ive--how its
just authority, influence and popularity may be promoted and
established, so as to prevent the occurrence of that embarrassment in
which it is now involved, not from improper acts, but from an actual
deficiency of the requisite operative means to secure the Royal
Prerogative from insult and invasion. I am aware that each of these
subjects is surrounded with difficulty, and that no plan proposed will
be entirely free from objection, but I should like to state the views
which my acquaintance with the Province has impressed on my own mind,
and which I have not seen suggested in any official document or public
journal, but which have been favourably thought of by two or three
respectable gentlemen connected with Canada, to whom I have stated them.

In reply, Lord Glenelg appointed the following Monday for the desired
interview. I afterwards embodied the substance of my views in a letter
to Sir George Grey.

No further reference is made to this interview by Dr. Ryerson. But in a
letter from him, dated 21st July, he says:--

I was applied to, and did, in my individual capacity, communicate
to the Colonial Secretary frequently, and in one or two instances
at great length, on the posture of Canadian affairs; and the
parties and principal questions which have divided and agitated the
Canadian public. I repeatedly received the thanks of the Secretary
of State for the Colonies, for the pains which I had taken in these
matters; but what influence my communications may have had, or may
have, on the policy of His Majesty's Government towards the Canadas
is not for me to say, as I desired Lord Glenelg not to assume,
_prima facie_, as correct, any of my representations, but to
examine my authorities--to weigh my arguments--to hear what could
be said by others--as I had no friends to recommend to office, and
no personal interests to promote, only the religious and general
peace and prosperity of the Canadas, and the maintenance of a firm
and mutually beneficial connection between these Colonies and the
parent State.

I think I have good reason to believe that much more correct and
decided views are entertained by His Majesty's ministers and many
public men in England, in respect to the interests and government
of the Canadas, than were possessed by them six months ago; and
that all of those inhabitants of the Colonie