Lord GOSFORD, as we expected, has found the House of
Assem- bly of Lower Canada unmanageable. The address in reply to his speech proved how hopeless was the attempt to shake the resolu- tion of the Canadian Represeetatives not to become parties to their own disgrace. The Assembly positively rAuses to resume its deliberations; on the ground that, until the Legislative Council is remodelled in such a way as to produce harmony between the two Houses, the only result of continuing the sitting of the Assembly would be an increased expense to the people. The constitution of the Legislative Council is admitted to be defective : let it be reformed according to the plan of the Government, and then, says the address, " it will remain for this House to consider whether the reform thus effected is such as to lead to the hope of a system of legislation useful and honourable to the country, which is the sole object this House has sought to attain in de- manding the application of the elective principle to the Legislative Council of this province."
Lord GOSFORD, in reply, expresses his regret that the Assembly should persist in demands which he could not grant, and which having been forwarded to England the Imperial Legislature had negatived. He also intimates his intention to dissolve the Parlia- ment; and the dissolution, though not announced to have actually taken place, no doubt immediately followed.
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