 
 \e. \e. &e. ' ^^ ■ Kn.MATlNOKR, J. P. 
 
 No. 
 
 i; 
 
 Page 'J.' 
 
 t Page . 
 
 (No. ll.i.) N'o- •^• 
 
 C-'oi'V ol' a DESPATCH IVom Goviriior-Gencral the Right Hon. the Earl of 
 EuiiN AND KiN<:.\n»iNi: to Earl Ghkv. 
 
 (lOVfrninnit Hou'ic, Toronto. Xovcmbcr \>^, 1^*19. 
 
 (Keceivt.l Decenilier 19, IM'J.) 
 (.\iijwerc<l .Tiiniiiiry 1, lS,-)0. .\.>. H'.', p. 23.) 
 
 Mv Ennn. 
 
 1. With rclerence to your Lordshiji's Dosj)atc'h, No. 41",* ol' tlie 11th 
 Sqjtniilii'r, in which you oxjircss tiu- oiiiiiion, that tlio sjiirit ol' iusuhordiuafion 
 t'xistiiig ii) the city ;>'' Montreal, would ajijiear to render it a very unfit jdaee for 
 the seat of the i'rovineial (jlovernment, and for the meeting of the Legislature, 
 I liave the lionour to rejiort, that I have resolved on the advice of my Council, 
 and alter full and an.\ious deliberation, to act on the recommendation of the 
 House of Assembly, conveyed in the address of which a co})y was transmitted 
 to your Lordship in my Desjiatcli. No. o't, of the "iOth May, and with that 
 view to summon the Provincial Parlinmi-nt for the next session at Toronto. 
 
 2. Exeejition is taken to tiic system of alternating Parliaments on various 
 gromuls. cliiefly on that of its alleged inconvenience and exiu'nse. It is to be 
 observed, however, on this head, that luiildings which with moderate additions 
 and rei...'1's may lie lifted lor the uses of Parliament and of the departments 
 of State, e. ist iioth at Toronto and (Quebec, while the St. Lawrence and its 
 canals all'ord tlii^ greatest facilities for the cheap and expeditious conveyance of 
 the records of (iovernment between these two points. Looking at these facts 
 and to the consii'-M-ations of jjublic jiolicy advanced in the address of the 
 Assemlily, I am dis])osed to believe that the advantages attending this arrange- 
 ment will be found in practice to outweigh its inconveniences. 
 
 •S. I enclose a coi)y of the Minute ol' the Executive Council embodying the 
 decision of this Government on the suliject of the removal of the seat of 
 CJovernment. 
 
 I have, &e., 
 The Ki.ght Hon. Earl Grey, (Signed) ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. 
 
 ■ ( 
 
 ii 
 
.md to the ANN'KXATION MOVEMl.M. 
 
 i; 
 
 MclH>iirc III 
 
 No, 
 
 ho 1 tth 
 
 linatioii 
 
 ir(> lor 
 
 atiirc, 
 
 ouiicil, 
 
 ol' tlie 
 
 mitteJ 
 
 til that 
 
 iito. 
 
 arious 
 
 s to 1)0 
 
 litious 
 
 tmunts 
 
 nul ils 
 
 IIU'O of 
 
 sc liu-ts 
 
 ol' the 
 
 
 I 
 
 ExTmcT from n IIkpoi, - of a Commi rrrr of th>' Honoiir.iMi- flu' K\ki i timCi" v \^ ,,,, 
 M,iltir< of SiiiliMliiinl (X ihcr JH, Is-lV*. upiiroMil ii\ \\\* l^xci'lleiu-j- the (iovemor-tiriifral 
 ill Council on tlif same day. 
 
 Tmk f'omiiiiiiiT of till- F.xcditivp Coniiril havr hail iimlrr roti'iilcrnlion 11)1011 voiir 
 Exc<'lliMicy's roriTciicc, llic l?i"4<iliiiioii of tin- I loiioiirnhle thi- I,ci;i<hi'iii> ('oniirl, .iikI alw ilir 
 Adilrcss of till" llonouralili' ilu' Li>i:nhilnr .\*»<mii<iIv of la»t S,-««i(,n on lln' "•iilip'Tf ol llii- 
 place at Hhicll tllc fiilurc Session", of tin- I'roviiu'ial P.irliiiiiK'iit slioiilil l>e lioldeii. 'o^'elher 
 Willi voiir lixoelliiu') « aligner to tlie latler ; aiitl the Coniiiiilter most r''-|«'Cifollv Ix';; |,-,ve to 
 rej'orl. that afier tlie hesi consiiiiTaiion that they ha\ehei'ii alile to ;;ive t'le niaiiiT, iliev ^fo no 
 siirtieii'iit ijroiiiuls a r ism;; out of ■inyliiiii); thai lia~ traiispjri'd siiic,- the ororo^ja'ioii of I'ai ii.iineiit, 
 to lead iheiii to a dillereiit eoiielnsioii upon this (iiieslion from lliat arri\e(l at Iv ilie |H)]iiiiar 
 braiicli of the I.e^ji-I.itiire in their A(liire-«. The Coiiimitiee therelore ies|)eiti'iillv adiis)- voiir 
 F.xeolleinv that the recoiiitneii(lation of th.- lions,' of Assi-nihlv. that I'arliameiit lie in liiinre 
 convened alteriiat,ly at Toronto ami ynehee ilnriiif; jieiiods not e\eeedin<; four veiis at each 
 place, lie adijited and ac'ed u|ion. 
 
 As it woiiM 1 e manile^lly most inconvenient to have tlie piihlic arc!iiM-« and tile drparlnieiits ol 
 the State at a dilVerent place fioiii that at »li,ch the I'ailiaiiicnt is to sit, the Committee (•oncei\«» 
 that the ailoption of the views of the House of Assi-iiihly in this particular, li'ads of necessity to 
 the removal of those archives and departinenls "o tlie place at «hi h Parliament i^ to he 
 assciiililcd. They therefore conceive it lo be ex|'edient tlial the pi. ice where it niav In' voiir 
 txcelleiicv's ]i|ea«iire to sniiiiiion I'arriameiil fur tin next session should lie decided upon, and 
 the nece-sary st<'|i- taken forihe removal of the pnhlie dep.ir'meiits thiiher with as little il.-lav 
 as jHissiiilc. And they are ri'specl fully of opinion thai, uiidi-r all cireunislnnces, it i\i|| U.- most 
 expedient that siicli removal should in the first instance he to llie cilv of Toronto, for the 
 period of till' cuii-tiliitional duration of the pie-i'iil Parliament, and that the (iii.idiennial 
 periods of alternation be commenced with the removal to (Quebec, at the expiraliun of 
 that lime. 
 
 The Coniniittee would also recommend that, in order to ))r,vi'nl any misajipreheiisiipn as to 
 till' full int'inioii of tliu (iox ernmeiit and Parliaiiieiit to carry out stiiitly the principle of an 
 allernat' periodical re-ideiice in each seclioii of the Province, estimates ln' prep.irid .ind 
 siibniitli'd to Parliament at the ti 'Xt session, for makiii^j such alii-ratioiis and aildition- m and 
 lo the public buildings, both at Toronio and (Quebec, as may ! e iipcessary for the aeconimo- 
 datioii of the Kepresentative of the .Soverei|;ii, the departuieiits ol Stale, and liolii Iimiscs of 
 Parliamei'l ill each of tho-e cities. 
 
 The Committee are aUo of opinion, that the iriiioiir.ible the ( 'oiiimis^ioiiers (jf Public 
 Work- be charged willi the removal of the public arcliives and properly to I'oronto, and w ilh 
 the making the necessary teiupur.iry arrangineiiK there for the recepiion and aecoiiiiiiud.ilion 
 of your Kxci'llencv, the public deparlmenis, and both honsci of the Proviiici.il Parliament, and 
 that accountable warrants, lo an amount not exceedini; in the whole the -ii;ii of 15,011"/., be 
 from time to lime issued to llieni. to cover the necissiiry expeii*' of micIi removal and 
 arrangements, 
 
 \\ illi res|iecl to the expense of removing the public oihcers, their f.iiiiilie> and elTer'N, the f'oni- 
 niitlec would udvi-e that the course followed on the removal from Kiiig-ioii. in l^ll, Ije adopted 
 on the ]>reseiit occasion, that the payment of sucli expcn-e mil ol the public funds should be 
 favourably recommended by your I'.xeelleiicy to Parliam lit at the ne.xl session, and thai iu the 
 mcuiilinie these dillereiil |iarlies be inform 'd that Iraiisjioit will be pro\ide<l for lliem by the 
 Commissioners of Public Winks, with whom they must coiiimuiiicale on the siilijei'i ; and that, 
 should the Lcgisl.itiire not njiprove of its li 'iiig done at the public expense, llie re-pective 
 amoiinls paid on their account will be doducied from their salaries falling due 011 the 1st of 
 July next. 
 
 Tile Comtiiitlee also res]iecifully recommend, tiiut the subslanee of this Minute be commu- 
 nicated bv Mr, Secretary Leslie to the heads of the dilVeient public depailinoiils, lor the 
 information of themselves, their orticers, and clerks, 
 
 (Certified) J, Josirii, C, Iv C, 
 
 (No. 114.) No. G. 
 
 Copy ol" a DESPATCH from Govonior-General the Right Hon, the Earl of 
 Elgin .\M) Ki.\c.\iu)1Ne to Earl Gkky. 
 
 Government House, Toronto, November 19, 184!), 
 
 (Hcceived December 19, 1849.) 
 (Answered January 9, 1850, No. 44S, page 23 ) 
 My Loud, 
 
 I ii.vvE tlie honour to transmit hercM'ith, in order that it may I)e laid at 
 the foot of the Throne, an Address to Her Majesty the (^ueen, from the warden 
 and couueillors of the Munieipal Council of the Gore District. 
 
 I have, &('., 
 
 The Right Hon. I^arl Grey, (Signed) ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. 
 Sic. &e. 
 
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 I \ri:U.S r.latire to th HF-MOVAL ofth, SEAT of CJOVKKNMrNT, 
 
 Miirlo«ur« ill No. Ti. 
 
 MoxT (lHA< lOI « SlVKBHON, 
 
 \Vk, Voiir MajrMvV niO'^t dutiful .nml Inynl !nil)ii'rt«. tlip VVanlcii and roiin(illi)rs of 
 tlic Miiniiipul Ccniicd of ill.- l)i^lri(•t of (;or.', in Councd ii-s<'iiiM,>d, 
 
 Il.niiiff «ri'n 11 dooMiiU'iit i-.«uc'(l from, or liy ii jiortioii of the- iiilialiitatits of itip cllv of Mon- 
 Ircul, ii(Kor.iliii2 llif s.-|iiir.ilioii of Voiir AJajc-lv's North Aiiicricaii iiroviiiccs frotii tlirir 
 roniii'Moii uitli \\v parr'iil >tati-, would rtiihraro tin- im-s.-nt opporHinity of n'luidialiiig, in llii> 
 Htr()tif,'i'st nianniT, llif doclriius and \ii'»s liropoiiiiddl tliiTeiii. 
 
 \Vf li'id il our ilutv. r.'pri'sciitiiii;. as we do. tin- iiilialiilaiils of this loyal district, to r\pr<"'.s 
 our dc'tcrtiiiiiatioii to oppose, by all incaiis in our [Mnver, any niovoniciit officii a traitorous 
 UMulnicv. Your M.ijt'sty's Govcrnim-iit liaviiij; ciicctliMl lo u< tin- iMitin- luauagi'iufiit of our 
 local aiV.iirs. and all tlic bli-^siii^"* of I?ritisli consiitutional Govornnicnt, wr di'sirc no more, 
 can Wf inia;,'iiii- that anm-xation to the" adj<iiiiiii;j rcpuhlic will have any tciidi'in-y to n'luovf 
 anv or all of the evils of "hat kind .soovrr, real or imaginary, under which thoe provinces at 
 present laliour. 
 
 (Signod) SaMI'EL Clakkk, 
 
 Council Chamher, City of Hamilton, Wardt'ii, Gore District. 
 
 November 1,1849. 
 
 No. :. 
 
 SI 
 
 S-1 
 
 (No. 127.) No. 7. 
 
 Coi-Y of a DKSPATCII from GovcTiioMJonoral tho Right Hon. the Earl of 
 Elgin and Kincakdink to Earl Ghey. 
 
 Government House, Montreal, Decembers, 1849. 
 (Received Deccinlior 31, 1649.) 
 (Answered January 9, 18.i0, No. 448, page 23.) 
 
 My Lonn, 
 
 I iiAVK tlio honour to transmit herewith copies of addresses wliidi I 
 have received from the ollicers of militia and others, in various parts of J>ower 
 Canada, exj)ressive of tlieir dutiful attaclmient to Her Majesty, and of their 
 desire for tlie maintenance of tlie coiuiexion between the colony and the 
 mother country. 
 
 I have, &c., 
 
 The Ili-ht Hon. Earl Grey, (Signed ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. 
 &c. &c. 
 
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 EtK-l. 1 in No. :. Enclosure 1 in No. 7. 
 
