safety of the country, and which every day's delay rendered more difficult of accomplishment. What success has attended my exertions time will show. But, gentlemen, owing to the pressure from without, to the zeal and talent of the Honourable Mr. Sullivan, to the unremitting assiduity of Col. Chisholm, to the unwearied interest manifested in the cause of Emigration by Sir Allan Macnab, to the pledge and address to Her Majesty of the House of Assembly during the last Session, to the excellent feeling of the Lieutenant-Governor, and to the power and inclination of the Governor-General, a large portion of the most beautiful, the most fertile, of the public domain, has been now assigned and appropriated for the settlement of our brethren from the United Kingdom. Blessed with a climate singularly agreeable and salubrious, a soil rich in the extreme; possessing vast hydraulic powers; on the margin of a splendid lake, abounding with the choicest fish; having the advantage of a noble harbour, screened from every wind, easily accessible on the one end to the metropolis of the province, and on the other, immediately contiguous to its richest and most thriving settlements-it may be safely augured that this location, now offered to British enterprise and industry, will flourish and prove a happy home to tens of thousands of our fellow-countrymen from the parent State.

"The tract of land to which I refer extends from Garrafraxa on the south, to Owen's Bay on Lake Huron on the north. At its south extremity it will be connected with the fertile lands of the Canada Company, with the townships of Nicol, Woolwich, and Guelph; and with Lake Ontario by a road through to Oakville. To the north an easy route is found from Toronto, by Yonge Street, to Lake Simcoe, and over the short Portage road to Lake Huron. Besides these manifest advantages, by a reference to the map you will see this land forms a portion of that noble tract between the lakes, the broadest and deepest surveyed lands in the country-surveyors are now occupied in its survey; a large town plot has been reserved by Owen's Bay; sites fixed for mills with 100 feet perpendicular fall of water; portions have been set apart for schools, religious

edifices, and public purposes,—the roads throughout will be made good and effective, and a chain in width. Agents will be stationed there with lists of locations, and to impart every description of information; forty-five bushels of excellent wheat have already been gathered from one acre of land in the township of St. Vincent; and to render the whole arrangement as judicious and perfect as possible, a wise admixture will take place between native Canadians and their fellow-subjects from the British isles, by which the kindest feelings will be reciprocated, established, and cherished,—the latter looking for instruction in their new occupation from the former well qualified to impart it; and thus by this happy interchange of kindness, the emigrant will equally cherish a love for the land of his adoption, as of his birth, and say

Yet be it still my pride,

To love the land I live in now;
But ever bear in heart and brow;
That where our fathers died.'

Circumstances are again painfully forcing the attention of Great Britain to the paramount, imperative necessity of cherishing, fostering, sustaining, and strengthening her colonial domi

nions."

After proceeding at great length to point out the value of our colonial trade, and alluding to the gratifying increase of the shipping arrived at Quebec this year, I concluded my observations as follows:

"Gentlemen, a smooth and beautiful prospect of future advancement is opened before us. The progress the province has made, and the enterprise manifested this year, furnish us with the most assured hopes of continued improvement; and we indulge in the anticipation that the time is not far distant, when this lovely country will furnish no unfavourable contrast with those of older date and larger means; but that it will be recognised, under the fostering guidance of Great Britain, as one of its nearest, most flourishing, and most attractive possessions, and that in its strength and prosperity will be found security for the perpetuity of the integrity of the British Empire, and

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the preservation of British supremacy on the seas. I beg to return my most sincere thanks for the enthusiasm you have evinced on this occasion. To make the proffer, in return, of co-operation with you in the hallowed cause which brought us together, the promotion of Emigration,—would be superfluous. I made a solemn pledge, at the great Edinburgh meeting, last winter, to attach myself irrevocably to this noble pursuit; it has been a source of unfeigned delight to me, to have aroused a feeling favourable to these Colonies amongst a class of individuals in Great Britain, who can and will effectually serve them, and promote their best interests. I feel deeply interested in the advancement and prosperity of this province : there is no toil, however severe, or labour however prolonged, that I would not cheerfully undergo, to render Canada the emporium of British commerce, the sanctuary of British industry, the field for British enterprise, the storehouse for British manufactures, the granary for Great Britain,-wherewith to supply the deficiencies of her agriculture, the favoured abode for her surplus population, and the investment of her capital, and her exact model in everything that is great, honourable, glorious, and good."

