Address to His necessity of a well digested and uniform system to
Excellency the
give a fitting direction to their most zealous efforts.
Administrator
in answer to
We accept with gratitude Your Excellency's assu-
Speech. rance, that while Our Most Gracious Sovereign will
ever rely on the free and loyal attachment of the
Canadian people for the defence of this Province,
and the continuance of British connexion, Her
Majesty will be prepared, as Her Predecessors have
always been, to provide with promptitude and energy,
corresponding with the power and resources of the
Empire, for the security of Her North American
Dominions.

The Civil List, which was brought under our con-
sideration by Your Excellency's Predecessor, will not
fail to engage our attention, with the view of making
such a provision as will enable Her Majesty to give
effect to our wishes by recommending to the Imperial
Parliament the requisite changes in the Act of Re-
union.

We will immediately take into consideration the Financial Accounts of the past, as well as the Estimates for the current year.

The expediency of providing for the prosecution and completion of the Public Improvements, undertaken with the sanction of Parliament, will occupy

our deliberate attention.

It affords us pleasure to know that the Revenue of the past year, has not fallen short of the expectations which were entertained of its amount; and we assure Your Excellency of our willingness to make such provision for the Public Service, as the interests of the people may require.

We deeply deplore the unexampled calamity to which the ancient City of Quebec has been subjected, and assure Your Excellency of our readiness to concur in such indispensable measures as Your Excellency's Predecessor adopted on the exigency.

We gratefully acknowledge the sympathy and benevolence of the different portions of the British Empire, called forth by the infliction with which it pleased Divine Providence to visit the citizens of Quebec; and most fully appreciate the noble generosity which has been exhibited, and which truly proves that the inhabitants of this Province are regarded by the people of Great Britain as their brethren and fellow subjects; and we shall be happy to consider any other measure which it may be proper to adopt for the restoration of that which has been destroyed.

We are sensible of the importance of the intelligence which has been received, respecting the intended change in the commercial policy of Great Britain, and rejoice to hear that Your Excellency has already pressed on Her Majesty's Government a consideration of the effect which the contemplated change might have on the interests of Canada, and sincerely hope that, when the projected scheme shall be fully developed, it will be found that the claims of this Country, to a just measure of protection, have not been overlooked.

We thankfully receive the offer of Your Excellency's co-operation in all measures for securing the prosperity of this Province, and earnestly trust that, under the direction of an all-wise Providence, a course will be pursued calculated to promote the best interests, and to foster the rising growth, of this rapidly advancing Colony.

places, accord

According to order, Etienne Paschal Taché, Esquire, Members at-
Member for the County of L'Islet; Francois Desau- tend in their
and Jean Chabot, Esquire, Member for the City of
nier, Esquire, Member for the County of St. Maurice; ing to order.
Quebec, who were absent on the twenty-first instant,
from the Select Committees, appointed to try the merits
of the Petition of William Notman, Esquire, of Dundas,
in the Gore District, complaining of the undue Elec-
tion and Return of Edward Ermatinger, Esquire, to
represent the County of Middlesex, in this present
Parliament; and of the Petition of James Durand,
Esquire, complaining of the undue Election and Re-
turn of James Webster, Esquire, the Sitting Mem-
severally attended in their places in this House.
ber for the West Riding of the County of Halton ;

tisfactory reasons for not being present at the meet-
Mr. Taché rose in his place, and having given sa- Mr. Taché.
ing of the Select Committee, for the trial of the
Middlesex contested Election, on the twenty-first
instant, and having verified the same upon oath,

On motion of Mr. Williams, seconded by Mr.
Petrie,

Resolved, That Mr. Taché having given satisfac- Excused.
tory reasons for not being present at the meet-
ing of the Select Committee, for the trial of the
Middlesex contested Election, on the twenty-first
instant, and having verified the same upon oath,
be now excused for such non-attendance.

Mr. Desaunier rose in his place, and having given Mr.Desaunier.
satisfactory reasons for not being present at the meet-
ing of the Select Committee for the trial of the Mid-
dlesex contested Election on the twenty-first instant,
and having verified the same upon oath,

On motion of Mr. Williams, seconded by Mr.
Petrie,

Resolved, That Mr. Desaunier having given satis- Excused.
factory reasons for not being present at the
meeting of the Select Committee, for the trial
of the Middlesex contested Election, on the
twenty-first instant, and having verified the
same upon oath, be now excused for such non-
attendance.

