office of Deputy Adjutant General of Militia; and Certificate of Province of Canada. the Return of Mr. Méthot for Quebec. Certificate Office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, Montreal, 16th June, 1848. To W. B. Lindsay, Esquire, of Province of Canada. the Return of Mr. Blake for the East Riding of York. dated the eleventh day of July instant, which is To W. B. Lindsay, Esquire, Province of Canada. C. C. C. Office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, This is to certify, that in virtue of a Writ of To W. B. Lindsay, Esquire, C. C. C. Province of Canada. Office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, Montreal, 10th July, 1848. C. C. C. Office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, This is to certify, that in virtue of a Writ of This is to certify, that in virtue of a Writ of FELIX FORTIER, C. C. C. To W. B. Lindsay, Esquire, Certificate of Province of Canada. the Return of Mr. Drummond for Shefford. Office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, Montreal, 28th July, 1848. This is to certify, that in virtue of a Writ of Election, dated the nineteenth day of June last past, issued by His Excellency the Governor General, and directed to the Returning Officer of the County of Shefford, (Horace Lyman, Esquire,) for the election of one Member to represent the said County in the present Parliament, in the room of Lewis T. Drummond, Esquire, who, since his election for the said County, had vacated his seat, by his acceptance of the office of Her Majesty's Solicitor General for that part of the Province heretofore constituting the Province of Lower Canada, Lewis T. Drummond, Esquire, has been returned as duly elected accord The Honorable Louis H. LaFontaine, Member for Members take the City of Montreal; the Honorable Robert Bald- their seats. win, Member for the North Riding of the County of York; the Honorable James H. Price, Member for the South Riding of the County of York; George E. Cartier, Esquire, Member for the County of Verchères; the Honorable Louis M. Viger, Member for the County of Terrebonne; the Honorable Malcolm Cameron, Member for the County of Kent; Antoine Polette, Esquire, Member for the Town of Three Rivers; the Honorable Francis Hincks, Member for the County of Oxford; François Xavier Méthot, Esquire, Member for the City of Quebec; William Hume Blake, Esquire, Member for the East Riding of the County of York; Lewis T. Drummond, Esquire, Member for the County of Shefford; and the Honorable William Hamilton Merritt, Member for the County of Lincoln, having previously taken the Oath, according to law, and subscribed before the Commissioners the Roll containing the same, took Mr. Speaker persons appointed to be Justices of the Peace in this Province. He accordingly presented the said Bill to the House, and the same was received and read for the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. Mr. Speaker reported, That when the House did attend His Excellency the Governor General, this day, in the Legislative Council Chamber, His Excellency was pleased to make a Speech to both Houses of the Provincial Parliament, of which Mr. Speaker said he had, to prevent mistakes, obtained a copy, which he read to the House, as followeth :Honorable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly, I have much satisfaction in informing you, that uninterrupted tranquillity has prevailed in the Province during the Recess. The proofs which the people of Canada have furnished during this period of general excitement and disquietude, of their love of order, and of the attachment they bear to their institutions, will tend, I trust, to establish the credit of the Province on a firmer basis, and to promote its prosperity. I am authorized to state for your information, that it is Her Majesty's purpose to exercise the prerogative of Mercy in favour of all persons who are still liable to penal consequences for political offences, arising out of the unfortunate occurrences of 1837 and 1838; and I have the Queen's commands to invite you to concur with me in passing an Act to give full effect to Her Majesty's most gracious intentions. It affords me much pleasure to state, that in compliance with the desire of the local Legislature expressed in a joint Address of the two Houses of the Provincial Parliament, the Imperial Parliament has passed an Act repealing the Clause in the Union Act which imposed restrictions on the use of the French Language. I have been in communication, during the Recess, with Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, and with the Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, on the subject of the Provincial Post Office, and I am enabled to inform you, that on the meeting of the Imperial Parliament steps will be taken for conferring on the Provincial Authorities the entire control and management of this Department. I trust that when the necessary arrangements for effecting this object shall have been completed, it may be found practicable to establish a low and uniform Rate of Postage for the British North American Provinces. I am disposed to believe that an increase in the Representation would be attended with