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     UPPER CANADA. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Legislature of Upper Canada met on the 
     
     31st ult. The following is the Speech of his 
     
     Excellency Sir John Colborne on the occasion. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Hon. Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and 
     
     Gentlemen of the [inure of flsumbly. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' The continued Emigration unprecedented as 
     
     regards the industry and capital transferred 
     
     to this country from the parent state, is by its 
     
     beneficial influence, forcing the Province ra- 
     
     pidly forward, and opening to you the fairest 
     
     prospects. Your deliberations, therefore, can. 
     
     not but render this Sessiod of peculiar impor- 
     
     tance to the general interest: of the Colony. 
     
    

    
     You will learn with satisfaction,that the po- 
     
     pulation hasincreased not less than a fourth 
     
     since the re ports forwarded for your informa 
     
     tion last session; that the Emigrants, with few 
     
     exceptions. are fully occupied in the districts 
     
     in which they are established; and that the ex- 
     
     tensive agricultural improvements, and actual 
     
     cultivation, promises support and employment 
     
     for Our countrymen whom the current ofevents 
     
     may induCe to fix their abode in this part of 
     
     the Empire. 
     
    

    
     In directing your attention to these favo‘ 
     
     rsble results, you will find that under existing 
     
     circumstances no subject is more closely con- 
     
     nected with the immediate prosperity of the 
     
     colony or requires an immediate consideration. 
     
     than the anticipated progressive increase in 
     
     the number of Emigrants, that will from this 
     
     season annually flow into the Canadas. 
     
    

    
     The Rideau Canal has been completed by 
     
     the exertions and perseverance of the Officer 
     
     who had charge ofthat great national work. 
     
     The chief advantages of this navigation. can. 
     
     not be attained while the unfinished works on 
     
     the River Ottawa obstrnct the passage into 
     
     the St. Lawrence; but with reference to the 
     
     degree of improvetnent._which the colony 
     
     has reached, and the interest of the parent 
     
     State, it must be obvious to you who are ac- 
     
     quainted with the districts intersected by the 
     
     Rideau and adjoining Lakes, and with the ave- 
     
     nues to eternal commerce recently opened: 
     
     that the expenditure incurred in thus accele- 
     
     rating the developement of your resources, 
     
     will produce in every respect a profitable re- 
     
     turn. 
     
    

    
     The arbitrators appointed to aijnst the claims 
     
     on the part of Upper Canada, to a proportion 
     
     efthe duties levied at Quebec. have not agreed 
     
     on any satisfatory arrangements, a third arbi- 
     
     trator will be nominated by the King, in con- 
     
     {ormity to the British Act passed in the third 
     
     year of his late Majesty’s reign. 
     
    

    
     l on happy to be enabled to inform you the 
     
     disease which, by the dispensation of Divine 
     
     Providence, has so widely prevailed, has nearly 
     
     disappeared in every district of the province 
     
     Al the time when the disease first extended 
     
     itsravages to the Eastern districts. the Ex- 
     
     'Qontive Government adopted such active 
     
     heel-res as the exigency demanded, and i leel 
     
     ,eonfident that you will approve of the responsi- 
     
     ‘ my assumed, and the arrangements made at 
     
     list distressing period for the preservation of 
     
     the pubic health. 
     
    

    
     I I have ordered detailed accounts to be 
     
     tun-mitth to yomot‘ the sums placed by n-y 
     
     auction, at the disposal of the magistra-es 
     
     ' Quilt. urgent occasion to which I have allu 
     
     “you will, I have no doubt. provide for the 
     
     repayment of the amount advanced. 
     
    

    
     His Majesty has acceded to a request of the 
     
    

    
     abuse “Assembly in respect to the appropri- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     ation of the sum arising from the sale of Lands 
     
     formerly set apart for Grammer Schools, and 
     
     not alienated by the authority of his Majesty’s 
     
     Government; the accounts of thefioard under 
     
     whose controul the School Reserves have been 
     
     hitherto placed will be delivered over to the 
     
     King’s Receiver General at the close of the 
     
     year—tn this instance ofthe consideration ot' 
     
     the king in complying with the prayer of the 
     
     address of the House of Assembly, you will 
     
     perceive the solicitude of His Majesty to pro- 
     
     mote the wishes of the Province. 
     
    

    
     It will be for you to decide upon the prac- 
     
     tical mode of applying to the intended object. 
     
     the srhool funds; and whether it tnay not be 
     
     more desirable to appoint a commission to car- 
     
     ry into effect the measures of the Legislature 
     
     in regard to the distribution ofthe proceeds of 
     
     these lands. than to dispose of them by annual 
     
     vote. Whatever ecurse yon may deem it eXpedi- 
     
     entto pursue, it will be gratifying to me to con- 
     
     Clll' in such enactment as may appear best cal- 
     
     culated to secure the interests of the people. 
     
    
   
   
    
     From the .fllbitm, November 10, 
     
    

    
     We have copied the speech of Sir John Col. 
     
     borne on opening the present session of the 
     
     Legislature of Upper Canada, and have tnore 
     
     than usual pleasure in doing so from the tran— 
     
     quil and prosperous state ofwhich that highly 
     
     favored volony has at length arrived. The 
     
     people in that part of his Majesty’s dominions 
     
     now begin to reap the full benefit of the en- 
     
     lightened system of Government which now 
     
     happily exerts its mild sway over them, and of 
     
     that state ofinternal peace which th- absence 
     
     of demagogues, and the destruction of party 
     
     spirit. has ensured. The Governor with un- 
     
     tiringindustry and devotion, is ever alive to 
     
     the true interests of the country. and we be- 
     
     lieve that th. man is not to be foun'l. who de- 
     
     flies the ttpinscendent services, and the infi- 
     
     nite benefits which that province has derived 
     
     tom his excellent administration. Long may 
     
     he remain to perpetuate these blessings. 
     