Ordered, That the said Address be engrossed. Mr. Chabot rose in his place, and having given Mr. Chabot.
Resolved, That the said Address be presented to satisfactory reasons for not being present at the meet-
His Excellency, the Administrator of the Gov-ing of the Select Committee, for the trial of the con-
ernment, by the whole House.
tested Election for the West Riding of the County of
Halton, on the twenty-first instant, and having veri-
fied the same upon oath,

Ordered, That such Members of this House, as
are of the Honourable the Executive Council
of this Province, do wait upon His Excellency,
the Administrafor of the Government, to know
His Excellency's pleasure, when He will be
attended by this House with its Address.

On motion of Mr. Williams, seconded by Mr.
Petrie,
Resolved, That Mr. Chabot having given satisfac- Excused.
tory reasons for not being present at the meeting

Report, state of the Library.

I cordially thank you for this Address, and for the evidence it affords, of your earnest desire to cooperate with me in every measure that may be calculated to promote the best interests of Canada.

I highly appreciate your congratulations upon the distinguished mark of Her Majesty's favour, which the Queen has been graciously pleased to confer upon

me.

Mr. Speaker communicated to the House a Report, received from the Librarian, of the present state of the Library of the House, pursuant to a Standing Order of the 19th June, 1841.

The said Report is as followeth :

LIBRARY, LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,
20th March, 1846.

The Librarian has the honour to report, for the in-
formation of your Honourable House, that, during
the past recess, the extensive and valuable selection
of books recommended to be procured by the Library
Committee of the last Session, (Vide Journals 1844-5,
pages 203 and 4, 378 to 380) have, with few exceptions,
been duly received. This collection embraces con-
tinuations for the two past years, of all the periodical
works previously in the Library, together with many
new and important publications in the various branches
of French and English literature, which, it is hoped,
will materially enhance the usefulness of the Library
for general reference, and meet the approbation of
your Honourable House.

In the class of French literature, a considerable addition has been made, and the necessity for this will be apparent, on considering that in this important branch no purchases have been made since the Union of the Provinces in 1841, which had left at vacuum, particularly in Law and History, it became vacuum, particularly in Law and History, it became highly desirable to fill up, in order to place the Library, in point of utility, on a par with those of other Legislative Institutions on this Continent.

Agreeably to the order of your Honourable House of the 27th March, 1845, measures have been taken

to facilitate to Members, access to the Library, by the

construction of a staircase thereto from the inner
lobby of the House, thereby removing much of the
inconvenience hitherto occasioned by its unavoidable
location in a part of the building so distant from the
Legislative Chamber.

The numerous additions that have been made to
the Library since the year 1842, when the last cata-
logue was printed, have rendered it advisable to pre-
pare a new one, which has accordingly been done,
and copies thereof will be distributed to Honourable
Members without delay. In the compilation of the
new catalogue, the same plan has been pursued which
was adopted on the previous occasion, viz., by classi-

3

fication according to the subject matter of the works, Report, state of
with an index of authors' names appended at the the Library.
end; but much care has been bestowed on its pre-
paration. The classification and general arrangement
has been rendered more complete, and every effort
made to render it, as much as possible, an improve-
ment upon its predecessor. It also contains, in addi-
tion to the works procured since 1842, a catalogue of
the valuable class of books relating to the history of
America, which at the period above-mentioned were
at Quebec, and have since been brought up and in-
corporated with the rest of the collection.

since last Session; a list of which, as they were not
Various additions have been made to this collection
included among the books ordered by the Library
Committee of last Session, is appended to this Report.

added to the Library since last Session-
List of works relating to the History of America,
Anspach's Newfoundland; 8vo. London, 1827.
Burgoyne's Campaign; 12mo. Albany, 1844.
Bibliotheca Americana; 4to. London, 1789.
Bollan's Importance of Cape Breton; 8vo. London,

1746.

Burnsby's Travels in North America; 4to. London,
1798.

Burton's English Empire in America; 12mo. Lon-
don, 1685.

Bollan on the Right to the American Fishery; 4to.
London, 1764.

Bradford's American Antiquities; 8vo. New York,

1841.

Calvert's Nova Novi Orbis Historiæ; 8vo. Geneva,
1581.

Chevalier's History of the United States; 8vo.
Boston, 1839.

Carrol's Journal of a Visit to Canada in 1776; 8vo.
Baltimore, 1845.

1761.

8vo. London, 1822.