 MoNsiEi'n, Pointe Levy, 30 Octobrc, 1840, 
 
 Je prends la liberte do vous adressor Tadrcsse des officiers du 8"' bataillon do 
 Dorchester a son Excellence le Gouvernevir General profcstant centre le manifesto des an- 
 nexionistes de Montreal, et exprimant le dosirdes sitjnataires de demeuror Ibrmement attaches 
 au Gouvernoment de Sa Majeste Britanniquo. Vous voudrez bien la reiiicttre a son 
 Excellence et lui temoigner pour moi le respect le plus profond de 
 
 Votre tres humble et Ires obeissaut servateur, 
 
 E. Dalaire, Lieut.-Col., 8 B. R.D 
 
 A son Excellence ie tris Honorable Cornte d'Elgin et Kincakdine, etc., etc., etc. 
 
 Nous sou^signes Lieutenant-Colonel et Officiers de Milice du 8"" bataillon du regiment 
 do Dorchester, desirons faire connaitre i\ votre Excellence ies sentiiiiens de regrets et de 
 desapprobation que nous avons eprouve; a la lecture d'uno adresso au peuplo du Canada, nyant 
 potir but la separation du Canada d'avec la Grande Bretagne et I'annexation aux Etats Unis 
 d'Amerique. Nous eroyons devoir assurer votre Exculleiice que nous nous opposerons par 
 tons los moyens possibles a toute agitation tendanto a reiivorser la constitution et quo nous 
 serous toujours prets il marcher k la defense de la Cotistitution sous laquelle nous avons 
 riionneur de servir. 
 
 St. Henri, se '29° jour d'Octobre, 1819. 
 
 (Here follow '29 signatures.) 
 
awl to r.'u A\\i:\ATI()\ MOVKMI'.NT 
 
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 M(i\-n:ili, S . Aiilii' ill- 1 ( I'll aliiTi . 4 Ninrinliri', 1^1.1. 
 
 ,I'm riionni'iir il.' miih yr'wr ;iii iionx d'- iU'~i romit. m'ih df \.iiiliiir lilii j>ri'-. iitcr * 
 >oii l'\crlliMK'e li' CJoiiViTlieiir (ii-iii-:.il i'.ulri'^-'' ci iiii-|ii'<. 
 
 J ai riiDhiiriir il I'Irc. Miiii>irur. 
 
 Nolro Uf> Immljl'ct oliii»<,ii.t ^crvliriir. 
 1/ Ilciiiorabli' J. I,c-lit', >fi)iitr.'.il. 1) S M vi;(.lis. 
 
 CANADA. 
 
 A soil Kxci'lltMico 1(" tri's Hoiiiinibli' ('(itnic u'Ei.c.in i r KiNiAiiniNK, rtr.. clc, rtc. 
 
 \i>is Ics <oiissli;iu'' Onii-iiT-i ill" Milin' rniiiiiMiiiiiiil^ Ic I"" l)aliiilloli ilu ii-^imciit (li> 
 Kaiiiuiii ,i>k 1. I'l 1 > iialiiiaiils do l.i jari)i->o d>' S* Aiii.i' dc la PocaliiTf daii< Ic (miiiIi- di> 
 Kaiiionr.i^ka. imu-^ fMi])rc'-'i()iis ili! |iroti"-tor liaiiliMiii-iit cimtn' uii OTlain nianil'i'^l.' |iiil)lii'' 
 diTiiiiTi'inoiit a MoiilriMl adn-^-ii' an jn'iipli- dii Canada. lo(|iii>l docniiicrit. >-<)ii-i li' -piciiMit 
 |)reit'\l<- di- di'tnaridiT uiio >-i''i.ar.iliiiii pai^ilili.' dn Caiiad > d'avec la (iraiidi" Hictajjiii'. ih" tiMul 
 a rii'ii rnoiiis (jii'a troiit)l('r la \ni\\ ]>cd)liqii.'. i-t xTvir l''s vui's >t'ditii'UNi'H d'linc iiiiiiorilr di" 
 <li''ni.i;;iii.Mi(M. \oii< sai-issoji't cclUMx'fasioii ])i)iir |)niT vdIii- Kxci'lloiuv do Miiiloir iiii'ii a^n'-cr 
 l'iX|ir.'>»i(m (le nntrc sinci'n- atlacliciiii'iil ii iiutri" ti<"-i (riai'ii'ii-i' Suuvnaliu", ol ili- comjitor sur 
 iiolr.' lovauU- si jamais lu drvoir iicmi> appcU.' a l.i di'tcn-ic di- iiutro roiisliuiliuii. 
 
 S*. Anno do la I'ocatii'ro, 3 Xov.-inlir.', I'^ I'.'. 
 
 nii'P- I'oUow 11 j si;;iiaturi's.) 
 
 Sir, Qili'lioc, Xovciubei- :>. Isl'.!. 
 
 I IIAVi: till- lioMOur to tiMii-ruit a ini'niDria! of the I/uiil(iiaiit-('i)l.iiii'l and ollioci-s of 
 tlic 1st liattalioii of till' ciiiiiity of Dorclu-itcr, a>>iirlii,' hi-. l]\(.-i'iliMK'V uf llioir oppii^itimi to ilic 
 aiincNalioii, and of tlii'ir liiyaitv towards lln" I{riti>li J'^iiipin', whlfli I pi.iv voii will 1j ■ pliM-i'il 
 
 to Sllhlllit to his I'^Xfl'UiIlCV till- (ioViTMOl-Cii'lHTal. 
 
 I liav,-, &(•.. 
 Hon. .1. Leslie, Provincial SciTelaiy, 1'. LKMiiax. 
 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
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 a son 
 
 etc. 
 
 rojjimcni 
 
 ets et cte 
 
 ula, nyant 
 
 tats Unis 
 
 iTons par 
 
 q\ie nous 
 LOUS avons 
 
 A son Excelloiici; Lord El.oiN, nonvcrneiir-Oi'iUTal de l.i I'lovince du Canada, 
 
 etc., etc., elc. 
 
 Xoi's snn<siijnc''s, li'S OITiciers I't l,i LieuIt'naiit-Ci)liiiH'l dn preinvr hatadloii dii ri^'hui'iit 
 dn oonite de Dorchosier, desirons iiianiii-slir a voire lAicllcnre, 
 
 Que nous avons vu avi'C eha:;iin certaiiies eiilrejjrisc-, uri;;inri'^ a .MontKNil, irlaiivriiient ii 
 un pii'jet d'annexioii de cetle proviiiei! aux Hiats voisiiis; 
 
 (Jne voulant rcster fideles it siiicereinent attaeh6s an GoMvenienioiit de Sa Majesio en cette 
 prnvinee, nous repoussons loyalenient IVsprit I't les tendances de cis entrepri^es ; 
 
 Que nous soniiiies dispones ii uiainl(Miij' jiar lios p.iroles rt ims nctcs les si'iiliuients (!,• notre 
 loyaute. en nietne teiiis que nous soniiiies L'j;;alenient disports a les rapfieler ;i nos subonloniK's 
 tel (|ueles devoirs de notre ])(isitioii I'exi^jcnt ; 
 
 Que nous reconnoissons plus que jamais les l)ienfails di- la Couronn^ Briianniipie. envers ee 
 pays, et que par consequent, outre tant il'autres molil's ])uivsaiils de Ini renter attaches nous 
 aimons a dire quo loin de cliereher aujourd'hui ;i rompre ks liens dc imtre union, c'esi plnlol 
 le terns de les resscirer d'avantage. 
 
 St. Joseph Pointe Levy, 2 Novemhre, IM'.t. 
 
 (Here follow ^N signatures.) 
 
 Sir, Qnehec, Ocioher 20. IS j'J. 
 
 I HAVE the lionoiir to enclose herewith an address to his llxcelhncy the (io\.iiior- 
 General from several field-oflicers of militia, in (Jnebec, expressive of our lirm atiaihiiient to 
 Our Most Gracious Sovereign and our assur.ince of support in defence of the Ciiii~' nlion, 
 which I have to request you will be pleased lo pi, ice before his Excellency as early as | iblo; 
 and with an assuranci; of my respect for his Excellency personally as well as in his capaiily of 
 representative ofuur Sovereign, 
 
 I have, &.C., 
 
 Hon. James Leslie, Provisional Secretary, J. G. Ikvinu, Lieiit-Col. 
 
 &c. &c. Ate. Dep. Qiiarterujaster (ien. of .Militi.i. 
 
 P.S. May I beg the favour of an acknowledgement of the address, that I may communicate 
 its reception to mv brother officers? 
 
 J. G. I. 
 
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 M 1'AIM:I{S ;,/aMv to th.: HK.MOVAL ../' the SEAT -'/ nOVKKN.MKNT. 
 
 CANADA. T. l.i. Kxcllenry thr »i«ht Hon. llio Karl of Eloi.v AM. K.M akI.ink. 
 
 ^^»V IT Pl.FA«K YOIK KMH.I.KNfV. 
 
 \Vk the un.l. r-.i.'n,.,l otTuvrH of militi.i a'ld li."it.-n.iiil-colnnM. pommiimlins hiittalion* 
 of 111- rr<.,inrnm of Wm.'Ikt, clr.ire to ronvpy to voiir Kxc.-lloiu-y o,.r .l-p ronc.-rn an.l r.'-n-t 
 .„, rrailini; .-, .l..nMnr„t lat.lv i^su.-.l hv a .Miml; t of ,.,.r.o,>. m, .Montrra a..lr.-s«..,l to the 
 I.roi.le of Canada, li.Hins: lor it- oI'I.mI tli v-iaiin- of tins ,,n.vinr.. Irom Ih.- Unlish hmpire. 
 
 An.l a. II it o.ir .luiy, -.. -lull ».• oiipoM- l.y ovry iM-aii- ii. our jiowfr, any agitation having 
 a tfiKJi'iicv to sulniTl 111.' ron»iiiuli(.n. ,, ,. , , 
 
 Aiuln.' furlh.Tlx'L' liMve r.!«i)<'cthillv to a-^iiri- your Lvo-U.Micy ol our firm altachmpiit to 
 our nioM fJracloux S .vere ign, an.l that w.- ar.-, an.l .-v.r >hall b,-, ivaily to stand forward in du- 
 foiic of tin- ^'lon.ius c.nstituflon un.l.'r which it i« our happiiii-w to wrve. 
 
 'llcrf follow 11 sjijnatiirt's.] 
 
 Qm-boc, Oct. 20, 1S49. 
 
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 End. i in No. r. Knclosurp 2 in No. 7. 
 
 SiH, ,<riivtary's Otlice, Toroiito, Nov. 28, IS4'.). 
 
 I iiAVi: laiil before the (lovfriior-Cenoral, the loyal protestation of the field ortic-rs of 
 militia of Q lebec, acain-t the attempts lately made with a view to the dismemberment of the 
 powerful and glorious empire of which this tine province forms an imnorlant part ; and I am 
 foni'iianded bv his I'Acellency to express to those gentlemen the lively satisfaction with 
 which lu! has received this new proof of the- attachment of Her .Majesty's Caiiadiaa subjects 
 towards the British Crown, and of a due appr.'ciation, on th.Mr part, of tin; advantages secured 
 to them under their present political slate, which requires but the cordial co-operation of her 
 inhabitant.s to make Canada one of the happiest and most prosperous countries of the world. 
 
 I have, &c. 
 
 Lieut. -Colonel Irvine, J. Leslie, Secretary. 
 
 &c. &c. 
 
 \Mi'm. Answers similar to the abo\o were given in IVench^ {mutatis mtUandis) to the three 
 preceding addresses.] 
 
 /' 
 
 No. 8. (No. 129.) No. 8. 
 
 Copy of a DESPATCH from Governor -General the Right IIoii. tlie Earl of 
 Elui.x and Ki.NCAKDix'vto Earl Guey. 
 
 Government House, Toronto, December 3, 1849. 
 
 (Rcccive.1 Dec. 31, 1849.) 
 (Answered January 9, 1850, No. 448, page 23.) 
 
 My Lorp, 
 
 End. I, page 11 I HAVE the hoiiour to transmit herewith tlie printed copy of an address 
 
 ' ' to the people of Canada, which apj)eared some weeks ago in INIontreal, and has 
 
 iieen e.\tensively circulated, recommending separation Irom Great Britain, and 
 annexation to the United States, as the remedy for certain ills under which 
 the jirovince is alleged to stiller. Among the signatures to tliis doctmient are 
 those of two (Queen's Counsel, and of some gentlemen lioldiiig commissions as 
 justices of tlie peace and ofTicers of militia. I liave considered it to be my 
 duty to cause a circ'-r letter to be addressed to tlicse gentlemen with the 
 view of ascertaining v nether their names have been attached to it with their 
 consent. Some have answered this inquiry in the negative, some in the affir- 
 mative, while others have denied the right of the Government to put tlie ques- 
 tion, and declined to reply to it. I have resolved, with tlie advice of tlie 
 Executive Council, to remove from such ollices as are held during the jileasnre of 
 the Crown, the gentlemen who have admitted the genuineness of their sigiia- 
 
 Encl. 2, page 1.1. tui'cs and those who have refused to disavow them. The Minute of Council 
 which I enclose herewith, gives the gromid of this decision. 
 
 I have, &c. 
 Tlie Right Hon. Earl Grey, (Signed) ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. 
 &c. &c. 
 
ivs 
 
 and to tfu: ANNEVATION MOVKMKNT. 
 
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 Kiicloaurf 1 in No. S. 
 MoMTRrAL Annkxation M^nikisto! 
 
