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London, England, 1841-09-02 00:00:00

RESIGNATION OF LORD SYDENHAM.

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

Kingston, July 21,1841.
MY LORD—As it is probable that the sittings of the
Legislature will be protracted to the end of this month,
and the state of my health, as your Lordship is already
aware, renders it of great importance to me, that I
should be able to quit this country early in the autumn,
I think it right, without actually waiting for the
termination of the session itself, to enable her Ma-
jesty's Government to take the necessary steps for
the future conduct of of here by formally requesting
your Lordship to place at the foot of the Throne my re-
signation of the office with which the Queen has honoured
me, and my humble prayer, in order to meet the possible
contingency of the arrival of my successor being delayed
beyond the period to which I have referred, that I may
receive her Majesty's gracious permission (if it should
not already have been accorded to me) temporarily to
devolve the government upon the officer next in com-
mand.

The task which, by her Majesty's commands, I un-
dertook two years ago is entirely completed, and I have
the satisfaction of feeling assured that the great objects
of my mission are answered. The union •of the two
Canadasis fully perfected, and the measures incidental
to that great change have•been successfully carried into
effect. Etfective departments for every branch of the
public service in this province have been constituted, and
the future harmonious working of the constitution is, I
have every reason to believe, secured.
I have likewise the gratification of learning, that in
another of the provinces of British North America com-
prised within my government the endeavours which I
made whilst I temporarily assumed the direction of af-
fairs there, confirmed as they have been by your Lord-
ship's directions, which have been so ably carried out
by Lord Falkland, have been completely successful in
restoring harmony there, and in producing the practical
results.

I can, therefore, with perfect confidence in the future
working of the great change which it has been my good
fortune to assist in bringing into operation, surrender
into other hands the powers with which I was honoured
through the gracious confidence of my Sovereign, al-
though, from the deep and heartfelt interest with which
I take in the welfare of these magnificent possessions of
the Queen, I shall do so with feelings of deep regret.—l
have, &e. S VDENHAM.
_

The Right Hon. Lord J. Russell, &c.

THE QUEEN'S ACCEPTANCE OF LORD
SYDENHAM'S RESIGNATION.
COPY OF A DESPATCH FROM LORD J. RUSSELL TO THE
RIGHT HON. LORD SYDENHAM.
Downing-street, Aug. 18, 1841.
MY LORD—I have received and laid before the Queen
your Lordship's despatch of the 21st July, tendering to
her Majesty your resignation of the office of Governor-
General of the British Provinces in North America ;
and I avail myself of the opportunity of this day's mail
to inform your Lordship that the Queen has been pleased
to accept your resignation. Her Majesty has further
commanded me to express to your Lordship her inten-
tion of conferring on you the Order of the Grand Cross
of the Bath, as a proof of her Majesty's gracious appro-
bation of your services.
I have, &c., J. RUSSELL.
The Right Hon. Lord Sydenham, &c.

PROGRESS OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERN-

MENT.

C)Pli OF A DESPATCH FROM TIIE RIGHT HON. LORD
SYDENUAM TO LORD J. RUSSELL.

Government-house, Kingston, August 4, 1841.
MY LORD—I had the honour to receive, via New
York, by the Gnat Western, your Lordship's despatch
(No. 397) conveying to me leave of absence from my
post for six months, in consequence of the serious in-
disposition under which. I have suffered, and I lose no
time in requesting your Lordship to be good enough to
lay at the foot of the throne my. humble acknowledg-
ments to the Queen for this mark of her Majesty's con-
sideration.

It will be my anxious endeavour that the interests of
her Majesty's service should not suffer through this, or
through the resignation of my office, which I had the
honour to transmit to your Lordship last mail.
I shall not avail myself of the Queen's gracious per-
mission to absent myself until I have entirely com-
pleted the work which d have in hand, by bringing the
present session of Parliament to a close, and by taking
all the steps incident to the measures which will have
then probably received their cmpletion ; and with
regard to some of these even, namely, the financial
arrangements to be made for the province, in accord-
ance with my instructions, my presence in England may,
I hope, not be altogether without value.
I expect to be able to complete ails by the middle or
end of September, when I shall proceed home ; but of
this I shall be able to judge more exactly in the course
of a short time, and I shall then apply to the officer
commanding the naval station at Halifax to furnish me,
if he conveniently can, with a vessel which may convey
myself and my suite to England, of which I trust your
Lordship will approve.
I have, in the meantime, great satisfaction in statinc,
that the anticipations which I expressed in my confi-
dential despatch of the 25th of June last have been fully
realised.

The proceeding; of the House of Assembly were at
first retarded- by the necessity of' making arrangements
and laying down new rules and regulations for the con-
duct of business, and by the proceedings in the matter of
election petitions, in which the laws of the two pro•
winces were different, and great confusion and embar-
rassment naturally' arose ; but this delay was rather pro-
ductive of advantage than otherwise, as the Members
from different parts of the province had thereby the op-
portunity of becoming better acquainted with each
other's views and opinions, and the difficulties inherent
to the union of the representation of two countries hi-
therto so distinct and separate gradually wore off.
But latterly the Legislature has been able to devote
itself to the practical business of the country, and, I am
happy to say, has made great progress, and with great
advantage.
Many measures of public utility have been gone
through, and amongst them three measures of great im-
portance, introduced by the Government, have already
passed the House of Assembly, and are before the other
House—a Bill for the establishment of a Board of Works,
conferring the most extensive powers upon that depart-
ment, and thus enabling us to proceed safely and se-
curely in whatever may be undertaken on the public ac-
count or with public aid ; another for the establishment.
of district courts of justice ; and a third for the naturali-
zation of aliens, a subject of the deepest interest to many
of the inhabitants of the province. A Bill for the esta-
blishment of district Vouncils in Upper Canada, similar
to the ordinance which I passed in the Lower Province.
is in Committee, and will, I have little doubt, be shortly
passed ; and the other measures are all, more
,or less, in
a state of great forwardness.
I have, 4.e., SI:DENHAM.
The Right Ho. Lrdl: Russell, &c.