Captain Drew, R.N., W. Mortimer, Esq., C. Sheriff, Esq., A. J. Robertson, Esq., L. Murray, Esq., F. D. Archibald, Esq., J. Tulloch, Esq., D. Urquhart, Esq., C. Ross, Esq., Doctors Bell, Ifill, Mortimer, Chisholm, the Rev. Dr. Worthing, Captain Randolph, R.N., Captain Moorson, and many other influential individuals.

Letters were announced from the Marquis of Huntly, the Marquis of Bute, the Earl of Gosford, Lords Macdonald, Prudhoe, and Seaton, Governor Gore, Sir G. Cockburn, Sir Howard Douglas, Sir John Macdonell, Sir James Kempt, Sir Archibald Maclaine, and others, expressing their deep regret that absence from town, or previous engagements, prevented them from being present.

After the various usual toasts, the Duke of Richmond proposed the health of Sir Allan Macnab, because he felt that this country owed Sir Allan a deep debt of gratitude for his services at a moment of difficulty and danger. On the occasion of that unfortunate outbreak-for outbreak he must be allowed to call it-Sir Allan Macnab came forward, and gave all the weight of his influence and character, which fortunately led to the alleviation of hostilities. Sir Allan Macnab, who was leaving the shores of this country, would carry with him the assurance that the people of England looked upon the Canadians with the feeling of brotherhood, and would support them against all aggression, and unite to keep uplifted that flag under which Nelson triumphed, and Wellington conquered.

Sir Allan in returning thanks, after adverting to a great variety of topics, concluded his eloquent speech in the following

terms:

"Canada was a country that required nothing but a healthy and industrious population to make it one of the finest countries in the world. Canada was the natural inheritance of the people of England, Ireland, and Scotland. That population which in this country was a source of evil, in Canada became the means of wealth. While glancing at this subject, it was with great pleasure he found on his arrival in England that there was an Association ripening into maturity which had for

its object the affording means of Emigration into Canada on a national scale, and for promoting Colonization on an organised and efficient principle. His services had been asked, and by him freely given, convinced that by so doing he was furthering the interests of the mother country, and advancing those of the Colony; at the same time, that a highly remunerative return would be insured to those who should promote such important objects by the investment of their capital. If that Emigration was fairly carried out, the best results would inevitably follow to the people of both countries. It would be not more his duty than his pleasure, in returning to Canada, to state the estimation in which that country was held by the people of England. He could never forget the hospitality and sterling kindness he had met with during the short stay he had made in the land of his forefathers; and he would conclude by thanking them most gratefully, and fervently hoping that the land of his birth might long continue a source of strength, forming, to the end of all time, a permanent portion of their glorious Empire."

Sir Richard Broun, having called for a bumper toast, gave the "Health of his Grace the Duke of Richmond and Lennox." "In doing so he felt that the toast which he had the honour to propose required no prefatory remarks to ensure for it the warmest reception from all present. The noble and gallant Duke in the chair was the son of a deeply-lamented benefactor of Canada, who had died in the discharge of the highest official duties of the province, and who had left behind him a memory which would long be held in revered recollection. His Grace enjoyed ducal rank in three of the noblest European monarchies ; and their fellow-countrymen in British America, whether of English, French, or Scottish extraction, could not but be pleased and gratified that a Peer associated with so many lofty ancestral recollections should have presided on this occasion. His Grace had served in the field and shed his blood, as the gallant General who had responded to the toast of the Army and the Navy' had eloquently referred to, had filled a high office in the government of the country,—and whether in public or private life, was held in great and deserved estimation. Had