 To THE PEOrLE OF CANADA, 
 
 TllK iminU'r aixl iii.ii;iiitiij,' of tin- ps IN tluit afflict our (•(niiiirv, iiii.l tlip \iiiin'r».il and 
 incrmisin^ il''jiri--i(iii of i|i m.itorijl iiitoroits, c.ill ii|iiiii .ill pcrsDiis aiimialril liy a siii-ori- (lc»iri' 
 for its welfare to coiiihinc I'nr tlio |)iir|H)>c of ini|uiry .mil |irr|i.iralhiii, wiili a vii-w to tlii' .iilo|'ti.iii 
 offtiich riMiic^lii's at a iii.iliiri' and ilis|i.isM(iiritr inM'»l^;.MtiiMi iiii\ Mi:jj{i'-.t. 
 
 Hcl()n;:ini; to all ]>.irlir-, orii;ia», and cr4-,-iK, Iml y.-l aj,'nvil ii|><)n tin- aiUant.igo of 
 co-0|)<'ration for tlb- iK-rlornianco of a roniinon duly to ourvUi-s ami our ci.uiiiry, gruwinj; out 
 of a conitnoii ncri's^iiy, we luve cons •ntcd. in viciv of a liri:;litrT and li.i|>|ii r fniure. to nnT[;e 
 ill oblivion all ]ia-t ditfcrciu- -*. of wli.ilevfr character, or aitnliu'ahle to whatever source. In 
 appealing to our fellow roloiusis to unite with us in this our tiio-t iieedlul ilulv. we soleniuly 
 Conjure llieiii. as they desire a successful issue and the wi'lf.ire of the.r coun.ry, to enter \i\m\\ 
 the task, at this iiiomentous crisis, in tlie same fraternal •pirit. 
 
 The reversal of the ajicient policy of fjreat li.itaiu. wli.T.-by she withdrew from the '•olonii's 
 their wonted proleclion iti her markets, has pro<luced the most disastrous etVects upon C'.inada. 
 In surveyiiijl the actual condiiion of the coniitry, wh.it iiut rum or rapul dcc.iy meets th-ivel 
 Our pro\iiicial Goveiinueiit and civic corp ir.ilioiis cmh.irrasscd ; our h.mkin;; and otiier 
 securities ijreally deprt.'ci.ile.l ; our iiierc.uitile and aujicnllnral intercuts alike unprnsperous ; 
 real estate scarcely salci;ble u])o'> any terms; cur unrivalled rivers, hikes, and cmals, almost 
 unused; whilst commerci- abandons our shores; the eirculatinjj capit.d,.im.issed unil.T a more 
 favourable system, i.s dissipated, with tione from any (juarier to repl.icc it'. Thu>. without 
 available capital, un.ible to elli-ct a loan with foreifrii stall's or uiili 'hi- inoiher country, 
 although oileriin; sceuritv oreatlv superior to that which n-aihly obtains nioiii-y both from the 
 United States and (ire.it Hntain, wliei: other than colonists are the applicants, frippled, 
 thi-refore, and checked in the full ean-i r of pi iv.ile and pnltlic enterprise, *'■ ; .sion of the 
 
 British Crown — our country — si.uids licfore the world in humiliating cmitrist with its immcdi.ito 
 neiirhbours, exhibiting every svm]iloiii of a nation fast sinking to decay. 
 
 With superabundant water poiver, and cheap labour, es])ecially in Lower C'lnad.i, we have 
 yet no domestic m.uiufacturcs ; nor c.m the most sanguine, unless under alienil circntnst.iiicesj 
 anticipate the home growth, or advent from foreign p.irts, of either capit.d or enterprise, to 
 embark in this great source of national wealth. Our institutions, unhappily, haie not that 
 impress of permanence which can alone impart sei'urity and inspire confidence ; and tho 
 Canadian market is to > limited to tempt the fuie gn capit.dist. 
 
 Whilst ill,! adjoining States are c.vereil with a net-work of ihriviivj; railways, f'.inada 
 possesses but Ihiei' liiii'S, which, together, scarcelv eNcoeil .")() i.iih's in le.igth. and the stork in 
 two of which is held at a depreciation of from .")() to ^0 per cent — .i lal.il sym;i!oiii of the 
 torpor overspreading I ho land. 
 
 Our jiresent form of )n ' incial Government is cumbrous, and so expensive as to lie ill suited 
 to the circunislanc.'s of ll country; and the iiecoss.iry reference it demands to a distant 
 Government, imperfectly actpiainled with Cana liau alVairs, and somewhat indill'erent to our 
 interests, is anomalous and irksome. Yet, in the event of a rupture between two of the most 
 poworfid nations of iho world, Canada would bec.)nie tho battle-field and the sufFerer, however 
 little her interests might be involved in the cause of cpiarrel or the issue of the contest. 
 
 The hitler animosities of political parties and factions in Canada, often leading to violence, 
 and, upon one occasion, to civil war, seem not to have abated with time; nor is there, at the 
 present moment, any jirospcct of diminution or accouimodalion. The aspect of parties 
 becomes daily more threatening towards each other, and, under our existing instituiioiis .md 
 relations, little hope is discisrnible of a ))eacel'ul and pro-ptrous administration of our alVairs, 
 but difficulties will, to all appearance, accumulate until gcMcrnmeiit bi'comes impr.icticalile. 
 In this view of our position, any course that may jjromise Ic elV.iee e.tisting party distinctions 
 and jilace entirely new issues before the people, iiiusl be fraught with utideniable advantages. 
 
 Among the statesmen of the mother country — among the sagacious ob-ervers of • ■• 
 neighbouring republic — in Canada — and in all British N'ordi Am 'rica — amongst all classes, 
 there is a strong pervading conviction that a political revolution in this country is at hand. 
 Such forebodings cannot readily be dispelled, and they have, moreover, a lendciii'y to realize 
 the events to which they point. In the meanwhile, serious injiiry results to Canada from the 
 ell'eet of this anticipation upon the more desirable class of settlers, who naturally prefer a 
 country under fixed and ])ermanciil forms of government to one in a state of tran-ition. 
 
 Having thus adverted to some of the causes of our present evils, we would consider how- 
 far the remedies ordinarily proposed possess souikI and rational inducements to ju.ilify their 
 adoption : — 
 
 1. "The revival of protection in the markets of the United Kingdom."' 
 
 This, if atta'tiablc in a sutlicient degree, and guaranteed for a long period of years, would 
 ameliorate the condition i^" many of our chief interests ; but the )Hilicy of the cm|iire forbids 
 tho anticipation Hesides, it wonUl be but a partial reii'cdy. 'i he millions of the mother 
 cotiiitry demand cheap food ; and a second ch^iiige 'roni protection to free trade would com- 
 plete that ruin which the first has done much to achieve. 
 
 2. " The protection of home manufactures." 
 
 Ahliough this might encourage the growth of a manufacliiriiig interest in Canada, yet, 
 without access to the United States market, there would not be a snilicient expansion of that 
 interest, from the want of consumers, to work any result that could be admitted as a " remedy" 
 for the numcious evils of which we complain. 
 
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 CANADA. 
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 plus of that artirli' in tlicirowii fon'-t^; ami tlii'ir (icmaml for a;;ri- 
 
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 •I. "'Ilic iii(!c,n'!iil"iK'c of ihf Hrilisli North Anicrican coloiiiis as a Fi'ilcral Hi'imlilic." 
 The roii'olidatlon of i!s new iii-.titiilioiis iVom cL'tiiciii^ hitluTto so ilisconlaiit — tin' foniialiori 
 of trcatiis With lorrij;!! ixuvits — the acquirctiiriit of a iiaiiii- mid cliaracliT anion;; tlir nations 
 — would, «■(' fear, provi' an ovr-inalcli for thi" strrn;;lli of tlu' new ri|)ulilic. And, having 
 rr"ard to thr iifuvirful coidcdcrary of Stalls rontiTiiiiimus with itsi-lf. the niTilful military 
 drl'fiici's would lit' too rristlv to ri'iidcT ituh'i'rmli'nce a I oon, whilst ii would not. any more than 
 a Fi'dcral I'liion, iriiii.vi' those olistacli's which retard our material jirosperity. 
 
 .'). '• Rrci[irncal free trade with llio United States, as rospeets the products of the farm, 
 the forest, and the mine." 
 If olilained, this would \ieldliut an iii-t.iliiu lit of the many advintnges which might hi» 
 Otherwi-e secured. 'I'he hie iiitcrchaiiee of ;.iicli jiroilucis would not Introduce mamifactiires 
 to our coiiiiirv. It would ii' ' yixe us the Norili American continent for our market. It would 
 lieilliiT s(i iinieiid our inslilutioiw as to ciiiler stability nor ensure ronfldenci! in their per- 
 manence; nnr would it allav the (ioUnce of parties, or, in the slij/htest degree, remedy many 
 of our iiroiiiineiit e\ils. 
 
 G. Of all the remi'dles that have been siirrge-ted for the acknowledged und insuflerable 
 ills willi which our couiiiry is afflided, there remains but one to bo consich'red. It 
 jiropoiinds a sweeping luid important change in our political and social comlilion, 
 involvins; considerations which demand our most serious examination. This 
 remedy consists in a '■ rriei.dly and jieaiefiil separation from Ihltish connexion, 
 and a union upon efpiitahle terms with the great Norlli American confederacy of 
 sovereign State-." 
 
 We would premise, that towards (Jrent Hrilain we entertain none other than sentiments of 
 kindness and respect. Without In r eonsent we consider separation as neither practicable nor 
 desirable. But the colonial policy of the iiarent state, the avowals of her leaciiiig statesmen, 
 the public sentiments of the eini'iiv, )iresent iiiimistakcablc and signiticant indications of ihif 
 aiipreeiatin'. of coloninl connexion. 'I hat it is the nsolvo of I'.ngland to invest lis with the; 
 attributes, and compel iis to assume the burdens of independence, is no longer problematical. 
 The threatened withdrawal of her troops from other colonies — the continuance of lier military 
 protection to cmrsclves onlv on the condition that we shall defray the attendant expenditure, 
 betoken intentions towards our country, against which it is weakness in us not to provide. An 
 overriiliiiif conviction, then, of its necessity, and a high sense of the duty we owe tooiir country, 
 a duty "c can neither disregard nor postpone, im]iel us to the; idea of separation ; and what- 
 ever negotiations may eventuate with Great Hritain, a grateful liberality on the part of Canada 
 should mark every luoccoding. 
 
 The proposed tlnioii would render Canada a field for American capital, into which it would 
 enter as freely for the prosecution of ]iublic works and private enterprise as into any of the 
 present Stales. It would equalize the value of real estate u]ion both sides of the boundary, 
 thereby probably doubling at once the entire present value of property in Canada, whilst, by 
 giving stability to our institutions and introducing pros]ierity, it would raise our public, corporate, 
 ami private credit. It would increase our commerce both with the United States and foreign 
 countries, and would not necessarily diminish to any great extent our intercourse with Great 
 Britain, into which our products would for the most part enter on the sanic3 terms as at present. 
 It would render our rivers and canals the highway for the immigration to, and exports from, 
 the West, to the incalculable benefit of our countrv. It would also introduce manuliictures 
 into Canada as rapidly as they have been introduced into the Northern States ; and to Lower 
 Canada especially, where water privileges and labour are abundant and cheap, it would attract 
 mamiliictiiring capital, enhancing the value of properly and agricultural produce, and giving 
 remunerative employment to what is at present a comparatively non-producing population. 
 Nor would the United Slates merely furnish the capital for our manufactures. They would 
 also supply for them the most extensive market in the world, without the intervention of a 
 Ciistom-llousc officer. Railways would forthwith be constructed by American capital as 
 feeders for all the great lines now approaching our frontiers ; and railway enterprise in general 
 would doubtless be as active and prosperous among us as among our neighbours. The value 
 of our agricultural produce would be raised at once to a par with that of the United States, whilu 
 agricultural implomenls and many of the necessaries of life, such as tea, coflee, and sugar, 
 would be greatly reduced in ])rice. 
 
 The value of our tiniber would also be greatly enhanced by free access to the American 
 market, where it bearsa high price, but is siiijecl loan onerous duty. At the same timcthere 
 is every rciisoii to believe that our shiiibuilders, as well at Quebec as on the Great Lakes, would 
 find an unlimited markei ill all the ports of the American continent. It cannot be doubted 
 that the shipping trade of the United Slates must greatly increase. It is equally manifest that, 
 with them, the principal material in the con.stniction of ships is rapidly diminishing, while we 
 
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 ] o«'<i'-« va«l torriiorir", nmrid with i nil» r of i xrclli iit qiialitv, Hhich woiiM !•.• rniriilK .it.tiU 
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 lil'lrr aiiiu'vatiiiii ii" lirldrc. 
 
 Till' i.ini)'lf ami fciiiicmiiral Sialo (i(i>( ri tikmI. in "Inrli tlirrri rc«pcr:>il'ilitv In tin- j.-ni.li> i^ 
 n (li-lin(;iii«liiTi(» liMiiiri'. wniild lie siil,.iitiit,(j fur a ^v-trni at I'l rf niiiilii ii- and <\j (•i,'ii><'. 
 
