ERRORS, OMISSIONS, &c.

Note omitted, page cix.-"Wages are now reduced to 7s. per week."

Page clxxxiii, for "this volume," read vol. 1, page 270.
Page cc, note, for "this first volume," read the first volume.
Page c, note. Reading over this note to an American gentleman,

he seemed to take alarm, lest the word ramshackle should be pulmed on his country. I take it home willingly, as a Scotticism, and one well applied, as may be afterwards shown. Omitted, bottom of page cev.-In war, Captain Brant was noted for humanity.

Note omitted, page 108, vol. 1.

The British fleet consists of one ship of 110 guns, one do. 64, one frigate 50, one do. 48, one sloop of war 26, one do. 24, one brig 18, one do. 16, one schooner 12; amounting in the whole to 368 guns, with two ships of the ine on the stocks.

The American fleet consists of one ship of 64 guns, one frigate 50, one do. 32, one do. 28, three brigs of 26 each, one do. 18, and one schooner 6; amounting to 276 guns, with two large ships on the stocks, each of them to carry 120 guns.

In vol. 2d, page 339, "selling of wives in a halter," is spoken of as expressly authorized by law. This is not the case; but should not law forbid such a barbarous custom? In page clxxii of this General Introduction, I have also written carelessly as to the establishing of freeholds on waste: some years of undisputed possession was, I understand, required

by law; nevertheless, the poor had formerly much freedom in this way.

These instances of carelessness have been pointed out by intelligent friends, and are noticed, to give opportunity of apologizing for a style of writing which is apt to overleap rigid inquiry, where it has not occurred as being of importance.

The INDEX having been printed off before it was intended that the GENERAL INTRODUCTION should extend so far as it does, the following additions are necessary, to make it complete.

Assembly of Upper Canada, its reply to the speech of the Lieut.Governor, declaring his intention of withholding the royal grant of land from the members of the Convention, ccccxxii. To his first speech on opening parliament, ccccxxxviii, Its resolutions on certain parts of that speech, ccccxxxix.

Bill for preventing certain meetings in Upper Canada, brought in by Mr. Jones, ccccxl. Read a third time, and passed, ccccxli. Its enactments, ibid.

Canada, remarks on the impolicy of abandoning or selling it to the United States, cccxlv. and note.

Upper, proposal for the improvement of its revenue, ccclxxxi. All duties on importation from the United States should be abolished, ccclxxxvi. And all taxes but one, on land, ibid. Supposed value of the province, ibid. Formation of good roads, the first step towards its improvement, ccclxxxvii. Navigation of the St. Lawrence, a great national object, ccclxxxviii. Plan for its improvement, and estimated expense of this, ccclxxxix. Effects of its adoption, ccccviii. Extent to which it should be carried, ceccxix. Its infinite advantages, ccccxx. Causes of the poverty and degradation of the province, cccclxxvi. cccclxxviii.

Coke, Mr. his speech on presenting a petition from the agriculturists of Norfolk, to the House of Commons, ccccxxiii, note. Remarks on it, ccccxxiv. note.

Constitution of Upper Canada, opinions in the English parliament on granting one, cccclxxiii. Absurdity of comparing it with the British constitution, cccclxxiv. Not the cause of the degradation of the province, cccclxxvi. cccclxxvii. Gourlay, Mr. his proposal for the collection of the revenue of Upper Canada, by a single tax, on land, ccelxxxi. Remarks on the errors in the present system, ecclxxxiii. Conjecture as to their cause, ccclxxxiv. Observations on the funding system of England, ceceiv. On the Corn Bill, eccoy.. On the new settlement of Perth, ccccx. On the taxation of wild land, ccccxv. Address to the people of Upper Canada, on the agricultural distresses of England, ccccxxiii. Extract from his "Letter to the Earl of Kellie," ccccxxxi. note. Address to the Canadians, on the proceedings in the last session of their parliament, ccccxxxiii. Letter to one of his jurymen, ibid. note. Reflections on the conduct of the House of Assembly and the Lieut.-Governor, in 1818, ccccxliii. His petition to the House of Commons, ecccxlv— cccclx. and notes. Remarks on the character of the people of the United States, ccccxlvii. note. On an absurd statute of the Canadian parliament, relative to tithes, ccccli. note. On the contraband trade between the United States and Upper Canada, ceeclvi. note. Explanation of an expressión in his petition to the House of Commons, cceclx. On moral restraint, cccclxii. Further remarks on the benefits which would arise from the settlement of the province, cecclxiii. On the mission of the provincial attorney-general to England, cccclxiv. Benefits which may arise from this, notwithstanding the littleness of its object, ibid. His letter to the editor His fourth address to

of the Niagara Spectator, cccclxv.
the resident land-owners of Upper Canada, cccclxvii. Sketch
of the events which led to the American revolutionary war,
cccclxx. Extent of his views of reform in the province,
cccclxxvi. His answer to Captain Stuart's reply to his
fourth address, cccclxxxviii. Remarks on kingly government,
ccccxciv. Note to Sir Peregrine Maitland, dii. and diii. note:
and to the Duke of Richmond, diii. Summary account of
the cruel treatment which he has experienced, div.

Great Britain, increase of its population during the last twenty years, ccccliv. note.

Jones, Mr. extract from his speech in the House of Assembly, ccccxxxvi. Remarks on it, ccccxxxvii. His motion relative to the Lieut.-Governor's speech, ccccxxxviii. Obtains leave to bring in a bill to prevent public meetings, ccccxl. Which is read a third time and passed, ccccxli. Remarks on his character, ccccxliii.

Ireland, means by which that country might be easily redeemed from distress, ccccxxix.

Legislative Council of Upper Canada, its reply to Sir Peregrine Maitland's announcement of his intention to withhold the royal grant of land from members of the Canadian Convention, ccccxxi. To his first speech on opening the provincial parliament, ccccxxxviii.

Maitland, Sir Peregrine, Lieut.-Governor of Upper Canada, extract of his first speech to the provincial parliament, ccccxxxvii. His speech at the close of the session, ccccxli. Sketch of his history, ccccxciii.

Newfoundland, wretched state of that island, cccxli. and note.

Simcoe, General, remarks on his character and measures for the improvement of Upper Canada, cccclxxvii.

Stuart, Captain, his reply to Mr. Gourlay's fourth address to the land-owners of Upper Canada, cccclxxix. Answer by Mr. Gourlay, cccclxxxviii.

United States of America, statement of their finances, ccccxlix. note. Increase of population, in the last thirty years, ccccliv. note. Not owing to emigration, cccclv. note.

Wild land, the chief bane of Upper Canada, cccexiv. Estimated quantity in the province, ccccxv. Plan for its taxation, ibid. Benefits which would arise from this, ccccxvi. ccccxvii. Supposed case in illustration, ibid.

GENERAL INTRODUCTION.

CIRCULAR

TO MEMBERS OF THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

London, June 10, 1820.

SIR,

THE following Statement, with Documents, was offered for publication, last January, to several Newspaper Editors, both in Edinburgh and London. Immediately afterwards, the King's death, and consequent dissolution of Parliament, delaying the principal intention, the publication was not pressed.

On reviewing this Statement, after it has been written five months, I see nothing material in it to correct, and think it the best brief introduction to the business to which I now most earnestly solicit your attention.

The importance which I myself attach to this business may be estimated by the solemn assurance that I crossed the Atlantic for the express purpose of submitting it to the Prince and Parliament of Britain, and that I am now come up to town from Scotland solely with this view. It is not my individual interest which has urged me thus far. I, no

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