By arrivals from America towards the close of our week,
we haVe papers from Quebec to the 28th of September, and from Halifiix to the 3d instant. The Union of the Canadas had not
been proclaimed by the Governor-General; and if reports v be trusted, it will not be proclaimed for some time to come. The _Niagara Chronicle for August 28th says, that preparatory mea- sures in the Lower Province will delay the completion of the Union for six months; and the Montreal Herald adds, " on good authority," that there will be no general election for " a considerable period beyond six months." Some of the papers com- plain that the Governor-General is about to legislate on " impor- tant subjects" before the United Legislature is summoned. One of the subiects thus alluded to, appears to be the distribution of electoral leenelaries ; for the Governor-General is charged by an- ticipation with an intention to dispose of the electoral boundary of Quebec in such a manner as to suit the electioneering pur- poses of his party. The opposition which some parties made to the Union itself seems to be dying away. The Conserva- tives withdraw front that contest, on the plea that the Union is now "irrevocably" the "law of the land." Mr. LAFONTAINE, the first in the field of the French-Canadian candidates, (he is talked of as Speaker for the United Legislature,) while he describes the Union as a despotic measure, which has been forced upon the Lower Province, recommends his countrymen not to commit themselves to a demand for its repeal—a procedure which might place them in a false position with the Reformers of Upper Canada; but to unite cordially with the general body of Reformers, to obtain advantages not incompatible with the Union; among the foremost of which, Mr. LAFONTAINE places the "British principle of Responsible Government." In fact, the measure of the Union seems already to have accomplished some of the best results ex- pected from it, in the crushing of thetion. It is now said, with a show of confidence, that Toronto is to be the site chosen for the meeting of the United. Legislature, at least. during its firet session. Meanwhile, preparatives for the general election are not postponed. The Quebec Gazette, a paper which opposes the Union, observes that the number of candidates who support the Administration and the Union increases.
Both the Governors in Canada are in bad health : Lord STEEN.. HAM is compellel at times to avoid public ceremonies, on account of illness ; and it is said that t,ir GEORGE ARTHUR'S medical ad- visers order him to return home immediately.
Lord lAr.K r. \NO reached Halithx on the 16th of' September, and assumed th.2 Governorship of Nova Scotia on the 30th.
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