 Ill 1 lacp III' «ar and ihr :.l;iriiis (if war »itli a licij;liluiiir, 'Inn- would 1 1- |<'aci> ,it.,I .iiiiHv 
 Iclwi'i'ii tlii-i ((iiiiilry and ihi- Iniicd Sl.itr<. |)i-ai;rfi iiii'iil Iclwri'ii ilii' I inlrd Stati-«.ii[d lur 
 rhicf. if iiol iMily, rival iiniuii;; nation-, wonld im' iiiaki- llif ■'ud ol < 'aiiiid.i llu' -.intniii.irv .irin.i 
 for llii'ir di-|iiili'>. IK iiiidi r (iiir rM^lin;; rclatidii- rnn^l m-i r^sirdv lie llii' rasi'. 'J'lial Mirli i- tlio 
 iiiiciu i.itili' r(iiidili«jii <if I iir '.'att' n) (lr|'ci dclirc npidi (iii'al Hrilain i* kiuiwii In lln' wlmlo 
 wnrld, and liiiw lar it may rondiuv to kiiji |'riiiliiil c.iji'aii-l-i Iruiii inakin.' iint-:iin'nl» in Uu> 
 rniiiiliy.or wealthy -<'ltli is iVdiii >fli'ilii j; a liirr-ilniiiii il 1 attlftifld liir ihchdiiu' df tin ii;.sri\i'< 
 and tht'ir (liildrcn, it iictMU nn rt'a'-diiin|> tin diir |iaii in rlnciihiic. 
 
 Hill (illnr ad\aiilagt"< llian lh<i«'' having' a luarint; dii our in.ilciial iiitiri'sts may 1 r foirtoKl. 
 It woiilil rlinngi- tin- yroui.d ol' jK.litical >oiit<>t brtwcrii n.ci'« and iiariii". allay and oliliii-rato 
 tlinsc irritations and Cdi.llii'N of rancour aii<l itciiihinalion wIikIi haxr liithcrtu di^li^imd our 
 social faliric Already in aiitici]ialioii has its hanuoiiiipiis iiillm i.ie lieeii fill lln' harhinyer 
 may it tie liojKii ol a lastiii;.' ohlivion of di-.'-t ii>i()iis atneiij; all i'la««('s.cieed«, and |iarlies in the 
 romilrv. Chaiieinjj a >uhordiiiate loran iiide]ieudei.t condition. we>\duld lake our -taiioii adionjj 
 the nations ol the earth. \\ e lia\e now no Miici' in the aflairsof the l'iii|iire. nor do v.e siiaii. 
 in its lidiiovir* or enioliinienls. Kiiiilanil is our jareiit stati', with whoni "c ha\e im M|iialiiv. 
 liut towards whom wc stand in the sinijile relation of ol edieiice. Hut as eiti/i'iis of the I niteil 
 Stales the jmhlie service of llie nation would lie ojcii to us — a field for liirh aid honoiiralile 
 distiuctioii on which we and our iio^terity ini:;ht enter on terms of jierlect ei|Ualilv. 
 
 Nor wotildihe amicable M'|iaratidii of Canada lioiii fire at Hi itain he li..iii;ht with advantages 
 to us alone. 'Jlie relief to :he Parent State from the larye ex]enililnre now incurred in the 
 militarv occiipiilion of the country — the removal ol ilie many cause- of collision with the I Hiteil 
 Slates, which result from thecon1ii;uitv of mutual lerritorii s so extensive, the hem fii ol the l.ireer 
 market wliicli the iricrea-ing jirosjierity of Canada wouhl create, arecoiisideialions which, in tlio 
 minds of many of lier aldcst statesmen, render our incoriioratmii wilh the I'nited ."states u 
 de«iralilu consummation. 
 
 To the United .States also the aniiixalioti of Canad.i ]iresi'nts many inijiortaiil indueenieiits. 
 The withdrawal from the holders of ^o I'onerliil .i nation, hy whom in time of war the iinineiise 
 and ;;rowilig commerce of lie hikes would lie jeoj'arili/ed, — the aliliiy to ili-peiise wilh ihu 
 costly but inelVectual revenue estahlishnu nt over a frontier of many hundred miles,- the hiriie 
 accession to their income from our Cuslonis, — the nnrcsirieled use of the St. Lawrence, the 
 lialiiral higliway from the Western •'stales to the ocean, — are ohjects for the attainiiient of which 
 the most substantial cijuivalouls would undouhtodly bo conceded. 
 Fia.Low Colonists: 
 
 We liavo thus laid before you our views and convictions on n mometitoiis question, involviiijj 
 a rhantje which, thoiieli cnnleiinilated by many of us with varied feeliiie- and eiiiolioiis, we all 
 believe to be inevitable, — one which it is our liiity to |iii)\ide lor and lawlully In jiromote. 
 
 We address you without jirejudice or luirtiality, — in the spirit of sincerity and Inilli. — iti the 
 interest of onrcommoii country, — and our sii gle aim is its saleiy and welfare. If to your judij. 
 ment and reason cur object and aim he at this time deemed laiid.ible and riehi, we a^k an 
 oblivion of jiast dissensions ; anil from all, without distinction of origin, parly or creed, that 
 earnest and cordial co-operation in such lawful, prudent, and judicii us lui .iiis as may best 
 conduct us to our common destiny. 
 
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 Enclosure 2 in No. (S. 
 ExTK.\CT from a Ri:1'0ht of a Committi:e of the Honeuiahle tin; Kxi riTlvi'. Coi'ncii., dated 
 
 1st December, 184'.), and aj)[iro\ed of by His I'Acellency the (i.iveriior-Geiieral on the 
 
 same day. 
 
 Till') Committee of the Executive Council have had under eon^idi lalioii, on your Excel- 
 lency's reference, certain letters addressed to Mr. Secretary Leslie by individuals holding 
 commissions during the pleasure of the Crown, whose names a])]icarid to an Addiv-s to ihe 
 peojile of Canada, which was lately published in several of the iiewspajiers of llie province, and 
 in which addres.s, separation from the British Empire and annexation to the I'niied Slates of 
 Annik;., are recommended as a remedy for eerlaiii evils under which the province is lluirein 
 alleged to be labouring. These letters are in reply to intpiiries made by Mr. Secretary I,e-lie, 
 a i to whether the name of the parties referred to had been attacheil to the Adilrcss by liieir 
 telves, or with their consent. The Committee of Council observ, that some of the jiartics 
 called on for explanation by Mr. Secretary, complain of this as an invasion by the I'^xeciitivo 
 Government of their constitutional rights as IJritisli subjects. The Coniniittee of Council, 
 however, see nothing in the step thus taken pattaking of siieli a character. There can bo no 
 doubt, in the opinion of the Conniiitteo of Council, that your Excellency must feel h.iiind by a 
 sense of duty as well to our beloved Sovereieii ai.d to the tiiipiie at large, as to the entire 
 people of Canada, not only to maintain the ciinicc'ion with the parent state liy the fullest 
 exercise of all the powers conferred on you by Her Majesty, but to discourage by all the 
 means constitulionaily vtithin your control any attempt calculated to impair it. In the per- 
 formance of this duty, there can be no desire to (juestiuii any one upon mere abstract spo;ula- 
 
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 IjV ■! lir.Mi'li iif ill.- laws of lii>> l.iiiil. NVlu'ii. li..>v.'\.T. an induiilii.il arri\(r!.iit tln-d.-lilicralf coii- 
 cliwicm that «lial Ik- dwlim ill.' ■•»il'. iiiidcf «liicli liii roiintry lalwiirB. n-c^iilrf* not niorrly a 
 ri-fiirmatKiii of tli- I'.Jti-titii'Km. Imt \U riiiir.- i.v.rilinjK : iiiul i»li<'ii Midi }..TM>n fiHiTtaiiis tliU 
 i)|iiihoii. iHii ax a iii.f»|M'(iilntivr llirory |H)s-ilily lo In- nali/itl in mhiic rfiiioU- and uii(|.'llin'd 
 fiiliin-. lull ariiiallv t.ikr* iiii'a«iiri'< ilir.Tily intcnili-d to linng alioiil siicli rfvoliilionary chai'ijc, 
 it aiiix'ari lo tin- ('onmiillrc jx-rfwliy olivioiis, tlial apart from all coiwiiliTalioii or inquiry as to 
 C()n«.'|n.nr.'« of a "'ill nion- «tTioii« cliaracior. *iicti |>iirty -hoiild not lie |M'riiiill<'d lo n'tiiaiii in 
 till- anoni.iloi.sand inuiliniii )M)silion of lioliliiij; a roiiiinissiuii diirini; tin- ]ili'as\iic of u Hovuri'ign 
 p(.\v.r hIiicIi lie d.-in-* lo ^nliviTt. Tin- olijiTt of Mr. Si'crctary L.'-lio'-. U'ttcr was to a-oTlain 
 nlii'lliiT (III- n-iHriivf iiarlif^, lu-iii^ lioldiT'* of sudi cimiiniH'.ioii, li.id (ihicfd tlii'tiist'lvLM in the 
 luiMihiii r.'li'iird to. And llic Cniiiiniltci' liiid fruni thi- uii)t<(rr», lliat ill ."unie installers the 
 WL'iiatiir.s liaic been luliiiitU'd ; in otliiT», tliry liaM- been dj-iiifd ; u bile in others atzaiil tin- 
 nartifs have failed to aiisnrr dircclly. Uiiilrr tliesi' circiiiiisliiiiccs llic Coniniittei' of Cuiincil 
 Would r.>|)r''iriillv nconiini'iid thai those ^'i-nlli'inen who liavf adniined ihcir bu>iii); been 
 parlH's to ih.' Adilii'S". In ijin-lioii, and liki-wisc iIkkp who have tailed lo give a direct denial of 
 their liavin;.' bei'ii m>, .-"liould lie removed from all offices held by ihem iliirin;; the |ilea8iin- of 
 lo ilie (VoHii. An<l ilial the llunnurable Mr. Leslie, lior Majesty's Provincial Secretary, do 
 j;i»e the iiec L'ssary directions herein accordingly. 
 
 (Certified) J. JustPH, C. E. C. 
 
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 (No. 13 J.) No. 9. 
 
 Copy ol' a I)J]SP.\Tf'FI from rjovrinor-fioiu'ral tho Rii^lit Hon. tht; Earl of 
 Ku;iN .wn Kinc.\ki)Ine to Karl (ihey. 
 
 Govi-riimciit IFouso, Toronto, 
 I)iHi-iiiI)iT 14. 1849. 
 
 (Kecentil January 10, 1850.) 
 (.Vnswercd, February 9, 1850, No. 448, page 23.) 
 Mv LdUn, 
 
 I ii.vvi: till' honour to transmit hcrewitli, for your Lordship's infor- 
 mation, tlic rojiy of Hi'soliitions iinaniniously adojitfd at a public meetin;; of 
 tlif inlialiitaiifs of the town of London, exprossive of loyalty to Her Majesty 
 and attailmuiit to British connexion. 
 
 I have, &c., 
 (Si-ned) KLGIN AND KINCARDINE. 
 
 TlicRiiihtHon. Earl Grey, 
 &c.'^ &c. &c. 
 
 Sir, 
 
 Enclosure in No. 0. 
 
 London, C. W., October 19, 1R49. 
 In complianci.' with a re«olutioM passed at a public meeting of the inhabitants of this 
 town, I have tin.- honour to hand you a copy of tlic resolutions which were unanimously adopted 
 oil thai occasion, 
 
 I have, &c., 
 (Signed) Charles Hutchinson, 
 
 Tiio Hon. J. Leslie, .Secretary of the Meeting. 
 
 Provincial Secretary. 
 
 At a jiublic meeting of the inhabitants of London, C. W., on the 19th October, 1849, 
 convened by 'I'liomas C. Dixon, Esq., Mayor, in compliance with a requisir.ii nume- 
 rously signed, the foUowingly requisitions were unanimously carried ; — 
 
 1st. — That wo view with surprise and re;:rot the late movoment in Mon' .al, suggesting a 
 separation from the mother-country, and advocating a union with the L^nitcd States. 
 
 'iiid. — That our allegiance to our beloved Queen and attachment to the British Empire, 
 are subjects of principle and feeling, and are not to be weighed in the scales of uncertain 
 interests and speculations. 
 
 3rd. — That a calm comparison of the alleged advantages and disadvantages shows that it is 
 not desirable, even on the grounds urged by its advocates. 
 
 4lh — That a copy of these re^.'utiovs be forwarded to the Secretary of this province. 
 
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 (No. 13fl.) No. 10. 
 
 Corv of a DFSl'ATCII fmm Govcnior-C'.iirral fin- IJi-lit I[.)ii tlw Kul u|' 
 
 Ku.lN AMI KiNl AHDINK to I!. Ill (i.lK). 
 
 (iovrninu'iil Wov •, Montriiil, 
 I)iii!iilnr -js. isi'.t. 
 
 (Ucxivi-il January iM, l^.'.O.) 
 (AndweroJ rilirunn 1'*, 1 " I'.l, Vn. •16'-, pni^p 2t.) 
 