After many patriotic toasts and patriotic speeches from Sir Allan Macnab, Isaac Buchanan, Esq., and others, the meeting separated at a late hour, highly gratified with the proceedings.

At Woodstock, the capital of the Brock District, I had also the honour to be entertained at a public dinner, in November, by all the élite of that beautiful district of Canada,—the Hon. P. B. de Blaquiere presiding. I feel that I have already trespassed too long by the quotations from my speeches above inserted, to notice those delivered by me at Woodstock and Goderich; but I cannot refrain from giving the following extract from the Chairman's speech on proposing my health, from the Woodstock Herald, which gave a full report of the proceedings at that dinner.

"The Chairman then called their attention to the toast of the evening, and requested a flowing bumper. He said, 'Gentlemen, it is necessary for me in directing your attention to

the great merits, and invaluable services of our guest, briefly to allude to the state and condition of this province for the three preceding years, and compare it with the present. Disturbed within; assailed from without; enterprise arrested; commerce checked; Emigration stopped; gloom and despondency prevailing; trade languishing; despair almost existing through the mass of the people. At this critical moment, one patriotic spirit was found, who, unmoved by difficulties, undeterred by prudential calculations, unaided by the province or the people, nobly resolved, at his own cost and at all risks, to make an effort on behalf of this province, in the United Kingdom. Convinced himself that its present peace, its future wealth, its lasting prosperity, could only be secured by the refreshing and invigorating stream of British Emigration, he crossed the Atlantic, and kindled in the breasts of the people of England, Ireland, and Scotland, a fervid zeal in favour of this Colony, similar to that which pervaded his own. From the knowledge which his friends possessed of his information and ability, they augured success from his exertions and appeal; but no one throughout the country was prepared for the astounding success which attended his efforts, and for which he merits the lasting gratitude of Canada. I firmly believe, that no individual has done more for the province, and deserves better of it; and assured that you entertain a like feeling with me, I propose to you the health of our worthy guest, Dr. Thomas Rolph, the champion of British Emigration.' The toast was received with every demonstration of regard."

This dinner, as in all similar instances, was followed by the formation of an Association for the promotion of Emigration.

A like manifestation of affection awaited my arrival at Goderich, a new and most flourishing town, situated at the confluence of the beautiful river Maitland, on that majestic inland sea, Lake Huron. The assemblage was very numerous and respectable. And here I cannot resist the gratification of giving the speech of that eminent and distinguished individual, alike known and respected at home as in the Colony, who

presided on the occasion of the dinner,—I mean Dr. Dunlop, member for the County of Huron. In proposing my health, he spoke as follows:

"Gentlemen,-When any person makes a discovery, or is the father of an invention that is beneficial to his country or the world at large, straightway there arises a gabbling or hissing, and a flapping of wings among all the geese in the pond, who unable themselves to do anything of use to anybody, set to work to decry what the successful inventor or discoverer has brought to light. One party says, that the thing was so very simple that they could have done it themselves, only they did not happen to think of it. Another, that centuries before he was born, the thing was known to all the world; while the learned dunce asserts that it was plainly alluded to in Homer and Hesiod, and even hinted at in the book of Job. But whether all or any of these allegations be true or false, the person to whom the world is indebted for a discovery is he who makes it known to the public, and brings it into practical operation.

"It is said that the Marquis of Worcester, in the time of Charles the First, understood the steam engine, but it is to James Newcommen, the Devonshire blacksmith, that the world owes the practical application of steam, and it is to James Watt, the Greenock watchmaker, that we are indebted for that improvement in that miraculous power, which has produced, and is producing the greatest changes in the world that any invention, save that of printing, has ever achieved. In like manner the Gloucestershire milk-maids were long ago aware of the efficacy of an eruptive disease that they contracted from their horned charge in preventing small-pox; yet it is Dr. Jenner alone whom the world has to thank for the application of that principle which has almost banished from the world the most. fatal and loathsome disease that ever scourged humanity. So with the labours of our friend, whose health I am about to propose, numbers may have thought, and talked, and written, on the subject of Emigration, but the gratitude of the mother country and the Colony is solely due to him who, at his own

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