    

    
     The population has increased by emigration, 
     
     and by its own multiplication to the enormous 
     
     extent of twenty-five percent since last year; 
     
     and every expectation is in favor ofau equally 
     
     rapid increase in the year to come. As a proof 
     
     ofthe respectability of the emigrants. let us 
     
     state one fact, namely, that during the present 
     
     summer, three hundred thousand sovereigns 
     
     have been deposited in the Bank ofUpper Cana- 
     
     la! What may not be expectet from such an 
     
     influx of population and capital? 
     
    

    
     Prosperity, almost equal in extent wuuld at- 
     
     tend the province of Lower Canada, but from 
     
     the benighted spirit which there prevails among 
     
     a party of politicians, who are unhappin able 
     
     to paralyse all the effects of the mother coun- 
     
     try, and all the good intentions of the local gu~ 
     
     verninent. The impediments thrown in the 
     
     way ofemigration anl other disabilities which 
     
     to wet Canada, from her local position and po. 
     
     litical system, throws in the way of the Upper 
     
     Province,hzive induced the peipleot' the lat- 
     
     ter colony to seek for the acquisition of Moo. 
     
     trea‘, in order that thev may enjoy a port of 
     
     theirown, nnshacklcd by the ohstancy and an. 
     
     tiquated dogmas of the French Canadian 
     
     8-:h0nl. Montreal herselfis even desirous ot 
     
     the. change. Gaspe, another large. district in 
     
     lnwcr Canada, which has by a Course ufthe 
     
     most illegal. unjust and tyrannical Nntlucl 
     
     ever witnessed in a civilized country. living 
     
     deprived ufher representative in Parliament 
     
     by the House of Assemth of that province. 
     
     seeks to se varate herself from h-r uuvtat -ral pa- 
     
     rent, and to unite herself to N wv-lirunswick. 
     
     Will the arty to which we allu is for ever re- 
     
     main dea to the voice of reason? Will they 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
         
     
         
     
       
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
         
     
         
     
         
     
        
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
          
     
         
     
       
     
         
     
       
     
         
     
         
     
           
     
        
     
         
     
       
     
        
     
         
     
        
     
         
     
       
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
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     not see the folly oftheir course, now that the“ 
     
     country is in a state of oismemberment? Sm 
     
     ly the time has arrived when they should a“. 
     
     ken from their trance, and open their eye. to 
     
     the broad day light at knowledge that sur- 
     
     rounds them. 
     
    

    
     Crown Land System in Canada.—Cw,'. 
     
     ous Facts. There are, we believe, ac. 
     
     cording to the map of the Province of 
     
     Upper Canada, about 350 Townships with. 
     
     in its limits containing generally about tit- 
     
     ty-six thousand acres each. Now we win 
     
     deduct 3,000 acres from each townshipr 
     
     waste lands, such as marshes, waters, he. 
     
     which will leave 63,000 acres in each 
     
     township ; again we will deduct two-se. 
     
     venths for crown and clergy reserves, 
     
     which will leave 49,000 acres to be given 
     
     out to settlers : again we will deduct other 
     
     two-sevenths for free grants, such as U E 
     
     Loyalists, Ste. which will leave 35,0001. 
     
     cres in each township on which fees hm 
     
     been, or are to be paid ; but, on second 
     
     thoughts, we will deduct five thousand 
     
     from each tOWnship f0. gentlemen’s grant; 
     
     of from 500 to 12,000 each as an exemp- 
     
     tion from fees, leaving ::0,00.) acres in 
     
     each township. Now allowing each lotto 
     
     be charged fees, to the amount of is 
     
     acre which is, we think, nearly a fair av- 
     
     erage, and we have £225,000, or, upwar 
     
     of two millions of dollars, which have been 
     
     or are still to be. received, and for whic' 
     
     our hoaorable land council have hitherto 
     
     refused to render any account either to tht 
     
     House of Assembly, or, we believe, to 
     
     any body else. A pretty sntn indeed, thit 
     
     for pocket money to our Gentry oft 
     
     Council. who, by the bye, have ample 
     
     laries for their services besides: and, 
     
     which may be added, about “2,000 ac 
     
     of land each, and perhaps 100'.) acres 
     
     each clerk in the different offices, wh 
     
     take good care to pick the pockets of ti 
     
     Locatees ol'afew shillings at each pla 
     
     where an applicant has to call, as perqu' 
     
     sites ofotfice, to enable youngdandies 
     
     play billiards and act the coxcomb; 
     
     this, together with now and then at 
     
     grant to an honorable ('ouncillor’s favori 
     
     .idy, forms a pretty fair picture of 
     
     pure system of To ' m under which 
     
     live. No wonder the oificials anti the' 
     
     hirelings have no grievances to complai 
     
     of. We really think the above estiina’ 
     
     is rather below than above the true es 
     
     mate. Probably the real amount is nea 
     
     three millions oftlullars than two.”—U. 
     
    

    
     ST. ViNCt-iNT.—-A dissolution of th 
     
     House of Assembly took place on the [5 
     
     ult. “so that,” says the proclamation,“ 
     
     householders and electors of the sen 
     
     parishes of the island shall have an oppol 
     
     tunity of exercising their elective t_ra 
     
     chise.” 0n the day previous to the dis 
     
     lution, His E‘cellencv the Governor, 
     
     George Fitzgerald Hill, sent down to  
     
     House of Assembly two hills—thed’O 
     
     and the Tonnage Duty Bills--“ With 
     
    
   
   
    
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