The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-02 00:00:00

AFFAIRS OF CANADA.

CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE AF-
FAIRS OF CANADA, 1841.
COPY OF A DESPATCH FROM THE RIGHT HON. LORD
SYDENTIAM TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL.

Government-house, Montreal, 27th Sept., 1840.
Mr Lonn—l have the honour to inform you that I re-
turned to this city on Thursday last, the 24th inst.
I ,shall transmit to your Lordship by the next mail,
copies of the various addresses which I have received
during; my tour, and of my replies. In the meantime it
affords me the most sincere satisfaction to be enabled to
say that, through the very extensive district of country,
which 1 have visited, comprising nearly the whole of the
province of Upper Canada, the best possible spirit
prevails
From the province line to Amherstburg and Sand-
wich,
from Lake Erie to Penetanguishine, I have every-
where found a determination to forget past differences
and to unite in an endeavour to obtain, under an Act
of Union, those practical measures for the improve-
ment of the country which have been too long neglected
in the struggle fur party and personal objects. At To-
ronto, even, where party spirit reigns with more vio-
lence than in any other part, the general feeling of the
province at last prevailed over the opinions of the ex-
tremes and I met there with a most cordial reception
from all parties, and I had the. opportunity, of which I
was glad to avail myself, of doing much to soften down
the asperities which had existed.
Amongst the British inhabitants of this part of Lower
Canada, I am tao happy to say that the same good
feeling. reigns, and the same confidence in the principles
upon which I have conducted my government, and in
the exertions I have made to introduce improvement.
The citizens of Montreal had prepared a public entry
for my return, which I have reason to know would have
been most numerously attended, but this I was com-
pelled from illness to decline,
• Of many of the French Canadians lam sorry to say
that the reports which reach me are not so favourable;
great efforts are made by some few of the leaders of the
old Papineau party to mislead the people, and they are
seconded in the most mischievous' manner by Mr. Neil-
son of Quebec. But, although they may be successful in
imposing on the credulity and ignorance of the habitans
so far as to obtain the return to the United Legislature
of a small party of violent men opposed to British con-
nexion, I am satisfied that they will not again induce the
peasantry to support any. attempts at disturbance.
I should do injustice to my own feelings if I were not
to state to your Lordship the impression which has been
left on my mind by the inspection which I have made of
the Upper Province. It is really impossible to say too
much of the advantages which nature has bestowed upon
it, especially- that part of the country which lies between
the three lakes—Ontario, Erie, and _Huron. If these great
advantages be properly used, I foresee that in the course
of a very few years that province must become one of
the most valuable possessions of the British empire. Its
population may be trebled, and its products increasad in
an immense ratio; whilst, if properly governed, its inha-
bitants will, I am satisfied, become the most loyal, intel-
ligent, and industrious subjects which her Majesty can
number.-1. have, &c. SYDENHAM.
The Right Hon. Lord J. Russell, &c.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO LORD SYDENIIAM.
COPY OF A DESPATCH FROM LORD JOHN RUSSELL TO
THE RIGHT HON. LORD SYDENHAM.

Downing-street, July 6, 1841.
Mr Lonn—Her Majesty's Government have received
with much regret the account which your recent com •
munications to me convey of your severe bodily indispo-
sition, and I have received the Queen's commands to ac-
quaint you that her Majesty has been graciously pleased
to sanction your return to this country on a leave of ab-
sence for six months, as soon after your receipt of this
despatch as the exigencies of the public service in
Canada may admit. I have, &c.,
J. RUSSELL.