sent up
to the Legislative Council for concurrence. And it had not been long
there when it occurred to the House of Assembly that two agents would
be better than one, as the Council, desirous of sending one of their
own members to England, would thereby be induced to concur in the
expediency of despatching agents to London. But the Council begged that
the Assembly would mind its own business and not interfere with any
bill before the Upper House, unless a conference was officially asked
for by the Legislative Council, when any suggestion from the Assembly
would be attended to. The Upper House never encroached upon the
privileges of the Lower House. The agent was not appointed. The Houses
could not agree upon a messenger, and although the Governor promised to
send two messengers to London, at the public expense, if the Assembly
desired it, no one is to this hour very certain whether the address of
the Legislative Assembly, to the Prince Regent, ever reached his royal
fingers. These were the principal matters with which the time of the
House was occupied, but the opportunity was not overlooked of voting
the thanks of the House to Colonel DeSalaberry and his officers and men
under him, for their distinguished conduct at Chateauguay, and to
Colonel Morrison, of the 89th regiment, and to the officers and men
under him, for their exertions at Chrystler's Farm, in the defeat of
Wilkinson.

On the 17th of March, the parliament was prorogued, and so ended the
seventh parliament of Lower Canada. Sir George Prevost in his closing
speech, was not so flattering in his allusions as in opening the
session. He had seen with regret a want of unanimity and despatch, and
a want of confidence in himself, which had been attended with serious
inconveniences to the public service, in both Houses. He lamented the
course of proceeding adopted by the Assembly, which had occasioned the
loss of a productive revenue bill, to wit, tacking to the bill the
clause for the payment of a London agent, which had caused its
rejection by the Upper House, and a consequent misunderstanding by
which the bill had been lost. He regretted that in sacrificing the
liberal appropriations for the defence of the province they had been
swayed by any considerations, which seemed to them of higher importance
than the immediate security of the province or the comfort of those
engaged in its protection. He earnestly entreated the gentlemen of the
Legislative Council, as pe