The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-18 00:00:00

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In the month of Muc► last the Governor St
Quebec prorogued She Parliament of Canada, in a
Speech that will he read with 'to seiall degree of
surprise by aim who are not familiar with the
Constitution and Usages of this important colons.
Weed we shoeld ourselves have bees. at a lass
to comprehend the nature and habits of this Par-
livnent, but for thc curious information on that
pi:lied contained in Mr. GRA v's Letters from Ca.
.ntula, that were published In the course of last
week, from which we hate made some Estracts
'that may tend to illustrate the general nature of
the proceedings of this Assembly, to which the
Guvernor has found himself under the necessity of
.peaking so rery

• (*scrutinises or the Lefislative Council, Rod
• tlenitensen of the low of Assemaly,
• The inlyancesi state of the 'tattoo, yseer private reeves&
epee, and the happy change which has takes) place hi the re-
I atone between his 'Majesty's Goverusoisit and that of the
United Stiles, from which we mar reasonably look far
perni aware of Jae public tranquillity, togetmer with other
cat-vain/ewe-, have induced use In psi an end to this Scwion:
:tied upon a full enewlderation of t'ie events bi which it has
been marked. I feel it to be II duty which I owe to his Ma-
_fray and to else Province, to recur. as -prettily as circum-
stances will permit, to the sen-e of his subjects, by tal;iiiA a
sew Parliament.
• fleatleineri of the Ilona. of I aembly.
44 When 1 met you at the c witermtint of the present
Session. I had no reason In doubt a our moderation or year
prndence. and I therefore willingly relied upon both. Under
the guidance of these principles, I e petted from von a manly
sacrifice of all personal autmositie,. and individual disratis-
factitia, a watchful solicitudi• for the concerns of your coun-
try, • :ad a steady perseverance in the executing of your pub-
lic duty, with teal and dispatch. I looked for earnest en-
deavour, to promote general harmony of tar Province and a
careful abstinence from whateser might have a tendency to
disturb it; tor doe, and therefore ittdispensible attention to
the other bra whet of the Legislature, and for prompt and
Cieerfld CO•41114.1'3.1011 and :I-finance in whatever might con-
direr to the happist 114 and welfare of the CM my. Ail this 1
had a right to expect, because such *as your constitutional
duty ; because, sack a condort would bare been a testi"
aralaway. as it was the only one songlit for by his Majesty s
Govern.iwut, of that los ally nod alrectine, whiiti you hate SO
warily professe and o hick I believe you to possess. amid
because it was particularly called for by the critical nootunc-
awe of the ti.no, anti especially by theprerarious situation
whit* we tit s stuoel, with rospei t to the American Slates.
I an sorry to add, that 1 bsve been disappointed is all these
expectation., aid in esery on which I !shed.

Yon have oared iu fruitless dehateN elicited by private
Sad permaal autiousities, orb, frivnloas contests, upon trivial
Iliaticri of Gum, that tare ana those talent*, to which, within
your walls, the public Wise an etelasive tsar • this abase of
furfoneture ?out base preferred to the high Ind important
dote s ninth yw .we to your Sovereign and to your Coouti-
&WM. and you have. thereby. been forced to neglect the
cousideratiun of matters of moment and necessity, wbkb
*err heray 11, while yin have at the same time virtually
prevemed the introduction of arch other-. as may have beets
Li esstemplation. If auy further proof of this misuse of
year time were urreßsary. 1 have just presorted it, in haying
bees walled on, after a session of the weeks, to ezerr4se hit
ilaim there
etuji uic h a
ati rheot se‘esee the
mere m
ntt n swtly llsens.a
of
w number
wf Hrral
Act., I. winch 31/11 stood pledged. and which required en
dreturasti.

•• Si ousels of intemperate belt Itai been manifested in all
r:„l""irediers ;Ind vita have shew such a proved and
esectfal inotteutina to matters -ututlitted to veer euvivicle-
-
Lagoa toy the other branches iif the I .r4Riatare. dial whatever
aw,clit be the usioleratian assJ forneara.ice exercised on their
pens, a Fru, good otvitistiuninig is scarcely to be looked
ler without a ore Assembly.
" II shallow particularly advert to ether ids, which ap-
pear to be unromtitutional infriagensents of the rich $ or ;he
abject. repogittut to toe very letter n! Vint statute of the b*.
tal Partiameitt, tinder which yow held jiver seats, and to
have beets :winced by procendints, which amount to a dere-
Selina of the first piliscipkm of natural justice ; and I .4411
&Waits from an} (wither enumeration of the cau•Li. by which
bare bees isaue.4 to adopt the determittatiou which I
have take*, herawie. the pail of yam. /viaduct 40 which 1
have already referred, IS obvion4y and is a high degree de-
itneut:4l to the beg interests of iw% carom:, suck :o my duty
to the Crown forbids me to einonienatica, and as compel.. me
Si hate recommit to a dissolution, as Our POIY CuibtilUtUNlMl
means by w h irk its recurrence may be prevetard.