 Mv Loni), 
 
 In reply to your Lonisi.'p's Di-sjiatih No. {'XX of the Ultli XovtinlM-r, 
 I think it ri^iit to state that the sii;nitiirc of Mr. .F, (i. Mackcii/it' is adixcil to 
 thcdociiint'iit transmitted in my D(s|)ateli No !•_".•,* ot'the Mnl iii-tant, in wiiii I» 
 separation from (ireat Hritaiii an<l annexation to t!ie I'nited States o|' Am<'rie;i 
 is reeonimeiidfil ius the remedy lor certain evils under whicli this province is 
 alle;re(l to sillier ; and that it was aflTixed thereto with his consent, as ajipears 
 from a letter from him to the I'rovincial .Secretary, of which I eiK lose a copy. 
 I am no» aware of any otlier ohjection to the conlirmation of that j;entlenian's 
 appointment as Portuguese Consul at Montreal. 
 
 I have. &c.. 
 
 (.sijrucd) i:l(;ix and kincahdink. 
 
 The Hight Hon. Earl Grey, 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
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 Sir, 
 
 Enclosure iti No. 10. 
 
 Montreal, Xovi-mlipr '2. 1 S !',». 
 I II \VH. llie lioiitT to ackno«lo(lgp the receipt of voir cominimicatioii. tl, rd ,'}Oili ult. , 
 roqiiostiiiij, hy orili'r of lln- Govoriu)r-(it'iiiTal, to know wln'tlu'r ir.y ii.inu', •aIiicIi li.n iipptMivd 
 in a dociinuNit roconuiuMiirmg anni'x.iiion to llif I'liiti'il Siiiti'*, luul \hv\\ iilaccd iIumv wiili my 
 con-a'iit. Ill reply, I do not tu'silatp to di'clart' tiiat my ~ii^naniio w.w placed tiiero not only 
 deliberately, but elieerfiilly and voluntarily, conscientiously lielieviiiij a-t F do lliat llie \ivX 
 interests, ultimately, alike of this my adopted as well as that of the luother c<jiiiit[y. would bo 
 benifiied by the chung?. 
 
 I have, &c.. 
 The Honourable .lamos Leslie, (Signed) J. G. "^Ivckenzie. 
 
 I'rovincial Secretary. 
 
 (No. 111.) No. 11. 
 
 Copy of a DESPATCH from Governor-General the liight Hon. the Earl of 
 Elgin and Kixcardine to Earl (>uky. 
 
 Government House, Toronto, 
 Decemher '.i\, 1S|;>. 
 
 (Kccpivtd .laniiary 25, IH.'iO.) 
 
 My Lonn, 
 
 With reference to myDesiiatch, No. 129,* of the .3rd instant, Ihavetlie 
 honour to transmit lierewith, for your Lordshiji's perusal, the jirintcd copy of 
 a further "Address to the peojile of Canada," from the l).)dy styhng itself the 
 Montreal Amiexation Association. 
 
 I have, kv., 
 (Signed) ELGIN AND KINCAIIDINE. 
 
 The Right Hon. Earl Grey, 
 
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 When those wlicm ive have the honour fo represent undertook to recomnn'iid to you, in 
 the address to the people o.' Canada, published in October last, the consideration of the p -aci'- 
 able separation of this province from Great Britain, and its annexation to the United Slates, 
 they were fully aware of the responsibility which they assumed, and were, therefore, anxious to 
 adopt only such measures as would be perfectly safe for those whose co-operation they sought 
 
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 liivid.' lliiMii from inmv <■'' '•"'i'' f.'ll">v-«iil)j •(•t<. ami fruiii a-.*iH'i,iii,iti< Imi^' imhIm-i'iI to ill 'in. 
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 (crliy iiri;i'(l ili.'tii l.ipr.x .1 ; .iinl tl|.' f.iv.mralili' r.TcpiinM .inonli'il l.i tlii- iApi-i'«-iii.ii of llu-ir 
 
 opiiii.Hi. Iia-i -liimii lliat tli.-y ''i'l ""t tnak.' a laUi- r*'ini.ili' iil'llii' (•irciMl^laiici.4 liy wlii.-li llu-y 
 wiTi' siirr.i.iiiilril. ii.ir .if tlii< t,'""! -.mim', pi^tic, .in I lili.T.iliiy nrilic p...ipl.' Ill" (Jri'i' Urii.iin. 
 If «••• r.'liT f.ir a lii.nn 'iil tn lln- foii l.-iniiitum p.'\*>.'il mi tin' iiil.lrrs'* liy r.Tl.iiii jiiililic « ril.'M 
 of lliit prill iiii'.', (ivliii, ivi' ari' c iiniiic "1. iId iioI i'\pr.'"i ill." ^'iitiiii.'iit-i of lli.' ijri'.il Imly of ilui 
 pi'opli',) IV.' ilii so ill nil ■•pirit iif Ir'innpli. H'll it I-" iil' iiiip.irl.inci', lur llii' ailvanc'iinMit iif llm 
 cli.iM:,'!' «.' ■...i-k. Ill k."p straililv li.'fur.' tin" public of Can. nil ill.' f.id, llial lliis iiiii.li'nin ili.ni 
 lm« iiiil li.'CM rdnlirini'il liy lini--.' ia iviim.' Ii.'li.ill' il iva-i pr.il'i's«'il|y pronoiiin'ril. Mrii in this 
 roliiiiv, wlio arro^al.'il lln- rii'lil "I -ipi'iikiiii.' I.ir tin' (inn'rimi'iil anil )ii'opii' of (!rral Unl.iiii, 
 (l.'claii'il llial HI' a-k ■.! an inipoiiiinlily, ^niii.'lhiTi;,' lo ivliicli (irr.it Mrilain uoiilil in'irr i'dh-i'mI, 
 wliirli ..111' n.iiilil pill iloivn at all rii<N, rvi'ii at that of liliniMiiii. 'I'ln-y .'vi'ii iir^i'il iliu 
 indiriiiiii of piniislinii'iil -^nrli a< arbitrary powiT i'l alil' lo vi-it mi lhi> iruili!,',< rxpii'-^iim 
 of opinii.n wlllioiil w,iiliiii_' lo l.'.irn if iIhinO in iiliii"!- In'liilf lln-y wmilil pi'i'^i'cut.', mi'i-.' r,'ally 
 nlFi'mli'il. \V.' nmv -taml 'ii a tiTally ililV.'r.'iit puiliiin fnrii that ivjiicli was oci'iipii'il liy tin* 
 niifin'rH of iIh! oriifinal aiUlri'^i. Tin' iiinst iiillni'iilial nryaii-. of piililic opiiiiini in lint iiMllnr- 
 connlrv, 11"* iv.'il as llr' unili'rslniiil iiru;aiis of ils (lovi'i-iriu'iil . liavi- sp,,ki'n ivitli as iiuii'li 
 ili'.ilnrini'-s as ivas p.i«;ili!i' in r.')ilv In an nnrinicial ilmn iii 1. \V.' now know with I'LTl.iiiitv thai 
 lor which we hail lu'lor.' oily wi'll-foninlril lu'li.'f — ihal ill- p'opl.' of (ir.'al ISrilain ai'knoiv- 
 lril:.'i- ih.' ri^hl oflhc inhaliitants of this proviiu'.' lo choo^i' I'.ir lln'iii-i'Ki's, and to i'st;ihlis!i llio 
 ■,'o\-..rnin"ni which ih.-v deem h.'st adapli'd lo si-cnrc jirospcriiy, .mil i .milort lli! ^frea't'st 
 niiinlii'f. \V.' li.'rt' place a lew of ihrse (U'claiatioiis on recoid, not as our lille to rights which 
 »!' dill mil possess liefori', Inil as v.iIu.iIiIl- acknowledi^nKMits of llu-ir exislciicL' : — 
 
 ( From the Limdni Times, Orlofirr'M.) 
 
 " 'riicr ' was a lime when so sinijiihir a diiriiinent as ihis would have i-xposed lis authors to 
 the penaliies of hi^h IriiiMiii, and the cilony in which il «as hroached to the c.ilainities ol'ciiil 
 war; when every I'nglishnian would have lioiled with indignalioii at the presumption which 
 roni|)lain''d of l'ni;li^ll ilmniniim, and at t!ie leinerily which proposed to c.irry the jire-uniplioii 
 of lan;.'u:-.i;e inio adion. I5iil those days have passed away. We havu been taught wisdom by 
 exjierienc ' ; and llie most valnalile, as w.ll as the most cosily nf our lessons, has been taught 
 by the barren issue of a precipitate eonllict wilh a province, whicli from renionslraiices pro- 
 ceeded lo rehcllioii. and crowned r.-bellion with independence. We should not go to war for 
 the slerile honour of maiiitainintr a relnctani ooliiny in exiling subjection; wc should not [lur- 
 chase an iinwillinu obedience by an onlliv of treasure or of blood. If, indeed, with colonial 
 dependence or independence there were indissolubly bound ii|) inetropilitaii prosperity or deeav ; 
 if il Wi're tolerably clear that the iircservalion of our coloni.il empire woulil ensure tho preser- 
 val'ion of metropolitan ijreatn.'ss, and that the hitter would wane wilh the extiiiclioii of the 
 former — then such suggestions as the Miinlt'i'il Address eontair.s would find no place in the 
 discussions, no sympathy in the feelings, of the people in Kngland. They would one and all 
 idenlily their own interests and jirosperity wilh iliat which their forefathers were content to 
 regard fur and bv itself, viz., the supremacy of Knglisli (lower. But the dilTerence between 
 them and their lorefalhers is, that they will count and ]ionder on that more vulgar balance of 
 profit and loss which was furgolten by the generation which hailed the conini'-'ncement and 
 IniiuMited the conclusion of the great American war. Is the relent ion of Canada profitable, 
 will its loss be hurtful, to England ? is the nueslion which Englishmen of the present day will 
 ]iut to themselves, , IS the converse of this qneslion is that wliicli Canadians are already dis- 
 cussing on their side Meanwhile — ere this question be solved — let us congra- 
 
 Itiiale ourselves on the reflection that the docuiiiont which we have quoted ]iroves that the 
 political training which Kngland gives to her colonisis is one which need neither make them 
 ashamed of her, nor her of them; and that the future whicli awaits nun thus trained can never 
 be obscure nor dishonourable."^ 
 
 (From the London Times, November 2.) 
 
 " We retract nothing that we have said on the tone, the temper, and the gravity of tlie do- 
 cument. By whomsoever it was jiroposed, by wlionisoever concocted, it reflects great credit 
 on the skill, tact, and adroitness of its authors." 
 
 
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 {From the London Weekly Dispateh.) 
 
 "This movement is a fine and cheering eNample which is wonderfully well-timed for the 
 world's instruction. Here is no bluster and bravado. No vituperations are uttered for jiast 
 wrongs. No appeal is made to the god of battles. A violent separation is not jiroposed ; nor 
 even one which shall be involuntary on the part of Great Britain. We are treated like 
 
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 rational hcinjj«. \i\ thixr wlio nrl liki- rilimuil Iwing^ thi'ni«i'lt«'' TIk' ai'liMl '.iinjilil.' | ,.. df 
 fhi- prro'Tit rfintifxioii ii jmt iii .vnii'iio*'. ami, "mI-- bv "-mI'' »iI|i it. iht- iKliiil l4ii;;iliii- j;.ii;i ,\\ 
 the i>r.>iio*<'il iiuMtiir.'. ('iinaila r\liilili« Ii.t il.iv •lKM)k mv\ \M'^Mr. ,iimI ii>k'> I, t'I .l.^ln |{ii'<>(-|| 
 to adil ii|> lln'iii|iini!i», .iiiil "I'l- ilif aini\int fur Ihiii'O'll". |{i'»4.1i;iiiiii'«. M|iar.iiii)M, iiiili|i«Mii|i'noi'. 
 unm'\atiiiii. ar>' wiinl* tli.it loiiinri- ii|i tKo iiliMi d" arnir.l iniilliliiilf-, trii..|i-. iii li.i! |'iir»iiil, 
 
 ili'«|KTali' (Mlriot* living fur ill.' (^11 'ifi, .iiiil iljin;; lor tliu | pi.'. (•imrt--iii.(ili,il. .iinl «li.Mit. 
 
 ing*. nmrti rivil, uiiil h.ini;iii;js, v'a-(i;;lit> ,iiul laiiil-t'ij;lit-, niili a liilli-rni-* iii>;.iiil.'ri'il liy lli.- 
 r«>»iili. wliali'ViT it Ix-. that .ili"ii.i!i'-. iihu'h hfar;< thriiii;;h man) a p'ticTafm i. All ihrv' 
 llH^ii'latiiin", iiii'vitalilc in K.iiiii|hmm imtliriMks, arr Mi|).'r.>i'i|t>il hy thrv- »ir.iij{llllorv«aril ('a- 
 iiadiant. 'Ilicy olinw liciw iIk' wIuiIi- i- ki-mIiiI by ll>^ll■ ami arilhiiii'lic 'I'lii- Duke uf 
 \Vfllin^>lnii i.! not the iia^t iHttliil. A loiiitnuii accnmil.iiit, or lii'< ili'tk, it iill tin- i'!itraiii>oiia 
 aid till' Cahim-t ri'c|uiri'5. ]{i!vuliitiuii i^* taim-.l ami ci\ili/<-il. Tho I'eacr Congri'>"' may Ik- 
 roiigrafulati'il." 
 
 {From the Dundee Advcrtittr.) 
 
