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CANADA PAPERS.

The following is-Lord Gosford's proclamation to the Canadas,
to which is subjoined a copy of the commission under which his
Lordship acts. • •

The following proclamation by. his Excellency the Right
Hon. the Earl of Gosford, appeared in an Extraordinary of the
Quebec .Gazette by authority, issued this day, together with the
commission appointing the royal commissioners :
Province of ? GOS FOR D,
Lower Canada. By His Excellency
The Right Hon. Archibald Earl of Gosford, Baron Worling-
ham of Beccles, in the County of Suffolk, Captain-Ger.eral
and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Provinces of
Upper and Lower Canada, Vice Admiral of the same, and
one of his Majesty's most Hon. Privy Council, &c. &c. &c.
A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, his Majesty by his letters patent, under his great
seal of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bear-
ing date at Westminster, the First day of July, in the sixth
year of his reign, bath been graciously pleased to constitute and
appoint me Captain General and Governor-in-chief in and
over the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada respectively,
with all and every the powers and authorities in the said letters
patent contained, and which belongs to the said office. I have,
therefore, with the advice of his Majesty's executive council for
the said -province of Lower Canada, thought tit to issue this
proclamation, to make known, and hereby to make known his
Majesty's said appointment :—I do also hereby and with the
flame advice require and command that all and singular his
Majesty's officers and ministers in the said province of Lower
Canada, do continue in the due execution of their several and
respective offices,: places, Ind employments; and that his Ma-
jesty's loving subjects, and all others whom it may concern do
take notice hereof and govern themselves accordingly.
Given under my hand and seal at arms, at the Castle of
Saint Lewis, in the city of Quebec, the Twenty-fourth
day of August,in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-five, and in the sixth year of his Ma-
jesty's reign.
By his Excellency's command,
D. DALY,
Secretary of the Province.
OFFICE OF TIIR SECP.ETARY OF THE PROVINCE,
Quebec, 24th August, 1835.
His Majesty has been, pleased to appoint the Eight Hon. the
Earl of Gosftird, the Right Hon. Sir Charles Howard Grey,
and Sir George Gipps, to be commissioners for the inveitiga- •
tion of all grievances affecting his subjects in the province of
Lower Canada, in what relates to the government of the said
province, by the following commission :
William the Fourth, by the grace. of God of the united king-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, King Defender orthe
Faith,—to our right trusty and, right. well-beloved cousin '
and councillor Archibald Earl Of Gosford, Our trusty and
well-beloved Sir Charles. Grey, Knight, and. Sir George
Gipps, Knight, greeting:— •
Whereas divers addresses have. been preferred to us, by the
house of general assembly of Lower Canada in North America,
and divers petitions have been presented to us by sundry of our
faithful subjects inhabiting our said province, in which ad-
dresses
and petitions have been represented to us certain
grievances of which the said house of general asseuib!y and our
subieck aforesaid have by their said addresses and petitions
sought redress. And we being minded, as far as in us lies, to
afford the redress of every grievance by which any of our faith-
Ail subjects inhabiting the sAid prtivince may be affected, and
having therefore specially resolved to appoint fit persons to pro-
ceed on our behalf to our said province, there to. investigate all
complaints respecting the administration of the public afroirs
thereof, have for that .purpose -male ehoicte Of yon,"the. said
Archibald Far) ~f,g,.4sford, Sir Charles Edward Gri.!•,,, s.nd sir
George Gipps. Now now ye;-that we, relyinv on the approved
discretion of you, the said Archibald Earl of Gosford, 'Sir
Charles Edward Grey, and Sir George Gipps, have, of our es • •
pecial grace, certain knowledge, and berg motion thought fit to
constitute and appoint, and do hereby constitute and.appoint
you the said Archibald Earl of Cosford, Sir Charles Edward
t'sirey,and Sir George Gipps, to be our commissioners for the iu-•
vestigation of all grievances affecting our subjects in our
province of Lower Canada, in what relates to the administra-
tion of the government of the said province. And we do autho-
rize and require yon for that purpose to proceed with all con-
venient dispatch to the said province of Lower Canada, and there
by all lawful ways and means to enter upon *full and impartial
inquiry into all complaints, which shall to yon be preferred re-
specting the administration of the government 'thereof. And
in the execution of this our commission on our will is and we do
hereby require, that you do in all things conform to such in-
structions as shall be addressed to you by us in our privy coun-
cil, or through one of our principal secretaries of state. And
whereas, for the better execution of the powers so vested in
you as aforesaid, we have by other letters patent under the great
seal of our united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bear-
ing even date with these presents, constituted and appointed you
the said Archibald Earl of Gosford, to be our Captain General
and Governor-in-Chief in and over our said province of Lower
Canada. Now we do strictly charge and command all our offi-
cers, civil and military, and all our faithful subjects and all
others inhabiting the said province, that in their several places
and according to their respective powers and opportunities they
be aiding to sou the said Archibald Earl of Gosford, in the ex-
ecution of this our commission and our said other commission
so addressed to you as aforesaid.
In witness Whereof, we have caused these our letters to be
made patent. Witness ourself, in Westminster, this first day
of July, in the sixth year of our reign.
By writ of Privy Seal.