ouse and apologize, the
apology to be published in the _Upper Canada Gazette_, _St. Catherines
Spectator_, and the _Montreal Herald_, which amendment was lost by a
majority of three against it. The original motion was carried by the
same majority, when Mr. Nichol moved for the commitment of James
Durand, Esquire, to the common gaol of the district, during the
session, which was carried in the affirmative, by a majority of four!

His Excellency, Francis Gore, soon after this returned to England, and
was prosecuted in London, by the Surveyor-General of Upper Canada, whom
he had deprived of office maliciously and without cause. The Court in
London gave Mr. Wyatt, as plaintiff, damages to the amount of
L300.[33]. Governor Gore was succeeded in the administration of Upper
Canada, by the Honorable Samuel Smith, on the 11th of June, 1817. The
Little Pedlington proceedings of the Upper Canada parliament, during
this reign, are hardly worthy of remark. The same spirit still
continued to actuate both Council and Assembly, and the Governor lorded
it over both. The voice of the people was remarkable for nothing but
its weakness.

[33] It is not a little curious that the judge in summing up the
evidence in this case speaks of Upper Canada being an island.

Sir John Sherbrooke met the parliament of Lower Canada again on the 7th
of January, 1818. He informed the Houses that he had distributed the
seed wheat and other grain, for which a large sum had been voted during
the previous session, so immediately that the relief had been attended
with the happiest consequences. He had been commanded by the Regent to
call upon the provincial legislature to vote the sums necessary for the
ordinary expenditure of the province. He would lay before the Assembly
an estimate of the sums required. He would also submit the accounts of
the revenue and expenditure for the past year. And he anticipated a
continuance of that loyalty and zeal which had prompted the Assembly to
offer to meet the expenses of the government. The Assembly were proud
that their offer had been accepted. The public was satisfied that the
settlement of the civil list, and the control of the public
expenditure, should rest with the Assembly, and the reply to the speech
from the throne was a simple affirmative. Sir John Sherbrooke had
informed Lord Bathurst that the permanent expenditure actually exceeded
the revenue by nearly the sum of L19,000 a year; and that there wa