 *' III all likelihood. CanaiLi will civiw! to In- a Hritixli iwi-t^rt-ioti, and that in a very ^Imrt lime. 
 There has hei'ii a teiidency to lliis -^ejiaratir'n for a coiiMdrr.iliie time li.ick, and »<• di Hot linnk 
 tlial the lo« of C'.maila as ,i col, my i^ to In- reyrrllid. On the conlr.iry. «e are ((inNiiiced ih.tt 
 Ixitli the colonists and the Urili«li will ln' lieiietited. The oper.it ion of free trade will n'ln'\e 
 colonists from the ohli^atioii of |iroti(li\c' diilies, and llii'V will liiV'- no interest in ciin'innitu; to 
 submit to the nriii>h rnh-. exiipt in so far as thi-y n-iinire Uriti«h ]iroi(('tioii afain-t liu'ir 
 enemies. If ('an.ula be annexed to the I'liited States, she reiinires siirh jiroti-ction no lon;;er, 
 ?»he will he as independent of I'ai^l.md .is .\merira is, and I',ii;;laiid will be as iiide|Mndent of 
 her as slie is of .Anierir.i. f'aii.idi.iii prnilnce will find its way to our markets as rea<lilv as 
 over, and our nianufarlnres to the ("anadiati markets, \Vc s|m|l simjily he saved the trouble 
 ami expense of her government, and these have born of no Iritlini; nalnri'. We bilie\e our 
 colonies have cost this rountry an aminint of money which ii is impossible to estinia'e, in w.ir-, 
 in protective duties, anil in eipenscs of govoriimeiif. We shall not rejjret to see more of them 
 follow the exam])le of Canada, and be at the trouble and expense of maint.iiniin; iheniMdves, 
 There is no doubt that the majority of the Canadian jiopiilalion haM' a rielil to judei; for 
 themselves, and to choose what <;overnmeiit they jdeasf , It is said that they are under oblijja- 
 lions to us, and that they are, therefore, nut Ire so to choose. We say the suciner we cea-e 
 from coiilerrini; nblii^ations the lietter for us : hitherto we have ]iaid dearly itiniri.'h for inain- 
 taininjj our cotmexion with this colony. We shall now maintain all that is worth preserviiiij — 
 our commercial intercotirso — without being t.ixed for it." 
 
 {From the Illustrated News.) 
 
 " All these arfjinnents arc jjood as regards Canada ; and could the statesmen of this country 
 believe that tliev were the gentimeiits of the largi; niajurily of the Canadian jn'opie. there can 
 be little doubt but that they would agree to annexation, wliich, in such a e.ise, would sooiht or 
 later be accomplished in spite of them. Sooner or later, the independence of Canada is sure 
 to he acconiplislii;d — as surely as the inf.ints born yesterday shall grow into men; unless, 
 indeed, wo shall decree all our colonies to be integral parts of the kingdom of fireai 
 Britain, and allow them to send members to Parliament, by the same right and for the mIiiio 
 reason that we accord the franchise to London or to Manchester, to Middlesex or to Lancashire. 
 It is jxissible that by such a courseof proceedinj^ we might preserve some of our larger colonies 
 for a time; but even with such a participation in British power, we doubt whether we could 
 retain Canada for two generations, or the great continent ol Australia for three. 'I'lieir inde- 
 pendence is a question of time; and it will he well tor us at home if we have sullicieut wisdom 
 to know when the time has come, and sufficient viilue to reconcile ourselves peaceably to that 
 which is inevitable. To bo de]irived of Canada 1 y force, and the coimivance of the United 
 States, would be hiiniiliaiion indeed; but to yield it up of our own free will would be hut a 
 small sacrifice. Wo question, indeed, whether it would tiot be a gain." 
 
 We seize the first opportunity to observe, iliat the niagnatiimoiis promjitituih; of the greater 
 portion of the British jiublie to admit our rights, and to appreciate the feelings, and re-pect 
 the motives which actuated the iramers of the original address, calls fur the gralefil acknow- 
 ledgments of the jioople of Canada. 
 
 The rL-sponse of the people of the United States to the Address has no*, been less > itisfactory 
 than that from Great Britain. Not only has the preiis generally declareil in f.ivoiir (jf receiving 
 Canada into the Union, if she seek that admission in a legitimate and peaceable maiiMcr; but 
 one of the .States lying immediately on our own border, in the proceedings of its legislature, has 
 pointedly alluded to the fact that the admission of Canada was conte'nplated by the original 
 articles of confederation, and has by the following resolutions declared its desire to mio that 
 union c fleeted ; — 
 
 " PROCEEDINGS OF THE VERMONT LEGISLATURE, 1810. 
 No. 29. — Resolutions relating to the .A.nnkxation ov Canada to the Unitkd Pt.\tes. 
 
 Whereas, by the original articles of the confederation, adopted by the .Slates of this 
 Union, it was provided that " Canaila, acceding to this confederation, and joining in 
 the measures of these United States, shall bo admitted into and entitled to all tho 
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 " AikI «Iiii«h«, rrc.'-rit ocrjrr<4i<-«-« in iIm' *«iil |>riitiiir«* of Ciuuiilu iiKiirate a Unv\\ aiul 
 ^'riiMiiiK ilf»iro on iIh- pwrlof iIh' pHJiili- llnTiMif tn uk.iil iliiiii'o'Iii'ii nf tin' ailvuiiMgra 
 
 ail' \\\>- U>X< f,iM\\i olTrr, .lll'l lU ll| |>l) lol .■.lllllonlllll ittlUIII|( ihf -uiMTt'l^ll SUIl-ll ul llu* 
 
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 " TlMr>'r..rr. n."(.U.-.I li_y till- Srnaf.' ntnl If f Ri'|'r.'.i'niari\.«, — Tlmf, Iwlic^inf tin- ad* 
 
 liii««i<iii iif Ciiii.i.l.i mill lll'l* I'liion til lii' n nu .I'tin- iiiiini.iii'ly ccinncciiMl witli tlie jx-rinniirnt 
 iirii«|<Tiiy aiiil gl'iry "f l»'ili I'l'iitrif, llif (iuvininii'iil iil' tlio Sfnti* of Vcrniipiit \t ••iirin-^lly 
 ill ■.iri.ii" 111 MT Kiirli ri-iiiiiiiii <•(licl.ll. Hii!iiiiit II \iiiliiii(iii, (III ill.' jiiirl nf ihi- fnilcil Siali'«, of 
 till' iimirjlilr ril.i'iiiii- ixiiiitiK wiili lln- llriii-ii (iiniTimiriit, or of ili.- I. in- of imlioii«. 
 
 • H.si.ImiI,— Till- |i>MC.fiil aiiiirX.ili.in of Ciiii.nlii totlii> riiiti'.j St.ili-.., uitli lli.'roiMMit of tho 
 nriti.li (lov. riiiii" II'. .iiiil of ill' |»'<i|ilf of r.iiiaila, .iii'l ii]iiiii |ii-t iiml hoiiniiiiilili' Irriii.", i< an 
 nliji-ot III llii' liit'lii'-' ili'iirii' ili'-ir.ihl- fo lln' pi'iijili' of llii' I'nil.ij .'stali't. Ii wiiiilil o|m'Ii a 
 «ii|i' .111.1 f.Thli' fli'lij lollii' i-iiii'r|iri-i' iiiiil ill" ihiliMlry of lli.' Ann ruan |i('n|ili' ; il would cNlcml 
 till' lii.iiriil.irii"'. anil iiurr.i^c ilu' jHUvcr of our roimlrj ; il would iiili-l .i lir^iw, iiii|ii>trii ii-. and 
 ilili Hit;.'!.! I .'iilil' iiliiirr till' (lij; I'f our i..ilii)ii , il would -j ri'.ul null' ihr MuTiil |.riiiri|ilo-« of 
 rr|iuliliiMii ;;inrriiini'nl, and [irijiiiolH llii- I'ri'pondi'r.iiict' of liro iiiKlUiiliuiw III this Unioti. Wi- 
 liuTiliiri' Irii'-I lti.it our national fiuviriinn'iil, in llii' -j.iril of [(.'acr ;ind of rourtcsy lo Imili ihu 
 
 /iriii>li (loLrniiirni and ilu- | pli' of ('an.iil.i, uill .iilii|it all jTujicr uiul huiiourablo iiiraiH to 
 
 'ccuri? ill!' aiinr\aliiiii of C.m.ida to tlir I'liili'd Stati'n.'' 
 
 U'l- «i'ri' iilHav [ii'r-iiadril llial tin- i..'o|ili' of flrcal niltiiii uinild coiiii-iil to hIIoh- tjii- 
 
 vcji.iratioii vvliicli «r di'iiii'il, wi'li.iut uliiili <iiii>.'iil \\r iv..u|i| inii»li!ir il n. illn r |ir.irlii';ilil.' nor 
 
 i!i'»iralpli'.prinidi'd lli.il M'l'.iraii.in wrrf d.'iiiaiiili'd 'ly I In' major i'y of tin' |mii|i|(' of Canaila ; liiit 
 
 we know ill, ll many of our fill"" ^oloni^l■. llionylil olIirruiM'. iind wi'ii' llirri'fori' iv.ii'int; for 
 
 lln' jiiil^uii'nl of til.) |ii'o|iii' 111 (irr.il liritaiii, lirlun* loiiimiltiim tlii'iiisi'lvi's to our iiioxiiiioiit. 
 
 Wi' r.ui now coiirnli'iilly rail on kucIi jii-rs.ins In di^tiii>s all iiiii-iiloralioii'* of lliat naiiin', and 
 
 111 a|i|ilv llii'Mi»i'lvrs only to till' coui|iari'Jiii of (lur (iri'siMit |M)-iiioii willi tliat uliicli ui- n\\\-.' 
 
 i'\|)r<'l to oi'iniiv i\* a sox.'rrl^n .'"Jiali' of llir \iiilll Alin'ricau I'lUon. If tin- cllaii;;!' lii' lirni" 
 i:.. .1 ...i:...;"_ :. i: i... ... \' -.. ,. m .; i- . .i. 
 
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 lici.il. iioilniil,' |iri'vi'nts its ;iii'.iiii|,ll>hiiifiit. \'iiriiA\K iiM.v H) wii.i, it. Mollvi'-i for tlio 
 rliaiii,'!' ucro su't forlli in ronsidi'ialili' il.'tail in tin' original .Aililr."*-" to tlif i>i'o]i|i! of Canada, 
 .Volliiiiy li.iH KJiici" occiirri'.j lo ni.ikt' llial s'airini'iit |i"<i Iriii'. Afirr all tin- vain allt'm|iM to 
 .-lioiv that a frw cxiii-i'ssions Wi'ic I'xaL'iji'n '"d, or lo di-|iru\i" soiin' iiolati'd as-crlion-, lliat. 
 r. ini'-iint.ilioii of onr condiiioii r.'inaiii'* uii'li.iki'n. 'Ilii' li.'iiif in llic umro rapid projjrcn'j of tlii; 
 1 nilcd St.iir< ill, III of Canada, (Io.h in.t, imlci'd, lifpcml upon tin- i'\i(li'ia'i's of any body of men 
 »lni may ad.lri's> you lo-d.iv. Tii.' .m.tr.i'-t i^ iii.itlrr of d.iiiv. and to iis i.f iiiortif\ ini;, oli-cr.a- 
 liiin. It l;ai lii'i'ii r.'la'i'd and d.'i'loird liy cviiy Miili-ll tlii\rll.r wlio lia^ Coliijiarcd tlli' two 
 liordi-r". All Hril-lnliiriiii'd nirii. I'N.'ii in I'nyl.ind. Ilav.' ri'pi ilrdiv lirard il, and read of it. 
 It i* pa<l all lion('«t (loiil.l or denial. We lure adiliir'e the evidence of soiiio wllncsst's — of lilrn 
 iiiiinllueiiced by prejudice except wliiit is in favour of Hriiisli rule. 
 
 (From the London Daily Neicf.) 
 
 " To all hIio lire acqii.iiiifed with Caiiadi, or have read the publication.'! respecting it, wln'cli 
 have appeared for a series of years back, this (the Maiiifc'^lo) is ipiite iiifelliiiible. The contrast, 
 between the United Slates side of tlie boiiudary line and the Canadian has been the subject of 
 i'requenl roiimrk. A cool and ili^pa^-ionate man of business, who visited C, iiada about a tnontli 
 ago, expresses himself, on this subject, in a letter that now li-!- I'elore us, as ""iVjivs: — 
 
 " I had often read of the contrast pre-icnted benveeii the American and Canadian shores (of 
 the St. Lawrenco), but I could !:ot have ci.m|)reheiide(l it in all its fulness unless I had wit- 
 iH's-.'d il witii my own eyes. On ilie one side all is life, activity, and prosperity; on the other 
 it is like the stillness of death. Montreal is a very fine city, more like a Ki.ro]i('an town than 
 any'hiiii; I have yet seen on lb.- Ameiican coiilinenl; but where the universal coiii])laint is, 
 that vheir trade is j^one. The iiiiTcintile cla<si'S seemed to nie to be unanimous in favour o}' 
 air.' -a ine ; ami one cannot wdiidei- at it, when yini find a merely nominal line separating them 
 li'jni the pidspe.i y of theii nei^'hliours." 
 
 (From Lord Durham's Riport.) 
 