Charlevoix's Voyage to America; 2 vols. London,
Catlin's American Indians; 2 vols. London, 1841.
Dolrizhoffer's History of the Abipones; 3 Volumes,
Dehæt, Notæ et Responsis. Amsterdam, 1643.
Drake's Book of the Indians. Boston, 1841.
Denton's History of New York; 1845.
Force's Collections of American Historical Tracts;
First Voyage of Columbus. Boston, 1827.
3 Volumes. Washington, 1843.
Farmer and Moore's Historical and Literary Jour-
Farnham's Travels in California. New York, 1844.
nal; 3 Volumes.
Greenhow's Memoir on North America, and Report

on National Defences of the Sea Coasts of the
United States.

Halkett's Historical Notes on the Indians. London,

1825.

Hollingworth's Nova Scotia. London, 1787.
Hinton's History of the United States; 2 Volumes.
Histoire de la Guerre, Poulin de Luminan. Géneve,
London, 1830-32.

1757.

Lahontan's Voyage to America; 2 Volumes, 12mo.
London, 1703.

L'Encyclopédie Canadienne, par Bibaud; 8vo. Mon

treal, 1842-43.

Mémoires des Commissaires du Roy sur les Posses-
sions des deux Couronnes en Amérique; 4
Volumes, 4to. Paris, 1755.
Miller's Description of New York in 1693. London,
Moorsom's Letters on Nova Scotia. London, 1830.

1843.

New York Historical Collections; 4 Volumes.
Prince and Dawson's Sermons on Reduction of

Popple's American Atlas, on 20 sheets folio.
Louisbourg and Quebec. London, 1760. -
Prior Documents relating to the dispute with
America, 1777.

Report, state of Pictorial History of the American Revolution.
ske Library. Picturesque Tourist through the N. and E. States
to Canada, 12mo. N. Y. 1844.
Proceedings of the New York Hist. Society, 8vo.

Accounts

Trinity House
Quebec.

Petitions brought up.

1845.

By the Honourable Mr. Attorney General Smith, Petitions -The Petition of William Workman and others, of brought up. the District of Montreal.

By Mr. Macdonell of Dundas,-The Petition of
Wishe Tegarehontie and others, Chiefs and Warriors,
Iroquois, Algonquins and Nipissings, of St. Regis and

Reeve's History of Newfoundland. London, 1795.
Rélations des Jésuites pour les années 1650-51, and other places.

1670-71. Paris.

Relation des Quatres Voyages de Colomb, par Na-
varette, 3 vols. Paris, 1828.
Relation du Bombardement de Québec, with an
English Version. Plymouth.
Smith's Narrative of Major Andre. London, 1808.
Sagard-Le Grand Voyage du Pays des Hurons,
12mo. Paris, 1632.

Simcoe's Military Journal. N. Y. 1844.
Stone's Life of Brandt, 2 vols. 1838.

Stephen's Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, 2 vols.

1844.

Sparke's American Biography, (

) 6 vols. 12mo.

By Mr. Jessup,-the Petition of the Reverend
Robert Blakey and others, members of the United
Church of England and Ireland, in the Township of
Augusta, in the County of Grenville, in the Diocese
of Toronto.

By Mr. Laurin,-The Petition of Jean Baptiste
Miville Dechène, of St. Henry; the Petition of Julien
Demers, Esquire, and others of the Parishes of Ste.
Croix and St. Flavien in the County of Lotbinière;
the Petition of the Reverend J. B. Potvin and others,
of the County of Lotbinière; the Petition of the
Reverend Louis Proulx and others, of St. Antoine de
Tilly, and other Parishes in the County of Lotbi-

Smith's Discovery of America, by the Northmen.nière; and the Petition of the Reverend P. Patry
and others, of the Parish of St. Giles, in the County
of Lotbinière.

London, 1839.

Transactions of the Ethnological Society.

Ten Years in Oregon; by Lee and Frost, 12mo.

N. Y. 1844.

and laid on the table:—

By Mr. Boulton,-The Petition of the Mayor,
Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of Toronto.

By Mr. Gowan,--The Petition of the Municipal
Council of the District of Johnstown.

By Mr. Taché,-The Petition of the Honourable
Antoine G. Couillard and others, of the County of
L'Islet.

By Mr. Boutillier,―The Petition of G. Marchand
and others, of the District of Montreal.

By Mr. De Witt,-The Petition of M. F. Valois and others, Inhabitants and Proprietors of Lachine and other Parishes.

By Mr. Méthot,-The Petition of L. M. Cressé and others, of the Parish of St. Jean Baptiste de Nicolet.

