North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-11-11

with silence and contempt.
or twenty one bills sen, BY The House
to the Legislative Couneil Tor lis coaeur-
renee. nine found premature grave in
tina. body. Among these arc Included the
bills for promoting elementary cducstion in
the Province and also another one for the
same object for The district Of Quebec. IL
was now the turn of that iniquitous body
to mutilsie that phiIanthropic measure. IL
also rejected the bill to ascertain the popu-
lalion Of the Colony and one to aid and
assist the esnsitaifes Of the Seigniory of
Lasale who had been, BY The graspine
and avaticious disposition Of the govern
ment, pronounced by partial court to be-
long TO the Township OF Sherringtou,
whilst these men had b7na fde located
themselves en- these lands as belonging 10
the seigniory Of Iasalle, the seignior OF
which had grated them titles. But the
government had prosecuted these farmers
and Judgment had been obtained against
them so that they were now forced, unless
relief could be offered 10 them, 10 quit
their farms which were cleared and 10 an
advanced state of culture. The House
had passed bill n indemnify the owners
Of ,heTownship Of Sheuing,on for so much
of the land as was occupied by these FAR
mers, but the Legislative Council, deter
mined TO ruin these innocent victims Of
official eupidity, rejected the bill.
Lord Dalhouse, persuaded that the
House Of Assembly could not be brought
to vote permanent civil list, prorogued
the session on the 18th February, when in
his closing speech he Iavshed the highest
encomiums on the loyalty and good dspcs-
itions Of the Legislative Council whilst
the House came in for due share Of the
blame. The Governor boosted, that al
though The lower branch of the LegisIa-
ture had separated without voting the ne
cessary supplies for the support OF the
local administration, the government would
We, be conducted as usual, as he would as
sumo The whole responsibility. This speech
sounded SIessantly enough in The ears Of
the officials, ms they drew therefrom the
correc, inference that Lord DaIhousie had
decided 10 pay them without the consent
If Tire nopular hraprh
Before entering into tbs discussion Of
the project Of re-uni,ing the two Provinces
of Upper and Lower Canada, we must in
form our readers that the Lieutenant Gov
ernor Of Lower Canada, the Honorable
Francis Nathaniel Burton arrived on the
18th Of June, at Quebec BY the way Of
New York. We mention the arrival Of
this distinguished and beloved individual,
because If all the Governors had adopted
his views on the local government, the
Province would have been spared its
innumerable grievances, and peace and
quetness have been its lot. During the
time he held the reins OF the administra-
ton, he discharged his duties faithfully and
consttutionally & discovered the secret Of
bringing the Legislative Council (the easy
and plant tool OF the Executive govern
ment) to It's righ, senses.
The attention OF the reader is now CAL
led to the internal project Of uniting the
Two Provinces into one, and thereby as they
believed, TO give death blow TO that spiri,
Of independence and appreciation Of con-
sti,uiionaI rights which had made lis APP
pearance in so conspicuous manner among
the people Of the Lower Province. The
Legislative Council had been very busy in
contriving grounds Of dispute between
the two Provinces about the qusntum OF
ths revenue collected at the port of Que
bee, a certain portion Of which was due
every year TO the Upper Province. The
Legislature OF this latter Colony had on
the slh of January, 1922, passed resolu-
,ions by which they asked the Imperial
Parliament TO interfere in their differences
with the Legislature Of their sister pro-
vince in order 10 settle this vexed subject.
A copy of their resolves was presented
1 hv the I.ec;slature Of the Upper Province