 • Under such circiin st.mcos, there is little >liniulu- lo industry or enterprise, and tlieir eflTect 
 is aegravaied iiy the .striking contract presented by such of the Ignited States as border upon 
 this province, where all is activity and progress. ♦ » * J iiihide to the striking contrast 
 which is presented by tlie .•\iiiericati and Hritisli sides of the frontier line, in respect of every 
 sign of pruductiye industry, inerea>iiii; woallli, and progressive civilization. By describing one 
 ^ide, and reversing the jiicture, tli.' other would aUo be' described. On tho .American side rdl 
 is iiclivily and bustle. • * » • * ()„ ,i„, nritisli side of the line, with the exception of 
 a few f.iMiured sjiuts, when' some approach to American prosperity is apparent, all seems waste 
 and desolate. • • • • Throughout the course of these jiages, 1 have constantly had 
 oecisiou to refer to this contrast. I li.ive not hesitated to do so, though no man's just pride in 
 his country, and firm attachment to its institutions, can be more deeply shocked by the morti- 
 fying admission of inferiority. • ♦ • Tiie Cunt rast which I have described is the theme of 
 every traveller who visits these countries, and who observes on one side of the line the 
 abundance, and on the other the sc.ircity of every sign of material prosperity, which thriving 
 agriculture and flourishing cities indicate, and of that civilization which schools and churches 
 testify even to the outward senses." 
 
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 (/•ri«l Dr. lh»m» TuUf HI .Imerini ) 
 
 " I foiind ihi' riMititrv full of rotiij li '^M :imiI >li«<i.iti«f«ctiiMj Iti'lH "i' ••«"• lf> th' oilirr Th<» 
 pfOfiln rti'rywtirri', ind n( all «hiiilr4 nt' |i<iliti<o, 'liokr ihe i-dltip lanicmgv TlMir lurliina-H 
 won- wnTkwl, itn-ir ronmiiTce dwntroytnl; their agrirulnirr, the Kiiirw* of ih^- colonv, i'nfn1ili<il, 
 ruifH-.l. • » • • 
 
 On t\\v rnnctnioiit of I,>>rd Statiiry''. Bill n'«|><'riing ihr Mf|rri««i"ii nf Ciiiad* ll"iir ii.i.i tin, 
 coiinlry, a vit<l outlay in Imilili'is; iiiili» 'ink |il.iri>, wliuli niil'i iiad i"i«t )>«'j;iiii in «i>rW jfiifii- 
 •biy ; but till" nrw jmhrv flTiclu.illy rnnhfil thi« Irudi-. I m\«<'lf •«»» "ii*' of ih.-«i' inil|«, 
 bol(iii|;iin» Id one of our friciiiU, — n new Imildiiii; of L'r''at "iir, ami wfmh iiiu-i liati- ( ...t iiiiiiiy 
 thoii-iiuid |iouiiil< 111 ii^ ir<'i'liiii;, — lamlin^ ••lill. 'I*lii« i umli r»ii«Hi ».n jjiMuriilly iti.- imm-. 
 • • • • • III tlip |irr»i'iit »!ati' of tliin„«. (MHf ■ iT liy tin- riiothiT-'ciuiiirv. mihI 1.I> tn 
 thi'ir own ri*<oiirci»4, with llu' I'niicd Si.ilc* iii^t hv 'lu'ir "idi', |x»««o««iii^; mi^I |Mi|iiiral |kiWit 
 •nd iiilhifiid' ; aymwinjj rrrdil. .mil ninii.t.irv ri'»<iiirci'« ; a |inMliy.oii« mi'rriin'ilr ahil com- 
 miTci.d navy; an acliif, iinltislrioii«, md ^irtnoiH p<-ii|'lc; a I iovi-rniiiiMil ca|'ahlr, m all 
 ri"<poi N, and i'(|ijallv di>.|oHi(|, to fiMtiT. proUTi, and «trrii[»tlii>n all it" ]ii~«i-i-.u)ii-< ,- »!• 'ay, 
 Willi all IJH-r lliiii;;^ «tariiiy lli.Mii in tln' l.iri-, llic polny ol ilii% ri iiiilry li.i« ni.idt" il llu- |il.iiti, 
 palpal. It- inlrri'>t of ihi- CanailiaiiM lo sink 'or anni'N.itlon. 'I'lii'* i«. a» rii ar an any piuldiiii 
 in Knclid." 
 
 from (I I.rttiT h<i Ihr Gr'iit .-l/'Dfllr of T'ltijifrnnrr, Fiithfr Chinvni'i, ndilrmtM to tin 
 Mrlnw/ra Ji'-hj/ni.r .■/' <hl,ihr !'.>, 1*»I'J, mi his rrfiinifrfm ///•• I'liifnl Sl'ilfn 
 " 1 do not i'\a({s;iTali' hIh'ii I »iy ih.il linn! ari« not lost than 'JI'II.IMKl ('un.idiaiK in thi" 
 Unili'il Stall's, anil iiiili'« I'lriraiiuiH eiK' in-i an- lakoii to >top lliis fri),'lilfiil riiii^;ra'ioii, In !ori' 
 10 yoar^ 'JW.OOfl inoronf mir (■•inpatriou will liaM- rarrird 'o llir Aiinricaii I'lMin llinr aiiii«, 
 ihpir iiilrllim'nri', and their liiMit*. It is mi part of my |irrsviit plan to ovatnii r ili ■ raiiM--. of 
 thii* dfplorabli' i'iiii;;raticn) ; lail il iiiii-t ho always Irui-. that ulnii a pn.plr rn ni't-isr ipiil* il« 
 country, il is hecaii^i- that iiiifortiinutu tountrv is struck «illi sonn- liidroiis pl.iyui — is drvourrd 
 by -a)!!"' ranccr. • • « • • f JimI h is pLurd in the lu'arl of iii lu loxr for 
 
 his country, and when a man turns his hark upon his counlrv, and with tin- cvi" inoisii-iicd hv 
 toars bids it an ftcrnal adieu, it i-> In cause soiiuthin^ evential has h.en w. inline to liiiii in ih.il 
 country. If is ht'cau>o he has w.inted bread, rouin, or just lllierly. I leave olhers to >,iy wlneh 
 of the three has bi>i>n deficient in Canada. All that I can assure yoii of is, that in the I'liiled 
 Status these tlire..- oiist'iitial elenieiiis of the lil'u uf iialions arc fuuiid in abniidaiu'c." 
 
 Nor is the decline in prosperity caused by the reversal of the protective pcdicv of the inother- 
 country, liy any means h.ss evideiil than when the former Address was issued. We need yu 
 into no proofsof this allegation ; they have been recently proclaimed by those who are opposed 
 to the course we desire to adopt. 
 
 Under these circunislances, encouraged bv Oreat Britain and the Unite<l Stales to act with 
 freedinn in the exercise of an enlightened juil;;iiii'n', do yon see .inv other prohatil.' iiie:iii~ nf 
 escajie (rom a |iosition of aiknow ledged inferioiiiy than that which has been set before you by 
 the advor.ites of iimiexation ' Those who hav.- protected ayaiiNl the Address to the [K'ople of 
 Canada have declared their luliel' that the cm! of which we c..iMp!aiii, and which they reco;;- 
 nize, might be removed by jnilicious legislation. Thev are now i.ld th.il (ire. it Hril.iiii cm do 
 liolhin;; to reston- mir i>asi :i(iv.in;,ii.'es. 
 
 Thus siy.- the Loinlnii 'riiina on this subject : — 
 
 " It must he admitted that the I itler have yriev.inces, though not all e(|iiiilly i.piire~>ive nor 
 all of the same orijjin. 'I'hey bin., been jil.inled and thriven under prolecliie l.uvs, Those 
 laws are now abrot.'Hled ; and alnogated — as llie pciple of Cmada have the sense lo -.-e — 
 without a chance ol re-enactment. .Sj far they sutler, in common with all our colonies, the 
 elVects of a bad and obsolete colonial system. The elianee. however, is made. The colonists 
 know 'hat .»hal h.is been done will not he iiiidone, aiul that the gr.iin cro|'^ of W.^'ern C.m.ela 
 must con.jiyte in the markets of Kngland with the grain crops of ihn United iSlales, ol' I'.jland, 
 and of till, wli .ie Vorid. They are sutl'ering Irom the revulsion," 
 
 1 1 this particular, a.s in every other, tin; views of those who addressed you in favour of aiinex- 
 at n have been fully confirmed. 
 
 Is there any briglii I- hope fioiu another nuarler .' Our opponents maintain thai present 
 causes of compj.iiiil «..iild Ie r .iioved by the attainm.'iit of lecipiocal free trade wiih the 
 United Slates. It is |ierhaps i,, .soon lo allirm a- a positive fact that this advantage caiiiio: iie 
 obtained; but it is quite c|t;ar i' ,it lliose who lately vaunted must loudly the benelils to accrue 
 from it, now despair .seem , it. They i.ive already begun to di'pieciate it as somelliin:; of 
 very inferior utility. 
 
 For the social and political di^.idvantages uiidm- which wo labour no adeipiate remedy other 
 than that which we advocate, has ever been pio|io.-cd. The nio-i able ISnli^h wriler- — liiosu 
 best acquainted with the coloin , acknowledge, and at the ^allle lime d.'plore ihem as insepa- 
 rable from the colonial condition, inid inevit.ihle while that coiidilion continues. 
 
 Our coiinlry is of no account in the congie-s of nations; as indivulnals we are juactirally 
 excluded from the honours of the empire, while men, who hue no ]iermanent interest in our 
 welfare, acquire riches, and obtain lionoiirs on onr soil. We have no common objects of 
 national jiride and solicitude; b,.t as citizens of ihu United .'States, we should attain a naiionalily 
 worthy of our highest aspirations. 
 
 These sontinienls have been so w.dl expressed in a late work, "The Colonics of I']nglaiid," 
 by .1. A. lloebiick, Esq., M.P,, that we here transcribe hi* hinguagc : — 
 
 " The career that lies between two men, one of whom has been born and lives upon the 
 
 D -2 
 
 CANADA. 
 
20 I'AI'KHS nfath'c to the IJEMOVAL of thr SJLVT .;/ GOVERNMENT. 
 
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 II 
 
 < ANADA. 
 
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 t 1 
 
 1i 
 
 oft I, 
 
 !liiTn >hori- ..fill.' Si. Lawrpncp. ami iIk-oiIut on the norlhol'tli.it river, i* a'trikinjjrxainpli' 
 Till- one i< a cilUfii ol" the I'liilnl Stales, llic other a tiihiicl iil 
 
 servalimi tieie n)a(le 
 
 I'jitll.iiiil, a Caiiadi.in '•iilonivt. The one l.as a eoimlry "Imh he can call liH own: a (jreat 
 
 rouiilrv .ilreadv cll-lin^ui«lii«l in arni-;. in arl- 
 
 in -oini' ileijree in liti-raUire. 
 
 !liin'Mjr an 
 
 liH|iiralii)Us. iiiijiin^ 
 
 Ik 
 
 \nieri<Mn ha-, a -h.ire, and he enters niion liii career ( 
 
 In I 
 .f hfe 
 
 liseoniilrv s 
 
 VMih 
 
 lofty 
 
 to ai hieve fame for liini»«lf in snnie of the many |)alhs to renown nhich his 
 
 irv alTuriK. She has a senate 
 
 rill 
 
 les ; lii-r riH'ii of ~rienei 
 and rireivini; distiiK lion 
 
 her 
 !{ 
 
 arinv, a navy, a bar, many jiowerful and Healthy 
 
 
 )hU()Supher«, a 
 
 re all a national brollior! 
 
 hoo«l, 
 
 iluni' to Uii' 
 
 /(/.« inylnriou- c.ireer 
 
 h.i< to lin;;iT out his life nliknown 
 
 jioor colonist is the contrast to this, which 
 illords! //(• lias no country — the [)la(e where he was horn, and where ho 
 
 to fa 
 
 hisu 
 
 What I her.' is of nole is llnyland's Canada is iiul a nation; sln' is 
 
 (last ijlory. no jnesint renown. 
 
 ellile of a rniyhlv slar in wIiom- hrifjhlness she is 
 
 the 
 
 no lileiatnri', no hrodiei 
 
 lost. ( 
 
 vlony- 
 
 ■a iniv sphere, 
 
 anada lias 1,0 na\ v. no a 
 
 IuxhI of si'ielic 
 
 rmy, 
 
 It', llien, a Canadian looks for honour in anv of these 
 
 (icids. he niiisl see 
 
 kit 
 
 Knijlishman ; he mn>l forget and desert his counlrv Lefoi 
 
 ro 
 
 • can he k 
 
 II .dl t!« 
 
 ■tl 
 
 11m 
 
 n to fame." 
 
 ihslaiitial areiimenis in favour of annexation remain unchanged, or have been 
 
 slren:;tlicneil liy laji^e o 
 
 ;.f ti 
 
 iiiie, \on will ceilainlv m 
 
 I be 
 
 niincaieil as 
 
 eterred iVom j)iirsinni» the course 
 
 ~iial)le, bv the arbitrary coniniands of those who assume lo be your in.isters. 
 Those who addii-sM(l yon -vere known lo be beyond sns|iieion of seekin;j jiersonal eniolnment 
 from the |iiiblic funds. They employed no forci' but thai of reason — lliey repudiated every 
 means but that, most lawful — the assent of every coiistiluted authority in the State. Tliey 
 desired lo fortify, and where necessary, lo create a public opinion in favour of their views, wliicli 
 
 d b. 
 
 mamlisteil, not on j)aper merely, liul in 
 
 that aulliorilalive way which the consti- 
 
 tution has conti'inplaled, in ;;ivin;j lo the peojile the right of electing' their le;;islutors. They 
 
 tl 
 
 ;)bti 
 
 ;>11 tl 
 
 whii 
 
 ■dit 111 
 
 lerelore ilid not <ii(lea\our to olilain all tlie names WMicil niij,'lil nave Uccn procured lo the 
 documeni they put forth. They were salislied, when they had enrolled sufficient adheriMits 
 without solicitation, lo show that they were not a few dehuled men, acting without warrant of 
 wide-spread public thoughl. How have they been replied to.' Their opjioncnls have sent 
 aginis ihrouirh iln- most jiopulou:* counlies immediately adjoining the city iine.xpccledly 
 favoured by the removal of llie seat of (loveninienl. As well tliere, as in this city, they h.ive 
 employed against us evoiy influenco derived from official patronage, and yet how trilling lias 
 been I heir success ! 
 
