17 FEBRUARY 1839, Page 1

LORD DURHAM'S REPORT.

PREfixEn to the Report, is the Queen's Commission, addressed to John George, Earl of Durham, dated the 31st March 1838. Narrating, that by five several Commissions under the Great Seal, his Lordship had been appointed Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over Lower Canada, Upper Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward's Island, (to which Newfoundland is added by a separate provision in this document,) it proceeds to constitute and appoint Lord Durham her Majesty's "High Commissioner for the adjustment of certain im- portant questions depending in the said Provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, respecting the form and future government of the said Pro- vinces : " and grants to him, as such High Commissioner, full power and authority "by all lawful ways and means, to inquire into, and, as far as may be possible, to adjust all questions depending in the said provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, or either of them, respecting the form and ae ministration of the civil government thereof respect- ively." And her Majesty commands "all officers civil and military, and all other inhabitants of the said provinces and islands, to be obe- dient, aiding and assisting unto" his Lordship. It is provided, never- theless, that in the execution of his powers he is in all things to con- form to instructions addressed to him for his guidance under the sign- manual and signet, or by order of the Queen in Council, or through one of the Principal Secretaries of State.