nd a "_Te Deum_" was sung in all of the churches
under his control in Lower Canada. The Canadians turned out with great
alacrity. His Honor the President and Commander-in-Chief expressed his
satisfaction in general orders. Burn's artillery company volunteered.
In ballotting, young bachelors procured the prize tickets of the
married men. Some that were not drawn purchased tickets from some that
were drawn, and there were not a few married people who refused to sell
out, if all that is stated in a Quebec paper of that period can be
credited. No doubt the glories of war were uppermost in men's minds. It
is possible to make war popular and the braggart tone of the Americans
had doubtless contributed considerably to its popularity with the
Canadians.

Colonel Brock was then Commandant at Quebec. He was a man of much
decision of character and of strong natural sense. With the President
he made the most vigorous exertions to discipline the militia and to
put the fortifications of Quebec into a good state of defence. Night
and day men labored at the fortifications. Every addition that
"science, judgment and prudence could suggest," was made.

The income this year was L36,417, and the civil expenditure L36,213.

In Upper Canada, Francis Gore, Esquire, it has been previously
intimated, was Lieutenant-Governor. He first met Parliament on the 2nd
of February, 1807. Twelve Acts were passed, the most remarkable of
which were the Act to establish Public Schools in every district of
the Province, L800 having been appropriated for that purpose, with the
view of giving to each of the eight districts of the Province, a
schoolmaster having a salary of L100 a year; the Act imposing licenses
on Hawkers, Pedlars, and Petty Chapmen,--to the amount of three pounds
for every pedlar, with twenty shillings additional for a hawker with a
horse; eight pounds for every chapman sailing with a decked vessel
and selling goods on board;--five pounds for the same description
of traders sailing in an open boat; and eight pounds on transient
merchants; and the Act for the Preservation of Salmon, which permitted
that fish to be taken with a spear or hook, but prohibited the use of a
net in the Newcastle and Home Districts.

When next the Parliament met, on the 20th January, 1808, the same fears
that were felt in Lower Canada, being felt in Upper Canada, an Act was
passed to raise and train the Militia; L1,600 was granted towards the
construction of roads