By Mr. Brooks,-The Petition of Thomas Steel and others, of the Counties of Sherbrooke and Drummond; the Petition of John Moore, Esquire, and others, of Westbury, and other Townships; the Petition of the Municipal Council of the Municipality of Ascot, and the Petition of H. N. Hill and others, inhabitants of Eaton in the County of Sherbrooke.

By Mr. Watts,-The Petition of Lieutenant Colonel P. J. Héroux and others, landholders of the Clovis Gagnon and others, of the Township of StanTownship of Warwick; the Petition of the Reverend fold and places adjoining.

By Mr. Chauveau, The Petition of Captain
Joseph Bedard and others, of the County of Quebec; tion of Charles Robertson, Esquire, and others, Inha-
By Mr. Solicitor General Taschereau,-the Peti-
the Petition of the Reverend P. Roy and others, of bitants of Pointe Levi, in the District of Quebec;
the County of Quebec; the Petition of J. B. Trudel, and the Petition of Louis Joseph Laverrier, and
Esquire, and others, of the County of Quebec; the
others, Inhabitants of the Parish of St. Bernard, in

Petition of Jacques Légaré, Esquire, Mayor, of the
Councillors and others, of the Municipality of the
Parish of Ste. Foye, in the District of Quebec; and
the Petition of Jean Baptiste Pagé and others, inha-

bitants of the Parish L'Ancienne Lorette.

the County of Dorchester.

By Mr. Chabot,-the Petition of the Directresses and Managers of the Charitable Association of the Roman Catholic Ladies of Quebec; the Petition of

By Mr. Meyers, The Petition of the Municipal Augustin Gauthier, junior, of Quebec, Inspector of Council of the District of Victoria (relating to the Muni- Anatomy; the Petition of the Society of Education cipal Council Act); the Petition of the Municipal Coun- of the District of Quebec; the Petition of Roderick cil of the District of Victoria (relating to a macadamized M Gillis, and others, licensed Cullers of Quebec, (reroad); and the Petition of the Municipal Council of lating to a Mutual Relief Society); the Petition of the District of Victoria (relating to a Railroad Com-Roderick M'Gillis and others, Cullers and Inspectors pany).

By Mr. Petrie,-The Petition of George Roe and others, of the County of Russell.

By Mr. Price,-The Petition of the District Council of the Home District; the Petition of John Grubb and others, inhabitants of the Township of York and of the Gore of Toronto; and the Petition of the Reverend W. Adam and others, Unitarian Christians of the City of Toronto.

By Mr. Le Moine,-The Petition of A. Sauvageau and others, of the County of Huntingdon.

of Timber, (relating to the Quebec Cullers Benevo-
lent Society ;) and the Petition of Messieurs Bur-
roughs and Huot, Prothonotary of the Court of
Queen's Bench for the District of Quebec.

By Mr. Macdonald of Kingston,-the Petition of
J. Ferrier, Esquire, and others, Inhabitants of the
Province of Canada; and the Petition of Henry
Gildersleeve and others.

By Mr. Smith of Frontenac,-the Petition of the
Venerable George O'Kill Stuart, L.L.D., and others
members of the United Church of England and Ire-

land, in the Parish of St. George, Kingston, in the CATHCART. Diocese of Toronto.

The Administrator of the Government transmits, the Adminis By the Honourable Mr. Aylwin,-the Petition of for the information of the Legislative Assembly, trator. Thomas Ainslie Young, Esquire, of the City of Que-Copies of the Despatches from the Secretary of bec; and the Petition of the Quebec Board of Trade, State enumerated in the annexed Schedule, convey(relating to a Custom House.) ing the gracious Answers which the Queen has been pleased to direct to be returned to the several Addresses to Her Majesty adopted during the last

On motion of Mr. Hall, seconded by Mr. Duggan, (Copy.)
Ordered, That the further consideration of the said
motion be postponed until Thursday next.
Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to
try the merits of the Petition of James Durand,
Esquire, complaining of the undue Election and
Return of James Webster, Esquire, the Sitting
Member for the West Riding of the County of
Halton, have leave to adjourn until Monday
next at ten o'clock, A. M., in consequence of the
Commission issued thereon not having been re-

Despatches.

he may have incurred by the proceedings instituted (Copy.)
against him by the authorities of the United States of
America, in the year 1840. Her Majesty omitted
no practicable effort to obtain for Alexander M'Leod
redress from the Government, and from the legal
Tribunals of the United States, and must decline to
admit any further responsibility on his account.
I have, &c.