The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-18 00:00:00

CANADA.

(From the Upper Canada Gazette Extra, Feb. 10.)
This day, at two o'clock, his Excellency the Governor-
pr oceeded in state to the Chamber of the Honourable
!!ie Legislative Council, where, being arrived and seated on
wula Throne, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod wi,s sent
e 411 a message from his Excellency to the House of Assembly,
t,(jernanding their attendance. The Members present being
the up accordingly, his Excellency was pleased to prorogue
e Session of the Legislature with the following
SPEECH.
Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen

of the House of Assembly;
" In relieving you from further attendance in Parliament, I
d~ sire to express my deep sense of the zeal and assiduity which
I're distinovished your discharge of your duties during this,
"haps, the most eventful Session of the Upper Canada Le-
ti slature, and I am anxious to offer you my own acknowledg-
ei outs for the ready attention which you have given to the
n'usideration of the important business which it was my duty
bring before you.
4' Your willing acquiescence in the proposed re-union of this
tivince with Lower Canada, upon the terms, and according to
e principles, suggested by me, has afforded me the most lively
tisfaction ; and I look forward with confidence to the com-
pletion of that measure, under the direction of our gracious
`frovereign and of the Imperial Parliament, as the means by
blls.2ieb the peace, happiness, and good government of the inha-
‘tauts of the Canadas will be permanently secured.
Byre the Bill which you have pa,sed for the disposal of the
odorad erves, you have, so far as your constitutional powers
,011.11 t, set at rest a question which for years past has convulsed
co elerY in this province. In framing that measure you have
nsulted alike the best interest.% of religion and the future
`
‘.Pe ace and welfare of the people for whose service you are called
._lll on to legislate ; and I rely on your efforts provin successful,
stwithstanding any attempt which may be made to renew ex-
• aernent, or to raise opposition to your deliberate and recorded
Judgment.

. The are and attention which you have bestowed on these
me
subjects, and the calmness and dignity which have
.4:1! Iked your deliberations on them, cannot fail to give addi-
it* nal weight to your d, cisions before that tribunal to which
4,eY are now necessarily referred.
-n,;` I have given my assent, with great satisfaction, to different
,
which you have passed ; and 1 shall transmit, without de-
"tell others as, from their nature, it is my duty to reserve,
I.s order that her Majesty's pie: sure may be signified thereupon.
b " Amongst the latter is a bill for the payment of Losses
I the Rebellion or Invasion.' To this bill 1 should have been
ready to assent, but as I observe that the House of Assembly
have addressed her Majesty, praying that the losses may be
Betrayed by the imperial treasury, I have considered it to be
more for the interest of the parties concerned that the bill
should be reserved, in order that the address may be considered
by her Majesty's Government, before she provincial funds are
finally charged with this payment. •
" Gentlemen of the House of Assembly,—
" I thank-you for the readiness with which you have voted
ue supplies for the public service.
„ ".The decision to which you came respecting the future set-
tlement of the civil list. under the proposod union, rendered it
impossible for me to submit to you any renewed proposal for the
I,3ender,of,the,revenues of the Crown, in exchange for a pro-
ilsion for the expense of the Civil Government of this pro-
; but in transmitting your resolutions to he:- Majesty's
u vernment, I have not tailed to draw their attention to this
subjeet..
s• I lament that the circumstances in which this province is
placed, have necessarily prevented you from adopting measures
by which its financial difficulties could be permanently removed;
but this can only be effected when the obvious and easy means,
of augmenting the revenue, through the Custom duties, with
little comparative inconvenience to the people, shall be placed
within your control. In the mean time it will be any anxious
desire to use the powers with which you have entrusted the
Executive Government, to relieve, as far as possible, the most
pressing demands upon the public faith ; and I shall devote my-
self to the consideration and recommendation of measures by
Which the credit of the province may be sustained, and its fu-
ture prospects improved.
" Hon. Gentlemen and Gentlemen,
" On your return to your different districts, I earnestly hope
that it will be your endeavour to promote the spirit of harmony
and conciliation which has so much distinguished your pro-
ceedings here. Let past differences be forgotten—let imitat-
ing Suspicions be removed. I rejoice to find that already tran-
quillity and hopeful confidence in the future prevail throughout
the province. Let it be your task to cherish and promote these
feelings; it will be mine cordially to co-operate with you ; and
by administering the government, in obedience to the commands
l!f the Queen, with justice and impartiality to all, to promote
her anxious wish that her Canadian subjects, loyal to their
Sovereign, and attached to British institutions, may, through
Ene blessing of Divine Providence, become a happy, an united,
and prosperous people."