considerable advantage to the public interests; and I recommend this subject, which is one of no ordinary importance, to your best consideration. It gives me much gratification to state, that the opposition manifested at one time in certain parts of Lower Canada, to the School Act, has in a great measure subsided. I am of opinion, nevertheless, that this Act may, with advantage, be amended in some of its details, and I feel confident that you will readily consent to make such alterations in it as shall render it as little as possible onerous to the Rate-payer, without, however, compromising the important principle which it has consecrated, in securing for all the youth of this section of the Province, the blessing of Education. Among the subjects which will probably engage your attention, are the system of Judicature in both sections of the Province-the Laws for the regulation of Municipalities, and the Constitution of the University of King's College. between Quebec and Halifax, with the view of dis- I shall direct the Public Accounts, with the Estimates for the year, to be laid before you. I rely on your readiness to grant the Supplies which are necessary for the Public Service. Honorable Gentlemen, and Gentlemen, I have observed, with much concern, that Canada has participated largely in the Commercial depression by which the past year has been so unfavorably characterized. I have not failed to impress on Her Majesty's Ministers the urgent necessity which exists for the removal of such provisions from the Imperial Statute Book, as may tend to restrict the Commerce of the Province, by checking the resort of foreign Shipping to its Ports in search of freight; and I have much satisfaction in stating that my representations on this head have been cordially responded to by the Queen's Government. Among the measures which seem to merit the attention of the Provincial Parliament at the present time, as being calculated to raise the credit of the Province, to extend its trade, and to contribute to the developement of its resources, I recommend to your consideration the following as specially important. The provision of such funds as may be required for the completion of the St. Lawrence Canals, at the earliest period. These great works may, it is believed, be so far perfected at a small additional expense as to permit vessels drawing nine feet on the outwards, and eight feet on the inwards voyage, to pass from Lake Erie to the Ocean, soon after the opening of the navigation. When this object shall be accomplished, Canada will possess an Inland Navigation unparalleled in capacity and length, and connecting the marts of a Commerce to the growth of which it is impossible to assign limits. The enactment of a Law authorizing the alienation of works of a purely local character which have been executed at the cost of the Province, and giving the Government such powers as may be necessary for the re-organization of the Provincial Debt, and creation of an efficient Sinking Fund. This Debt has been contracted not in the prosecution of costly wars, whether of defence or aggression, but in the construction of works of utility, the more important of which can hardly fail, when completed, to prove remunerative. The existence of a large revenue derived from Customs, places the creditor of the Cana diaa Public in a very advantageous position, which The amendment of the existing Immigration Act, I would further recommend for your considera- sing from this source, either in the Stocks of the Pro- By Mr. Jobin,-The Petition of J. C. Bachand and others, of the District of Montreal, Notarial Students ; and the Petition of the Reverend Messire St. Germain, Curé of the Parish of St. Laurent, County of Montreal By Mr. Solicitor General Drummond,-The Petition By Mr. Notman,-The Petition of John Burwell, of Letters to and from Members. On motion of Mr. Smith, of Frontenac, seconded Postage on Then, on motion of the Honorable Mr. Attorney Veneris, 19 Januarii; In maturing these and all kindred measures which have the promotion of the moral and economical wellbeing of the people of this important Province for their object, you will find me ever willing and desirous to co-operate with you. In the possession of a Revenue derived from so many independent sources, and exempt from numerous charges that weigh R. Speaker commmunicated to the House, a Report of Liheavily on the resources of other communities, Canada enjoys great and singular advantages. May we hope that, under God's blessing, our Legislation may be so directed as to enable her to reap the full benefit of them. On motion of the Honorable Mr. Attorney M Report received from the Librarian, of the brarian, The Librarian of the Honorable the Legislative That owing to the brief duration of the last Ses- Ordered, That the Speech of His Excellency the The following Petitions were severally brought up and laid on the table: By Mr. Notman,-The Petition of Adam J. Fergusson, Esquire, and others, Electors of the County of Waterloo. By Mr. Macdonald, of Glengary,-The Petition of William K. Mackenzie, of L'Orignal, in the County of Prescott, Esquire. That, nevertheless, during the past Recess, it has been