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London, England, 1835-11-24 00:00:00

tion on every question of this nature which may be brought
under their notice ; and especially, that no measure having
for its object the institution in the province of any colleges
or schools for the advancement of Christian knowledge or
sound learning shall hereafter be unnecessarily deferred.
" Connected with this subject is the lapse of time which,
it is stated, has on various occasions, occurred in conveying
to the Legislature his Majesty's answers, to their addresses.
It is very possible that delays which all would regret, may
have taken place ; in some instances, perhaps, occasioned
or prolonged by circumstances which no activity or zeal in
his Majesty's service could have obviated ; but his Majesty
takes so deep, and if I may use the expression, so personal,
an interest in the affairs of this country, that his Ministers
have received the most unqualified commands to lay before
his Majesty, immediately on its arrival in England, every
communication which either branch of the Legislature may

address to the Throne, and to see that his Majesty's answer
be conveyed to .the province with the utmost possible des-

patch.
" There have been several complaints of other matter::,
such as of the undue preference of the English to the French

language ; of improperly calling on the Judges for extra-
judicial opinions on matters which might subsequently come
before them for decision ; of an interference in the elections

of the Representatives of the people ; and of other matters
on which I should scarcely have thought it necessary to
make any specific observations, because I can assure you
generally and without reservation, that any course of govern-
ment liable to such imputations, would be marked by the
displeasure of his Majesty, and because I rely upon your
giving me so much of your confidence as not to suppose be-
forehand that I should subject myself in these respects to any

just reproach.
" With respect, however, to any undue partiality to the
English language, it may not he superfluous to apprise you
more explicitly that his Majesty disapproves and is desirous
to discourage and prevent the adoption of any practice
which would deprive either class of his subjects of the use,
in their official acts, of that tongue with which early habits

and education may have rendered them most familiar ,
and that if you should deem it requisite to pass a law for
securing bath the English and French inhabitants of this
province against any disadvantage arising from an undue
preference to either language I should be prepared will-
ingly to assent to the measure.
" It has been represented as another grievance that ex-
orbitant fees have been charged in some of the public
offices. I have not yet been sufficiently long in the pro-
vince to have obtained accurate information on this sub-
ject ; but I-am willing to concur with you in a revision of
the fees of every office in the province, and in the appoint-
ment, should you think it expedient, of a commission of in-

quiry for that purpose.
" His Majesty has no wish on the subject but that the
remuneration of all public officers, from the highest to the
lowest, should be so regulated as to provide for the efficient
discharge of the public service, an object which cannot
effectually be secured without a fair remuneration to the
persons employed by the public.
" I will readily co-operate, if it be desired, with a Com-
mittee of both Houses, or of either House, in an inquiry
not only into certain rules of practice made by the Courts
Of Law, which itrhas been stated in addresses to the Throne
have exceeded the just authority of the Judges, but also into
all the practice and proceedings of the superior tribunals,
with a view to rendering them more prompt and methodical,
and less expensive. I apprehend, however, that after such
an inquiry it might not be in the power of the Governor
alone to apply any effectual remedy ; and that I should re-
quire the concurrence of both branches of the Provincial
Legislature in passing an Act for the purpose.
" The Clergy reserves are among the most extensive of
tl:e subjects adverted to in the complaints from the pro-
vince. The whole question, with the draft of a bill for the
adjustment of the claims of all parties, has been already
submitted to the decision of the Legislature, but was lost,
apparently, by some misapprehension of the intention of his
Majesty's Government. As the best means of removing
this misapprehension I shall cause to be communicated,
without delay, copies of the Earl of Ripon's despatches on
the subject ; and I invite you to resume the consideration
of the proposals which they contain.
" Gentlemen of the House of Assembly,
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To both branches of the Legislature I am authorised
to offer my warrants for the payment of their contingent ex-
penses.
" I have received the commands of our Most Gracious
Sovereign to acquaint you that his Majesty is disposed to
place under the controul of the Representatives of the peo-
ple all public monies payable to 'his Majesty, or to his Offi-
cers, in the province, whether arising from taxes or from
any other Canadian source ; but that this cession cannot be
made except on conditions which must be maturely weighed,
and that to arrange such conditions for your consideration
is one of the principal objects of the Commission with
which it has pleased his Majesty to charge myself and my
colleagues.
" Our inquiries into this subject shall be pursued with un-
ceasing diligence, and the result shall be submitted with all
practicable speed to his Majesty's Government ; and I hope
in a session, to be holden in the ensuing year, I shall be able
to lay before you proposals for a satisfactory and conclusive
arrangement.
I have desired that the accounts which are necessary
to show the financial state of the province, with an estimate
for the current year, should be submitted to you as soon as
possible, and every explanation respecting them which it
may be in my power to afford shall be furnished without re-
serve. These accounts show the large arrears that arc now
due for salaries to public officers, and for the other ordinary
expenditure of the Government ; and I earnestly request
of you to pass such votes as may effect the liquidation of
these arrears, and provide for the maintenance of the public
servants, pending the inquiry by the Commissioners to which
I have alluded.
" Should you place the Government in this position, I
am authorised to engage that no part of the surplus pro-
' coeds of the Crown revenues which may accrue beyond the
charm'es to which they are at present permanently liable,
shall, in the interval of the Commissioners' inquiry, be ap-
plied to any purposes whatever unless with your assent.
" As connected with the subject of arrears, I am further
commanded to ask of you the repayment, to the military
chest, of the sum advanced under the sanction of his Ma-
jesty's Government to meet the pressing exigencies of the
public service. This advance was exclusively made from
British funds, for the purpose of avoiding any undue in-
terference with the revenues falling under the control of the
Assembly, and with a strong persuasion that it would not