the Dinner been one simply of compliment to Sir Allan Macnab, as an expression of the sense entertained of his eminent services during the late troubles in Canada, even in that case the honour done by his Grace's filling the chair would have been warmly felt and appreciated. This Dinner was not, however, to be regarded simply as a mark of respect to their guest, on his leaving the home-seat of a mighty nation, to whom he had done good and faithful service, but as one given on his entering upon duties which would tend to strengthen British connexion in North America, and to promote indefinitely the happiness and welfare of the mother country and the Colony. In this point of view, and considering the general distress, it would be matter of rejoicing to multitudes in all parts of the United Kingdom, that his Grace had presided at a meeting from which a powerful impulse would be given to Emigration and Colonization upon more enlightened principles than any which had heretofore engaged public attention. The noble Duke had just returned from Bristol, where he had been assisting in the proceedings at the anniversary festival of the Royal Agricultural Society of England; and whilst no one was more ready and willing than himself to allow the great public utility and importance of that noble institution, nevertheless he could not but lament that the soil, and things earthy of every description, were cultivated and improved rather than man. The British American Association had been formed partly to extend the generous dominion of the plough over the magnificent regions in British America, which had lately been the sphere of those loyal and patriotic exertions which had won for their guest the gratitude and respect of every right-hearted liegeman of the British Crown, and partly to consolidate the social interests, the political power, and the moral greatness of the races which there constitute the germ of a future mighty population, The effective carrying out of these high designs would alike bless our home, and our transatlantic fellow-subjects; and he therefore confidently trusted that they would be deemed worthy of the support of the noble Duke in the chair, and of the great landed proprietors in the United Kingdom. In that expecta

tion, and without further comment, he had the honour to propose the health of the Duke of Richmond, and begged at the same time, on behalf of the Association, to offer their united thanks for the favour which he had conferred by presiding on the occasion."

It having been drunk with all the honours, the noble Chairman rose and said, "he felt deeply grateful for the manner in which they had received the toast. He felt, when requested to fill the chair, that if there was any advantage in having in that situation one connected with the British peerage, that the services his gallant friend Sir Allan Macnab had rendered to the country demanded at least that from his hands. He could not forget that his revered parent had been Governor-General of Canada, and had been received in that country by all classes of the people with consideration and affection. It had always been a principle with him, that at all cost England must preserve and maintain her Colonies. The men who emigrate to the most distant parts of Canada live under the British Constitution, and it is the duty of the mother country to defend them from insult and aggression. Although far removed from the shores of their native land, they still recognized and would protect them as British citizens. Canada had won respect at their hands; and it was the principle, as it was the duty, of Englishmen to give honour where honour was due."

Sir Allan Macnab, in a short and impressive address, proposed the healths of the ex-Governors-General of Canada who were present, Lord Aylmer, Sir George Murray, Sir Peregrine Maitland, and Sir F. B. Head, who severally returned thanks.

His Grace next proposed from the chair-"The Duke of Argyll, and prosperity to the British American Association.” In doing so, he referred especially to the distress which existed in various districts in the Highlands of Scotland, and expressed his best wishes in favour of an institution which would prove beneficial in many important respects; and he felt confident that an institution having his noble friend at its head could not fail of being well conducted.

Sir Richard Broun, in the absence of the noble President, returned thanks on behalf of the British American Association, for the honour done to it by the noble Duke in the chair, and by the numerous influential and distinguished individuals present, who had so cordially testified their desire for its success. "He regretted that the task of responding to the toast had not fallen into the hands of some one of his colleagues better able than himself to express their appreciation of so high a compliment. But having been called upon officially to discharge the vice duties of the chair upon an occasion alike agreeable to his own feelings, and honourable to their Chief Commissioner for Canada, he begged to assure all present that no efforts would be wanting on the part of himself and the other executive officers of the institution, to realise the ends for which it had been founded. Adverting to the Association, he would not occupy the time of the company by entering into any lengthened exposition of its objects. These, in a single sentence, were to promote Emigration to, and Colonization in, our North American Provinces upon a comprehensive and systematic plan. The formation and designs of the Association had already been developed at large public meetings held in Edinburgh and Glasgow, presided over respectively by the Chief Magistrates of those cities, and had been declared by the unanimous voice of those present to be entitled to the confidence and support of all persons in the United Kingdom desirous of advancing the moral and social welfare of the labouring classes. The presidency of the Association had been accepted by a noble Duke, endeared to Scotland, not less by a long line of illustrious ancestors, who had ever been foremost in every good work which concerned the religion, the liberty, the weal, the glory of that kingdom, than by his own personal worth and domestic virtues, and who, that his connexion with the Association might not merely be nominal, had been the first to enter himself in its list of shareholders. Its Consulting Council enrolled men high in station, powerful in influence, great in intellect, wise in experience, and unimpeachable in honour, who joined it as a means, created by national need, to