The news from CMthi , riTeived by Olt last 11011; it,
Which left New York on the tool, of Dfeember, is of a gratifying deserip:hm. Itover- nor THOMSON had obtained the consent of the Legislative Council aad Ilonse of Assembly of Upper Canada, to resohttions in favour of tins reunion or the two Provinces, on the terms proposed by athe British Covcrionen1; and which be comumniqated hy a message to the House of Assembly on the 7th of December. The equal representotion of both Provinces in the 17nited Legislature, a sufficient Civil List, and. the charge of the principal part of' the debt of Upper Canada on the revenue of the United Province, were proposed as the basis of the 1 ii ion. The Family Compact offered a factions but in effect cal resist- aloa to tlic,e terms. Tlw Covernor appears to have succeeded ia locals:on: up dna combination, several members of which st s a:ned
over, :\ despatch from Lord 3otts llustoeme declaring ti. .• offica-hdders in the Province must not consoler thentselyte; s.: 5:
in possession of their places for life, but as liable to removal whenever the public service required a change, no doubt powerfully contributed to Governor THOMSON'S success. The despatch is an instalment of "Responsible Government "—a large stride towards a state of things which some of our Ministers, a few months earlier, pronounced in- compatible with Colonial dependence.
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