prejudice the satisfactory adjustment of any of the ques-
tions at issue between his Majesty's Government and the
House of Assembly. However the measure may have
been subsequently understood, such were the feelings with
which it was adopted. It is obvious that this application
does not call on you to grant the smallest amount more
than would have been required if there had been no ad-
vance. His Majesty, therefore, hopes than an issue made
in reliance on the just and liberal feelings of the House of
Assembly, and designed for no other purpose than to pre-
vent a highly inconvenient interruption of the general busi-
ness of the province, will be cheerfully repaid.
" In the absence of any legal provision for the purpose,
I took on myself the responsibility of continuing the qua-
rantine establishment at Grosse Isle, on the same footing
as I found it, relying on your liberality to make good an
expenditure thus incurred solely fiir the public advantage.
I am happy to state that the establishment was closed at an
earlier period than usual, in ennsequence of there having,
been for several weeks previously no sick of any description
in the hospital. I avail myself of this opportunity to sug-
gest to you the expediency of indemnifying the proprietor
of the island for its past occupation in the public service,
and of enabling the Government to obtain possession of it,
should -the continuance there of a quarantine station be
deemed advisable.
" I have to announce that the suit instituted by the
Crown against the late Receiver-General for repayment of
the debt due to the province, has been brought to a termi-
nation which makes the estate of the defendant applicable
to the satisfaction of the demands of the province. I may
also announce to you that the party against whom the judg-
ment has been given, has come to the determination to re-
linquish his seat in the Legislature of the province, and to
abstain from the exercise of all rights and privileges at-
tached to it.
" Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, Gentlemen of
the House of Assembly,
" In requeSting your attention to such useful statutes as
may have recently expired, I beg to recommend to your
more immediate notice one, the expiration of which has af-
fected the strict reciprocity requisite to be maintained in
our commercial intercourse with the United States. I al-
lude to the Act passed in the fourth year of the reign of his
present Majesty, intitled An Act to continue for a limited
time, and to amend certain Acts therein mentioned, rela-
ting 'to the collection of the revenue at the several inland
ports of the province' I would also recommend to your
consideration the whole questions of prisons and prison dis-
cipline, and the expediency of adopting sonic more effectual
methods than at present exist for repressing crime, which, I
regret to say, appears to be on the increase in the province.
" Of the Commission of which I have spoken to you, it
will be the first and most urgent duty to prepare with deli-
beration and the utmost care, and yet without delay, the
beads of a Bill for giving np to the appropriation of the
House of Assembly the net proceeds of the hereditary re-
venue, and to prepare it in such a form that it may be ac-
ceptable to the various authorities whose sanction it may
require, or under whose cognizance it may come. In what
form precisely this important concession may be finally
made, it would now be out of place to discuss ; but it will
be necessary that two points should be secured—first, that
the management of the sources of that revenue of which
the proceeds are to be appropriated by the House of As-
. serribly should be reserved to Officers of the Crown, whose