"•Csentlemers of the I.egi.lative Council, and
" (lettermen of the House of Assenthly,
• I shall give use weeessaty orders for calling, th 7 new Pro-
vincial Pariimaent, as sows as citiivraireve will permit, and
hosing no other object, and confident that no other a ill he
attributed to ow, bat to preserve the true principles of the
free and hnpp cusestitatiou of the Primitive, and to ruaploy
the power sti.rusied to we by his Majesty, to the nely es fur
which I have received i 4,1114 good of his subjects, 1 base an
entire cuaLkace in the tiering), to rhos', I 'WI recur, trust-
ingthat, by the risotto of proper ripresaa.ttives, farther Ws-
chiefs way be obviated, and the vaporise' nacres*, of the
.colony, considered in the neat *emus, vita less interruptive
and happier eget t„

" I willmst conceal from you that it has been very mach
with the view to obi iate mi.remesentation, it possible, and
t m enable Ute people to jadgmoeirtbe grounds a Inch have Stern
afforded tee for the conduct/ have adopted, that I havees-
sesed bite any detail apanthis subjett Woe it" bees Pais'
tal to me in toe extreme. &ad 1 turn front it with Teedise re-
tisfactiee to offer to you, Gentlemen of the Legi‘lative COMM.
cil. the asthma a lettmeitts that are tine to you (ordeal SUS..
aimity, seal, and uorrinitting attessaioe, which yes have
shrive in veer proem-4161p. It rests not with you that es
little has hedienronsplisherl foe the public .To a ren-
siderable psalm of the novae of As. y my thanks are
equally dui. A trust they will believe. that f de them the
joqice of a proper dist-Animation, is the scone It ',WWII of
their effects to avert that conduct, of which L havens mach
reason to complain. By the, Grodeinetie. yes have truly
manife-ted yawl afeenoit to his lilajett)'s Government, sad
your Mit eglinatioa of the real sad Tenement interests of the
provinces."

Theo the Honourable Speaker of the Legislative Council
said.
" Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and
" Gertlemen of the Huesca Amenably,

S. It is his Lieelkary the Governar•ionelders will that
Hus Provinrial Poslianiest be prorogued ward WeJonday,
the alit of Jane sect, and this Provincial Postmann is
prorogued until the 41a /ay of Jane nest, accordingly."

• It was observed dud at this part his Escelleney turned
towards, and addressed himself particularly to Judge IN.
Boone, Meows. Blackwood, De Salalserr), Denichaeu, soul
one or two other of those gentlemen who acted sad voted
wash them, sad who were wading together.

FROM GRAY'S LETTERS FROM CANADA.
(PUSLISUED DT LONGMAN AND up.)

" There Is serest deal of usitipprebeeisiun !A Britain rela-
tire to this country : it is untisr.fill) concluded that io a
British Colon), sorb as Canada, those who `omen, and who
give the law to it, would be L'agladueen. This, honever, le
by au wedges the awe ; for, thongh the Governor mad tome of
a
the Covin are English, the Freon. ('radians are Ibe majo-
rity in the House of A•atmshly, and no law can sass if they
chaos to prevent it. The Engl Ws (supposing the Governor to
exert all the I Murace he peosesses) cannot carry ono simk
yettstion.

" You will naturally inutile, Woo, that in a British Cobpay
the Baagti.h Lanviage would be aver in the /linos 4of Awn-
b.?, rat& (Juicer, and Courts of Jo>tito—S a sash thing—the
I. moth langsve el anincrselly wad, and the Record is kept
11l Errata sag Engli.s t"
This is precisely the reverse of what took place
in this kiugdoin after the Norman conquest, the
language of the conquerors beiiig the only one
used in our Courts of Ll*, for Inzmy centuries
after that *sent the disuse of Norman
}tench may be said to be surly recent, Many of
the terms of our Common Law are yet French—
and iu that language the Royal assent er dissent
in Parliament was iuTiriabl)