OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF LOWER CANADA IN THE SESSION OF 1831; by Amired Stuart WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING SOME IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS NOW FIRST GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC. Ημεις δε ουδ' αυτοι φαμεν επι τῷ ὑπο τουτων ὑβριζεσθαι κατοικισαι, Nec me fallit, ut in corporibus hominum, sic in animis multiplici passione affectis, Montreal: PUBLISHED BY THOMAS A. STARKE. 1832. No. 10 4- Internal Organization and Economy of the Assembly. The case 5-Same subject continued. Examination of the question of the va- cating of Seats by acceptance of Office,.............. 7-The same subject further considered,........... 94 S-The same subject further considered upon the Report of the Com- mittee as to the necessity of renewing Commissions,............... 75 9-On the Currency of the Province,....... 10-The subject of the Currency continued,.................. 11-The same subject continued and examined upon general principles, 123 12-On the Functions and Duties of the Governor of a British Pro- ...... 112 15-On the second Report of the Committee of Grievances. The Sus- 163 THE LATE SESSION OF THE PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT. NO. I. INTRODUCTION. Nil admirari prope res est una Numici THE opening of the Session of the Provincial Parliament which has just closed its labours, was looked forward to by all those who had given any attention to the public affairs of the Province, with more than ordinary interest. The reins of government had just been assumed by the nobleman now at its head, and possessing, as he was understood to do, explicit instructions upon the principal subject of controversy in the Colonial Legislature, it was anticipated that the communication through him, of the views of his Majesty's Government, would relieve the several branches of the Legislature from the uncertainty which had hitherto most unaccountably been allowed to exist upon this head, and which there was reason to believe had widened a breach that might otherwise have been prevented, and might now, it was hoped, be at last repaired. Nor were there wanting other subjects to which the public attention had been for several years past called, and in relation to which diversities of opinion had existed, that in like manner could not fail to occupy B |