and bridges; L200 of yearly salary was granted to
an Adjutant-General of Militia; L75 additional was given to the Clerks
of the Assembly; L62 10s. per ton was to be the price of hemp purchased
under an Act of Parliament for the encouragement of its growth in the
Province; an Act for the more equal representation of the Commons was
passed; and Collectors of Rates were to enter into bonds of L200
security.

On the 2nd February, 1809, the Parliament of Upper Canada was again
convened. An Act was adopted for quartering and billeting the Militia
and His Majesty's troops on certain occasions. Householders were to
furnish them with house-room, fire, and utensils for cooking. Officers,
in case of an invasion, having a warrant from a Justice of the Peace,
could impress horses, carriages, and oxen, on regulated hire. Upper
Canada was evidently preparing for an expected struggle, as well as
Lower Canada. L1,045 was this session granted for the Clerks of
Parliament and contingencies, including the erection of a Light House
on Gibraltar Point; Menonists and Tunkers were permitted to affirm in
Courts of Justice; L250 was appropriated for a bridge across the Grand
River; and L1,600 was granted for bridges and highways. In the next
session of the Fifth Parliament, which Governor Gore assembled at York,
on the 1st of February, 1810, L2,000 were granted for the roads and
bridges; the Common Gaols were declared to be Houses of Correction for
some purposes; a duty of L40 a year was set upon a Billiard Table set
up for hire or gain; L606 were applied to printing Journals, Clerks of
Parliament, and building Light Houses. The Act establishing a Superior
Court of Criminal and Civil jurisdiction, and regulating a Court of
Appeals, was repealed; and L250 additional was granted for the erection
of a bridge across the Grand River.

To return to Lower Canada, Lieutenant-General Sir James Henry Craig
arrived at Quebec in the capacity of Governor General, on the 18th
October, 1807, in the frigate Horatio, and relieved Mr. President Dunn
of the government, on the 24th of October. Mr. Secretary Ryland was
very busy at the time. He was flattering himself, he told the Bishop of
Quebec, that the Secretary of State would have received from him a
series of despatches which would "give that functionary a general and
useful knowledge of the state of things in Lower Canada." There were
some who had exerted themselves to defame and injure the President,
with