 In the absence of argumeiif, persecution has been resorted to by an Executive, affecting to 
 oHc ils existence to the [lopular will, against such as dared assert the right, not of British sub- 
 jects merely, but of inleileclual beings, — tlie right of thought and of free discussion. 
 
 Fellow-colonists, will you submit to luiTO your free political action suppressed by such 
 means.' .Are your servant.s to dicliilu to you the subjects which may engage your alleiilion, 
 and prohibit all others under pain of their interference and censure ? \Ve trust not. We feel 
 assured that you will be the more inclined to support those who have boon opposed, by means 
 which we will not characterise otherwise than as oppressive. Wc now call on such of you as 
 are favourable to our views, to exert yourselves in order that the great object before us may be 
 si:ecdily attained. All agree in believing that annexation is inevitable; a mere question of 
 time. It is our conviction that there can be no settled policy — no established public credit — 
 no cossalion of political slrifi; — no prosjHjrity — until we roach the state to which we are destined. 
 Let us then unite to secure it as early as possible. 
 
 John Redpath, 
 
 President. 
 
 R. Mack AY, 
 A. H. DoKioN, 
 Montreal, 15th December, 1849. Secretaries. 
 
 * * • The Annexation .'Vssociation of Montreal begs to thank such portions of the Press 
 as have Iciu hem assistance for the able aid they have afforded. The Association, while it 
 recognizes no exposition of its views, except those which shall be signed by its officers, feels a 
 deep debt of gratitude to those who have generously stood up for truth and the people, against 
 the obkquy which have been cast on loth. 
 
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 and to the ANNEXATION MOVEMKNT. 
 
 31 
 
 Despatches from the Right Hon. Earl Grey, 
 Secretary of State. 
 
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'2> PAl'KHS rrlrtdr. A. fh. KKMOVAL y the SEAT of CJOVKI^NMKNT, 
 
 CANADA 
 
 No. I. 
 
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 (\o. ;vji.) No. 1. 
 
 Cniv of a I)i:.S PATCH from Karl (iHK.v to tlic Right Hon. the Karl of 
 
 Ki.i.is AM) Kim audim;. 
 
 Mv I,(iKi), DowiiiiiK-stnTt, .Inly 11, 1H19. 
 
 I iiAvr. tlic lioiKuir to ackiiowlcilu'c tlic ncoi])! of your Lonlsliip's 
 I)cs|i;it( li <>r the 1 1th .hmc,* fraiisiiiittiii:; tlic iu|)y of a letter from tlie Mayor 
 of the City of Kiiiu'stoii, aceoiiijiaiiied liy the eojiy of a jietitiiHi to Her Majesty 
 from the ("ity Coiiiuil, praying tliat the seat of (iovcrnmeiit in Canada may l)e 
 restored to that ])lai'e. 
 
 In eoniplianee witli tlie request pnferred by thi- Mayor in the h'ttor 
 addre-'sed to your Serretary, I liave granted that genth'man an interview, hut 
 in my opinion tlie question wliieh hiis brought him to this eountry can best be 
 decided by the hical (ioverimicnt. 
 
 I have, &c., 
 (Signed) GKEV. 
 
 The Uiglit Hon. the Karl of Kl^,. . and Kincardine, 
 iic. &c. &c. 
 
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 No- 2- (No. 392.) No. 2. 
 
 Copy of a DESPATCH "from Earl 'Gnrv to the Right Hon. the Earl of 
 
 Elgin ami Kincardixk. 
 
 Mv Lnim, Downing-street, July 11, 1849. 
 
 I have tlie honour to acknowledge tlic receipt of your Despatches, 
 •Pane.'. \o. .')."),* of the 2'.)th of May, trtinsmitting an address from thcL egislative 
 Assembly, together with your reply on tlu' subject of the removal of the seat 
 t l'a(.'f 1 of (jiovernmeiit from Montreal, and No. G8,f of the 14th June, enclosing a 
 cojiy of a resolution of tlu; Legislative Council on the project of holding alter- 
 nate Parliaments at Quebec and Torento. 
 
 I have, S:c., 
 (Signed) GREY. 
 
 The Right Hon. the Karl of Elgin and Kincarduie, 
 &c. &c. ' itc. 
 
 Ko.3. (No 417.) No. 3. 
 
 Coi'v of a DESPATCH from Earl Gui;v to the Right Hon. the Earl of 
 
 Elgin and Ki.\eAnniNi:. 
 
 Mv LoiSD, Downing-strcet, September 14, 1849. 
 
 I HAVE had the honour to receive your Lordship's Despatch of the 
 
 •Page:,. ootii of August, No. 90,* transmitting the copy of a letter addressed to the 
 
 Provincial Secretary of Canada by the police magistrates of Montreal, re- 
 
 jiorting the occurri'nce of disturbances on the occasion of the arrest of certain 
 
 persons charged with having destroyed the Parliament House in April last. 
 
 I have received with great regret, the intelligence of these fresh inter- 
 ruptions of the public peace in Montreal, and I cannot withhold the expression 
 of my o])inioii, that the existence of such a sjiirit of insubordination in that 
 city would appear to rendi'r it a very unfit ]ilace for the seat ol the Provincial 
 Government, and I'or the meeting of the Legislature. 
 
 I have, &c., 
 (Signed) GREY. 
 
 The Riiiht Hon. the Karl of Elgin and Kincardine, 
 &c. &c. ' &c. 
 
 11 
 
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 aiut to tL' ANXKXATION MOVL.MI^NT. uJ 
 
 (No. 4.3,3.) No. 4. 
 
 Copt of a DESPATCH from J'-arl f.'iiKV to Ww Ri-ht lion. \hv V.axX of 
 
 Kl.Gl.V ANU KlNLAHHlNE. 
 
 My Loi-h, l)o\viiii'f^-stn"('t, NovtinlHT Itl, l-^J'J. 
 
 TiiK I'ortusucse .Minister a» this (.'oiirt navini,' n'ninslcd llrr .Majtslv's 
 GoviTiitucnt t<) j;nint tlic ii(i(>--ary «\;(iuatur to fnatijc Mr. .1. (i.M.n kt iizie 
 to he l'ortuj.;iiesc' Consul at Montrral, to rnter ui>on tlu; ihitiisoC his oflicf, 
 I have to <lc'sire that you will inl'orni nic whitlirr you uro aware ot ai;y ohjtr- 
 tion to thfronfirniation of this ^'t'ntliuiau'h aiiiiuintiafnt. 
 
 I havi', iS:c'., 
 (Sipu-d) (iKKV. 
 
 The Right Hon. the Karl of r.I'.;in ami Kincardiiio, 
 &c. &c. *cc. 
 
 (No. 142.) 
 Coi'Y of a 
 
 Mv Lnnn, 
 
 No. .'■). 
 
 DESPATCH from Earl (im v to tlic 
 Ei.(iiN .\M) Kim .MiDiM'. 
 
 Kiu'ht lion, tlic I'.arl of 
 
 I)i>\\ iiini^'-strc't, January 1. IS.'iO. 
 
 I havi: had the honour to nrcivc yt)ur L(n\lship's Dcppatih and its 
 Enclosure of tlie l^th Noveinher, No. ll.'{,* rqiortiiiL; that you hail ri'solvcd, 
 on the advici' of your Council, ami after full and anxious dclilii'ratidn. to act 
 on tho ri'oommcndation of the House of Asseiiihly on the sniijcct ol' the placi" 
 at whi.'h till- future sessions of the l*rovincial Parliament should lie held, and 
 summon the next Parliament to meet at Toronto. 
 
 As ,'he Asscmhly in their Address, of which you transmitted me a copy on 
 the 21)th of last May, ])rop()sed this arranj^enient, I ]iavi> only to express my 
 hope liiat it may prove succe^-sful, and my apjjrohation of your Lordship's 
 determination to act upon the o[iiuion expressed to you hy the repri'sentatives 
 of the people of Canada. 
 
 1 have, &c., 
 (Signed) GUEV 
 The Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, 
 &c &c. &c. 
 
 (No. 448.) No. 0. 
 
 Copv of a DESPATCH from Earl (Jiun- to the Right Hon. the Earl of 
 
 Eluin .vnu Ki.ncauuim:. 
 
 Mv Loud, Downing-street, January 0, 1 !*.')0. 
 
 I HAvi: to acknowledge your Despatches of the dates and nuinliers 
 quoted in the margin. 
 
 2. I Iiave laid these Despatches before Her Majesty, and also tin; Addresses 
 of tlie Warden and Councillors of the Municipal Council of tlie district of 
 Gore; of the Lieut.-Colonel and Odicers of .Militia of the 1st and ol the 8lh 
 Battalions of tlie Regiment of Dorchester; of the OIHcers of the 1th I)att,ili()n 
 of the Regiment of Kamonraska, and the Inlialtitants of the ])arish of St. .\nne 
 de la Pocatiere; and of tlie Odicers of Militia and Lieut. -Colonel coniniinding 
 Dattalions of the Regiment of Quebec; enclosed in the two first of these 
 Despatches, which Her Majesty has been pleased to receive very graciously. 
 It has aiforded Her .Majesty great satisfaction to receive th.'se exi)r(ssions of 
 that loyalty and attachiiient to the British Crown which she trusts is generally 
 felt by Her Canadian sulijects. 
 
 ."3. With regard to the .\ddress to the people of Canada in favour of severing 
 the i)roviiice from the British dominions for the juirpose of annexing it to the 
 United States, whicli forms the subject of the .'5rd of these Despatches, I have 
 to inform you that Her Majesty approves of your having dismissed iVom Her 
 service those who have signed a docunieiit which is scarcely short of treasonable 
 
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 No. j. 
 
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 N,i. 6. 
 
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 117, n.r. 
 
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 2i PAPKUS n'latire to RKMOVAL of t/o: SEAT ^/CiOVERNMENT. rjv 
 
 CANADA in its cliaractcr. Her Maji-sty confidi'iitly relics on the loyalty of the groat 
 
 inajoritv ol Utr Canadian siiljtcfs. and she is. tluTclon', determined to exert 
 
 all till- iiiifliorify whicli Ix-longs lo Il.r, for the piirpos*- of maintaining the 
 connexion of Canada with this country, heing i)erMiadcd that the permanence 
 of that coinii'xioM is highly advantageous to i)oth. 
 
 ■1. Vonr Lordshij) will, therefore, understand that you are commanded hy 
 Fler Majesty to resist, to the utmost of your power, any attemj)! which may 
 he made to hring about the sejiarafion of Canada from the British dominions, 
 ami to mark in the stronijest manner Hit Majesty's ilispleasure with all those 
 who may directly or indirectly encourage such a design. 
 
 f). Aiiil if any attempt of this kind siu)uld takf such a form, that those who 
 are guilty of if may, .iccordiiig to such advice as you may n-ceivc from your 
 law advisers, he made re:i)onsil)ie for their conduct in a court of justice, you 
 will not fail to take the necessary measures for bringing them to account. 
 
 I have, &t., 
 (Signed) GREY. 
 
 The Ri^ht Hon. the Earl of Elgin and Kv.car(ime, 
 '&c. &c. &c. 
 
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 No. :. (No. ins.) No. ;. 
 
 Coi'v of a DESPATCH from Earl Cuky to tlu> Right Hon. the Earl of 
 
 ELniN Axn KiN('Ani)iNK. 
 
 IVIv Loud, Downing-street, Fel)ruary 18, 185U. 
 
 I HAVE the honour to acknowl(>dge the receipt of your Lordshii)'s 
 Pas-'t ij. Despatch, No. 138,* of the 28th of December last, and to acquaint you, in 
 answer, that I have ajjprised Viscount Palmerston tint I regard the conduct of 
 Mr. J. G. Mackenzie, in liaving affixed his name tc the document advocating 
 the annexation of Canada to the United States of America as a disqualification 
 for the olRce of Consul which the ]*ortuguesc Government proposed to confer 
 upon him. 
 
 I have, Sec, 
 (Signed) GREY. 
 
 The Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
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 I.o:<u'j> :— I'rmti'il 1; Wii i.iiM Ciu'.vr? an'l Sons, S'jmfur". Street, 
 I'orHi'r MiijOstj's Statii...erj Office.