The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-19 00:00:00

UNION OF THE CANADAS.
[From The Montreal Herald, January 11, 1623.]
The friends of the Union of the Legislatures of
Upperand Lower Canada, will learn with satisfaction the debar.
.
Ore for London, last Wednesday; of JAMES STUA4I, Esq,
entrusted with the. Petitions from this City and County, from
the Eastern Townships, and from 'various parts of both Pro-
vinces, in favour of that measure, 'and appointed to act as the
special agent of the Petitioners.
The following are the Petitions which the Montreal Com-
mittee of the Friends of the Union of the Provinces delivered
o Mr. Stuart :
1.. A Petition to his Majesty.
2. A Petition to the House of Lords.
5. A Petition to the House of Commons.
From the City and County of Montreal, Lower Canada.
4. A Petition to his Majesty.
5. A Petition to the House of Lords.
6. A Petition to the Holm: of Commons.
From the Eastern Townships and other•places in L. C.
7. A, Petition to his Majesty.
A Petition to the House of hinds.
9. A Petition to the. House of Commons.
From the Inhabitants of the District of Three Rivets, L.C.
10. A Petition to the House of Lords.
11. A Petition to the House of Commons.
From the Inhabitants of the Seignories of Terrel3onne, Mile
Isles, Argentenil and. Township of Clutthern,
12. A Petition to the House of Lonls. ' " . •
.13. A Petition to the House of Commons.
From the Township of Grenville,. LOwer Canada.
14. A Petition to the House Of Loids.
15. A Petition to the House of Commons.
From the Inhabitants of' the County of Olengary, Up. Can.
16. A Petition to the. House of bards.
17. A Petition to the (louse of Commons.
• Prom the County of Stormont, Upper Canada.
18. A Petition to his Majesty.
19. A Petition to the House of Lords.
20. A Petition to the House of Commons.
I;'roin the Inhabitants of the Townships funning the Eastern
portion of the County of Carleton, Upper Canada.,
21. A Petition to his Majesty.
22. A Petition to the House of Lords.
23. A Petition to the House of Commons.
From the Township of March, Upper Canada.
24. A Petition to the House of Lords.
25. A Petition to the House of Commons.
From the County of Carleton, Upper Canada.
26. A Petition of the House of Lords.
' 27. A Petition to the House of Commons.
From the Diltriet of the Ottawa, Upper Canada.
28. A Petition to the House of Lords.
29. A Petition to the House of Commons.
From the County of Grenville, Upper Canada.
30. A Petition to the House of Commons.
horn the inhabitants of the County of Hastings, Upper
Canada.
The Petition 'of his ,Majesty's Borough of William Henry
has only come forward in tune to be transmitted by this day's
mail, and, will probably reach Mr. Stuart on or before the 10th
inst., the expected day of that Gentleman's departure from
New York in the packet ship Columbia, for Liverpool.
On the present occasion, the friends of the Union in this
City may be permitted to reflect with pleasure upon the ready
and strenuous support obtained for the measure in different
parts of these Provinces, as evinced by ten thousand genuine
signatures of educated men, influenced solely by feelings of
true loyalty and respect for their King, and by patriotic Intel-
ligence with respect to the permanent interest of their country.
They have likewise good reason to congratulate themselves up.
on their choice of an Agent, whose great legal knowledge, ex-
perience in provincial polities, and other qualifications rendered
his acceptance of the appointment highly desirable. The ene.
mies of the measure, in selecting their Agents, seem the slaves
of habit, and appear to give way to the claims of certain leaders,
in office ; but the friends of the Union have exhibited, in their
judicious choice, a signal instance of public spirit and respect
for talent, without suffering feelings of private friendship or
habits of party attachment to interfere in the important
decision.
Without abating their vigilance, or neglecting the use of all
honourable means to promote their cause, the, friends of the
Union ought nevertheless to cherish the well faunded expecta-
tion, that the British Government will again urge forward that
necessary measure, when they ascertain the extensive support
obtained in this country from the educated and well informed
part of the population, and when they find the various corro.
borative facts and illustrations of the case, produced by the
Agent,.coinciding in every important. particular with that mass
of previous information which has been gradually accumulating
on the subject in the Colonial Office, since the year 1791. •
When all this extensive information shall be combined and
subMitted to the consideration of the Imperial Parliament
next spring, like seed sown into pod ground, it will surely
Produce to us the Union of the Cinades, and consequently an
' abundant harvest of internal strength, tranquility and improve-
ment, and more immediately reward with feelings of inward
satisfaction, arising front conscious rectitude, of purpose, all
those who have been or shall be instrumental in bringing about
the salutary change.
To conclude, the friends of the Union on this side of the
water, by diffusing good information, have already proceeded
so far in promoting the enactment and in securing the tranquil
execution of the measure, that they may soon be permitted like
the pitios husbandman, in the language-of the Poet,• to , ex.
claim—
Be gracious Heaven, for now laborious man
bias 4oat his part.
Montreal, 10th January, 1023.

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