considerably augmented, principally by the receipt from Messrs. Armour and Ramsay, of the large but which, as was noted in the last Annual Report, order entrusted to them by the Committee in 1847; was unfortunately lost on its way to this country, by the total wreck of the vessel in which it was shipped. On learning this unfortunate circumstance, no time was lost by the Agents in renewing their order; and in the course of the past summer the books were received. About the same time also, the French order, of the same date, entrusted to Messrs. Fabre and Company, It is satisfactory to state, that both the English By the Honorable Mr. Cameron, of Kent, The Pe- of the Total Abstinence Society of Malden. probation. Upon the close of the last Session, without provision being made for the purchase of books in the ensuing Recess, beyond those already ordered, the Parliamentary Law. Honorable the Speaker liberally empowered the per- Mr. Faribault also, has not relaxed his usual inde- Statute and Common Law. Archbold, on Pleading and Evidence. 1846. Modern Painters. 2 vols. 1847-8. Intelligence has been indirectly received, through Upon the arrival of the books, every suitable ar- rangement will be made for their proper preserva- It has not been thought advisable to publish a supplementary catalogue of the books added to the Library since the last Session, inasmuch as the pre- sent edition of the general catalogue, published in 1846, is nearly exhausted; and it will be necessary, before another Session, to prepare and print a new one, in which the whole contents of the Library will The number of books now in the Library, ex- clusive of those relating to the History of America, may be estimated at 10,702 volumes-that collec- tion amounts to 1,630 volumes, making a total of For a list of the books received under the orders of the Library Committee of 1847, Your Honorable The list of books procured by authority of the All which is respectfully submitted. List of Books added to the Library by purchase, Walker's Dictionary. 1847. Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms. 1848. Chronicles of the Crusades. 1848. Constitutions and Canons of the Apostles; edited by William of Malmesbury's Chronicle. 1847. Political Economy, Statistics, &c. Bedford, John, Duke of, Correspondence. 3 vols. Heraldry and Genealogy. Craik's Romantic History of the Peerage. Vol. 1. Bibaud (F. M.) Biographie des Sagamos Illustres de 1848. Books presented under the Copyright Act:- tiennes. 1844. 1847. Books presented to the Library as Donations. 1576. By Mr. Fleming:-Rae's Political Economy. 1834. Abrégé de la Révolution d'Amérique, par D. B. in- Acosta (Joseph D') The Natural and Moral History 1604. Alexander's (J. E.) Transatlantic Sketches, com prising Visits to the most interesting Scenes in America, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1833. America and the West Indies, geographically described. 8vo. London, 1845. America, or an Exact Description of the West In dies; by N. N. Gent. 12mo. London, 1665. American Archives, Fourth Series, from 1774 to 1776. folio, vols. 1 to 5. Washington, 1837-44. American Museum. 12 vols. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1787-89. American Remembrancer, or an impartial Collection 1828. Anecdotes Américaines, in-12. Paris, 1776. Annals and Memoirs of the Royal Society of Nor- Ashe (Thomas) Travels in America, performed in 1843. Ballantyne (Rob. A.) Hudson's Bay, or Every Day Barclay (Capt.) Agricultural Tour in Canada and Beaujour (Felix de) Sketch of the United States of l'Amérique. in-8. Montréal, 1848. Birkbeck's Letters from Illinois, 8vo. London, 1837. Bonrepos (Le Chevalier de) Description du Mississippi. in-12. Rouen, 1672. Bossi, Histoire de Christophe Colomb. in-8. Paris, 1824. Botta (Charles) Histoire de la Guerre de l'Indépen- 1812. Boudinot (Dr. E.) Star in the West, or an Attempt to Discover the Long-lost Ten Tribes of Israel. 8vo. Trenton, 1816. Bradford (Alden) History of the Federal Govern- Bullock (W.) Six Months' Travels and Residence in Bulkley (C. H.) Niagara Falls-A Poem. 8vo. New York, 1848. Burke's Speeches on Conciliation with America, and Catesby (Mark) Hortus Britanno-Americanus. folio. Channing (Dr.) Memoirs and Correspondence. 3 Christie (R.) History of Lower Canada, Parliamentary and Political. 2nd vol. Quebec, 1848. Clinton's (D. U.) Introductory Discourses on the Discovery of America. 8vo. New York, 1815. Collot's (Genl.) Journey in North America, &c. Atlas. 2 vols. 4to. Paris, 1826. Coke (Lieut. E. F.) A Subaltern's Furlough, Des- Considérations sur l'Acadie; in-12. Francfort et Cooney's (R.) Compendious History of part of New Histoire de la Marine des Etats-Unis, 2 Dampier's Collection of Voyages, 3 vols. 8vo. Lon- Delongchamps, Histoire de la dernière Guerre, 3 vols. Drake's (Daniel) Picture of Cincinnatti, 12mo. Emory (W. H.) Notes of a Military Reconnaissance, Elliot (S. A.) History of Harvard College, 8vo. Elogio di Amerigo Vespucci del Stanislaus Canova, Elogio di Amerigo Vespucci composto del Proposto Elogio Storici di Christofori Columbo e di Andréa Ens (Gaspar) India Occidentalis Historia; in qua Essay on Trade of the Northern Colonies of Great |